Comments on: Religion, A Poem by Amy Motlagh

By: Wilbur Muck

Wilbur Muck — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:27:16 +0000

Amazing job:D Will take a good amout of time to absorb your stuff.

By: khadija

khadija — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:26:30 +0000

I love this poem for several reasons, mostly because it shows so wonderfully the difficulty of mixing cultural practices with “religion” and the complicated outcome. In case people don’t know, for Muslims, burying people in a simple shroud within 3 days of death is prescribed, as well as reading the opening prayer of the Qur’an (The Fatiha). The halvah and coffee, tea and dates are a cultural practice and is beautifully portrayed here as part of the ritual…set in the starkly contrasting place of green-lawned America which complicates matters even more. Wonderful!

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The State of Red, A Poem by Mandana Zandian | Splinter Generation — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:10:32 +0000

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