Load Poems Like Guns: Women's Poetry from Herat, Afghanistan AUTH-12313992 these poems form a taxonomy

these poems form a taxonomy of threatened lives--human

Why are so many of us drawn to themes associated with darkness such as death

regardless of their background

try as many of these as you like and let me know which ones you like the best

Mark Arnold

Load Poems Like Guns: Women's Poetry from Herat, Afghanistan AUTH-12313992 these poems form a taxonomy"Load Poems Like Guns is an important book. It gives an eloquent and wrenching witness to voices from another place and another poetry: voices with a unique mix of formal power and personal pain. Eight Afghan women poets are eloquently translated here by Farzana Marie, including the tragic and luminously gifted Nadia Anjuman. This is a bilingual edition; the English and Dari are side by side, allowing us a glimpse of the mysterious and profound