Top Tweets for #FoundTanka
My Country,
I will build you again,
If need be,
with bricks
made from my life
Simin Behbahani
#Iran's national #poet known as “the lioness of Iran" https://t.co/uza9eAHsSV #foundtanka #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem #IranProtests #IranRevolution
Reports say the countrywide protests of the past two weeks in #Iran were met with a deadly street crackdown, with at least 12,000 people killed. A near-total internet shutdown began on Thursday, 08 Jan, & continued afterward, limiting communication & independent verification.
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My Country,
I will build you again,
If need be,
with bricks
made from my life
Simin Behbahani
#Iran's national #poet known as “the lioness of Iran" https://t.co/uza9eAHsSV #foundtanka #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem #IranProtests #IranRevolution
What you don’t understand about these protests is this: Iranians of EVERY generation are risking it all for freedom.
Teenagers who have never known life outside the Islamic Regime.
Parents whose childhoods were violently stolen in 1979.
Grandparents who still remember the golden age of Iran before Islamofascism.
This isn’t a phase. This is a nation, rising up across generations, to reclaim itself.
Free Iran ☀️🦁
My Country,
I will build you again,
If need be,
with bricks
made from my life
Simin Behbahani
#Iran's national #poet known as “the lioness of Iran" https://t.co/uza9eAI0It #foundtanka #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem #IranProtests #IranRevolution
Iranian woman lights her cigarette with a burning photo of the ayatollah. This is braver than anything an American feminist has done in the 21st century. Actual badass:
My Country,
I will build you again,
If need be,
with bricks
made from my life
Simin Behbahani
#Iran's national #poet known as “the lioness of Iran" https://t.co/uza9eAI0It #foundtanka #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem #IranProtests #IranRevolution
Tehran tonight…
Nothing can stop those brave Iranians
My Country,
I will build you again,
If need be,
with bricks
made from my life
Simin Behbahani
#Iran's national #poet known as “the lioness of Iran" https://t.co/uza9eAI0It #foundtanka #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem #IranProtests #IranRevolution
I stand with the brave people of Iran.
Do you?
Today’s (actually yesterday’s) #FoundHaiku (actually yesterday’s overheard #FoundTanka):
Please take extra care
when disembarking at Dundee,
as the gap between
the train and the platform edge
is higher than at other stations.
#InformationistDundee
For example, the following "found tanka:"
And when
you love her,
don't just love
her petals,
love her thorns too.
Billy Chapata, The Minds Journal
https://t.co/yDAvoyhGsD #rose #relationship #FoundTanka #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem
What about ‘ifs’?
Who shall hear of us
in the time to come?
Let him say there was
a burst of fragrance
from black branches.
William Carlos Williams, last #stanza of '#LoveSong,' "Al Que Quiere!," https://t.co/ttepc2Ua5B #FoundTanka #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem
I will not ask of you,
To write me a love song,
Between our green & blues,
Forever eyes will speak for!
#dahliadaydreams #poetry #poem #Romance #love #eyes #romancematters
Opening Quatrain of "#Power #Politics" by #MargaretAtwood
You fit into me
like a hook into an eye
a fish hook
an open eye
Found Tanka:
You fit into me
like a hook
into an eye ...
a fish hook
an open eye
https://t.co/jINwpytwEq #tanka #foundtanka #poetry #poem #micropoetry
you fit into me
like a hook into an eye
a fish hook
an open eye.
My Country,
I will build you again,
If need be,
with bricks
made from my life
Simin Behbahani, the "lioness of #Iran" #FoundTanka #tanka #poem #micropoetry #poem #women #life #freedom #IranianWomen
🚨 Multiple women political prisoners in Iran are at risk of execution for their peaceful activism
The international community must call on authorities to immediately overturn all death sentences against political prisoners.
Read our statement: https://t.co/bjxwSn5BHo
"#Women, #Life, #Freedom movement" in #Iran
My Country,
I will build you again,
If need be,
with bricks
made from my life
Simin Behbahani, the "lioness of Iran" #FoundTanka #tanka #poem #poetry #micropoetry #IranianWomen
“Nations may grow and evolve but cannot be built.”
- Thomas Sowell, 𝘈 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵 𝘖𝘧 𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴
I'm very pleased to have this published at B&W Haiga, many thanks to editor Lavana Kray.
longitude
the restless heart
dying to live
the waves
gone to ground
It is a book spine #tanka, constructed out of the titles of books, so it is also a #foundtanka. https://t.co/ABVmmnhh0R
My Country,
I will build you again,
If need be,
with bricks
made from my life
Simin Behbahani, the "lioness of #Iran" #FoundTanka #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem #IranianWomen
.
“One's life has value
so long as one attributes value
to the life of others.”
― Simone de Beauvoir
.
Isa Marcelli
.
My Country,
I will build you again,
If need be,
with bricks
made from my life
Simin Behbahani, the "lioness of #Iran" #FoundTanka #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem #IranianWomen
She’s a hero to me
With what rigor
and intention to please himself
the little white dog
flings himself into every puddle
on the muddy road.
Mary Oliver, 'Dog Talk,' "Dog Songs" https://t.co/qCR5ACFrZf #foundtanka #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem #NationalDogDay #Dog #MaryOliver
If your life has been changed, perhaps even saved, by a beloved dog, these Mary Oliver poems are for you https://t.co/0dMnEsNpXT #NationalDogDay
Your voice watered
the sand dune
of my chest
inside the wondrous
phone booth made of wood.
Federico Garcia Lorca
trans. Willis Barnstone https://t.co/fwY3wERwSD #foundtanka #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem #FedericoGarciaLorca #communication
.
“Only a single bird
is singing.
The air is cloning it.
We hear through mirrors.”
― Federico García Lorca
.
Peter Zelei
Unbearable Birdsong
.
My Country,
I will build you again,
If need be,
with bricks
made from my life
Simin Behbahani, the "lioness of Iran" #FoundTanka #tanka #poem #micropoetry #poetry #IranianWomen #IranRevolution #Iran
After a series of uprisings, massacres & battles, and overcoming complex challenges, the people of #Iran reached the Sept 2022 uprising. This #IranRevolution will continue to victory because a high price has already been paid. YOU can make a difference. Follow for updates.
Special Feature: SocioPolitical #Poems Selected for #InternationalWomensDay https://t.co/aWvDyZ2jaK #writing #poetry
My Country,
I will build you again,
If need be,
with bricks
made from my life
Simin Behbahani, the "lioness of #Iran" #FoundTanka #tanka #poem #IranianWomen
@moscowdandelion @tankathursday Your voice watered
the sand dune
of my chest
inside the wondrous
phone booth made of wood
#FedericoGarciaLorca, “The #Poet Talks on the Phone with His #Love” https://t.co/jl86HXy3MW #FoundTanka #poetry #poem
FYI: "#Tanka" Found in Western Tradition, https://t.co/VEliWVQQ3A
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