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Epigraph: 10th century Persian poetess Rabi'a Balkhi, sister of a provincial governor, falls in love with one of her brother's slaves, Bakhtash, and writes him poems in secret.
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I Watch Him Pass below My Window
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"Uncounted roses glow in the garden,",
2017
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poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 76 no. 3 2017; (p. 218) -
Nastaliq
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"My Bakhtash, to write these words for you",
2017
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 76 no. 3 2017; (p. 219) -
Hammam
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"I am back, locked up in this love again,",
2017
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 76 no. 3 2017; (p. 220)
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