Tag: Mohammad Ali Maleki

  • Promised Land

    Promised Land

    By Mohammad Ali Maleki (edited by Michele Seminara)   I travel at the speed of electricity and wind to depression and hopelessness. I’m fed up with this miserable life — I’ll be glad to rest under the soil. The grave is my only remaining desire now. I swear to God, one day I will have…

  • Expectations

    Expectations

    By Mohammad Ali Maleki*  I dedicate this poem to the Manus Island detainees who have lost their lives. We have them all in our minds and will never forget them.   Hey, Freedom. You are not colour You are not smell. You are not shadow. You are not sunshine. You are absolute darkness for me,…