Selected Poems

Selected Poems

by Marjorie Agosín

We asked Argentinean poet Alicia Partnoy to recite several of her poems — in English and Spanish — reflecting on her experiences as one of the disappeared who survived.

Download the mp3 of each version and read the text of each poem.

by Mary Oliver


Since many of O'Donohue's recitations didn't make it into the final, produced show, we wanted to offer them for download.

To some, Rumi's poetry is best heard aloud; to others, Rumi's words should be experienced in silent reading. Here, we present the text of seven poems and readings of those poems in Persian and in English, with male and female voices.

translation from Discourses of Rumi by Fatemeh Keshavarz

Translation from Discourses of Rumi by Fatemeh Keshavarz

Translated by Coleman Barks

Translation from Rumi's Masnavi by Fatemeh Keshavarz

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