Poems from the 30th Parallel North
24th December
To close up 2021 a poetry collection of the 30th parallel north, featuring poems from the PTC audio archive from Mexico, Morocco, Iran, Afghanistan and China.
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Join our two-part online translation workshop with translators Bryar Bajalanand David Shook on the Kurmanji poetry of Zêdan Xelef, a poet and translator from Shingal.
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Featured Poem
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Woman
When the air starts to coolanticipating rainfallI morph into leaf-green.I am a burgeoning treasure,under the earth.I am the skythat has swallowed upsalt from a mutinous sea.I am a spellthat is…Continue reading the English translation
பெண்
மழைக்கு முன் பேகாற்று குளிர்ந்துவிடும்போதுஇலைப் பச்சையாக மாறிவிடுகிறேன்அடி நிலத்தின் கீழ்திரவியமாய் விழைகிறேன்பித்தமேற்றும்ஆர்ப்பரிக்கும் கடலின்உப்பை விழுங் கிய ஆகாயம்…
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