Social Justice
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#OurStoryIsOne — Three Poems for Women
It’s June 18, 2023. It’s my birthday. Thirty eight years ago on this day, I was birthed into this physical world. Just two years before that, on this very day in 1983, 10 courageous Bahá’í women in Iran were executed for their beliefs — that women and men are inherently equal, that children have a…
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Iran is Burning
I’ve struggled to put my thoughts and feelings into words over the last few weeks. It feels like two forces are working against each other inside me at all times. One is begging and pushing me to speak and cry out, while the other just as quickly takes my breath and voice away, leaving me…
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Enough is Enough: Morning Thoughts on Uvalde
Woke up feeling anxious. Not a normal morning feeling for me. My thoughts were instantly with the recent school shooting in Uvalde. Maybe I was dreaming about it? No matter. Now it was all I could think of. About the fear in the children’s eyes, about the feelings of helplessness in the adults’ hearts, about…
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Embracing My Anger
I’ve always been “the nice guy.” I hold doors for people, I return shopping carts to where they need to go, I return money when I’m given too much change, I point out if I’m not charged enough for what I’m buying, I don’t curse, and whenever possible/reasonable, I’ll try to sacrifice my comfort for the sake of…
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Father and Son III: The Final Chapter in the Poetic Trilogy
What a journey these poems have taken me through. What started as a single poem turned into an unexpected trilogy that somehow provides the closure the first poem needed all along. If you haven’t already, you might want to read (or re-read!) the first two parts, since they follow a chronological order: Part 1 and Part 2. Thank…
Munib Rezaie, PhD 