Ha! Poetry is what?
Comparing a flower to the complexity of a woman’s face?
Taking the magnificence of a sunset and lowering it down to the level of a canvas’s paints?
Or taking something catastrophic like a combusting star and comparing it to a high schooler’s day?
Or is it the ability to rhyme?
To be able to chime,
with other words,
so that it flows like a song sung by birds.
Or is it finding something small?
Something not really there at all,
and bringing it to life
with such expression that one begins to cry.
Or is it made to make one shout?
To speak against the trends,
the ongoing bends
in the road,
never righting itself?
Well then, I must be a poet.
(Originally published in Toyon magazine 2005)
Published by Allia (A.E.) Sadeghipour
Allia (A.E.) Sadeghipour is a Queer Iranian-American Surrealist, Humanist, President, Producer, Performer, Artist & Educator. She is the President of the Women* Writing Lab Berlin (WWLB), has taught workshops for GLADT and Feminist film organizations, and is currently in Drag King training. Her work has been featured in: The Bear: Favorite Storyteller (2018 & 2020), KCRW and the Goethe Institute (2018 & 2020), What's Afghan Punk Rock Anyway?! (2019), The Ghosts of Berlin: Der Geister von Berlin (2019), Literarische Diverse (2019), Teach the Rainbow: Insights from LGBTeachers about Queer Visibility (2020), and much more. She has had the honor of performing for Pop-Kultur, the Humboldt Forum, GLADT, Wicked, Nightschool Berlin, Viva Con Aqua, the IDP Collective, Media for Change, Refuge Worldwide, and the Iranian Re(connect) Festival. By sharing her narratives and perspectives, she hopes to reach out to the world and introduce them to hers. By sharing her narratives and perspectives, she hopes to reach out to the world and introduce them to hers: www.awerfjil.com. @awerfjil #awerfjil
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