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Political Einstein

sexyeinstein wrote 1 year ago: Before we get started I would like to congratulate Sarah Palin the soon to be grandmother for the wo … more →

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coming out 2 india (copied from an e-mail)4 comments

zaman wrote 1 year ago: COME OUT AND JOIN THE BENGALURU PRIDE ! For the first time this year Bengaluru and Delhi are joining … more →

Tags: Erotic poetry, love poetry, Poetry, Hip Hop Poetry, Gender, Self Love, found text, talking back to media, south asian women

do-rageh, or "two colored lollipop" (after Tara Bahrampour's To See and See Again)1 comment

zaman wrote 1 year ago: two colors two sets of veins braided threaded thru flesh traveling vines; one brown, one white inter … more →

Tags: Erotic poetry, love poetry, Poetry, Hip Hop Poetry, Self Love, south asian women, Iranian poetry, Persian poetry, ancestry

with dick your thinking hard

zaman wrote 1 year ago: thinking with your hard dick hard with thinking your dick your thinking with hard dick thinking hard … more →

Tags: Erotic poetry, love poetry, Feminism, Politics, Gender, Philosophy, Psychology, Self Love, Experimental

version 26.5

zaman wrote 1 year ago: 26 & still fighting for my life. crossing the bridge from poverty to even ground. the stability … more →

Tags: cosmology/mythology, Poetry, Hip Hop Poetry, Feminism, Gender, Psychology, south asian women, Experimental, in progress

hijabi1 comment

zaman wrote 1 year ago: i will not apologize for having a body breasts that push thru my sweater. even a hundred chadors can … more →

Tags: Erotic poetry, cosmology/mythology, Poetry, Hip Hop Poetry, Feminism, Politics, Self Love, south asian women, South Asian Politics

everything you fear1 comment

zaman wrote 1 year ago: i have paid my dues as a lesbian in this town. have come out thousands of times in public, at work, … more →

Tags: love poetry, Poetry, Hip Hop Poetry, Feminism, Politics, Gender, Self Love, Short Poems, Life

disoriented

zaman wrote 1 year ago: i moved to a quieter neighborhood. everyone comes out if a weird noise arrives. no one can get away … more →

Tags: Erotic poetry, love poetry, Poetry, Hip Hop Poetry, Gender, Psychology, Self Love, Experimental, in progress

a poet speaks death: mahmoud darwish's Memory for Forgetfulness

zaman wrote 1 year ago:                                           all my movements                                           … more →

Tags: love poetry, cosmology/mythology, Poetry, Hip Hop Poetry, Politics, Philosophy, Psychology, found text, talking back to media

snapshot, 19882 comments

zaman wrote 1 year ago: my father is screaming at my mother. he says he’s going to kill her. they are in the kitchen. … more →

Tags: Politics, Psychology, Self Love, south asian women, South Asian Politics, ancestry, Men, the male species, India

room 202

zaman wrote 1 year ago: I.       the classroom is half filled, with white students. the room is half empty. the desks are ne … more →

Tags: love poetry, Poetry, Hip Hop Poetry, Feminism, Politics, Self Love, Experimental, in progress, Life

a woman's money

zaman wrote 1 year ago: some kids are discussing sales of ecstasy pills over coffee on shattuck.   jars boats of x also … more →

Tags: Hip Hop Poetry, Feminism, Politics, Gender, Psychology, found text, Experimental, Short Poems, Life

before we left home

zaman wrote 1 year ago:                                                           before we  left home                       … more →

Tags: Erotic poetry, love poetry, Poetry, Hip Hop Poetry, Politics, Philosophy, Psychology, talking back to media, south asian women

the moment after erasure1 comment

zaman wrote 1 year ago: this poem was written after a racially oppressive breakdown happened in a poetry workshop.      … more →

Tags: love poetry, cosmology/mythology, Poetry, Hip Hop Poetry, Feminism, Politics, Philosophy, Psychology, Self Love

lineage of desire

zaman wrote 1 year ago: i begin          with light     with wind                     with a single grain of sand.           … more →

Tags: Erotic poetry, love poetry, cosmology/mythology, Poetry, Hip Hop Poetry, Feminism, Politics, Philosophy, Psychology

24 hours later

zaman wrote 1 year ago: this morning (noon, rather) the first thought that came to me as i opened my eyes was, benazir. she … more →

Tags: Poetry, Feminism, Politics, Gender, talking back to media, south asian women, Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan

"It's as if the progressive, brave mother of Pakistan has been killed by her militant sons."

zaman wrote 1 year ago: giving birth. never know what’s to come. a woman can never give enough. birth. i raised my son … more →

Tags: cosmology/mythology, Poetry, Hip Hop Poetry, Feminism, Politics, Gender, Psychology, found text, talking back to media

a woman's work2 comments

zaman wrote 1 year ago: a woman’s work. her worth. a woman’s work. washing. purifying. praising. cleansing. rede … more →

Tags: Poetry, Hip Hop Poetry, Feminism, Politics, Gender, Women, woman, Work, Labor


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