An October Bullet
written by: Umid Najjari (Ümid Nəccari)
@UNajjari
translated by: Reza Hosseini Baghanam
For brave Iranian women
Mahsa Amini, Hadis Najafi and …
An October bullet
Was shot into the head of the autumn
The leaves on the ground were bloody …
The exiled poet was writing his poem
For vexation of his pockets …
It was the taste of death
The cooling coffee on the table
It was the sound of death
Coming from the violin under the collapse of the house during the war
It was the shape of death
The mirror never showed anyone for years in the basement
It was the death himself
The laborer sleeping in the last bus of the night …
It was October
Bloody leaves on the ground
The exiled poet was writing his poem
For vexation of his poets …
Umid Najjari was born on 15th of April 1989 in Tabriz (Iran). After graduating from Islamic Azad University of Tabriz in 2016, he entered Baku Aurasia University to continue his studies in Philology in Republic of Azerbaijan. “The land of the birds” and “Beyond the walls” are among his published works in addition to some translations. His poems have been published in USA, Canada, Spain, Italy, India, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Chile and Iranian media. He was awarded the International LIFFT festival diploma in 2019. He achieved “IWA Bogdani” Award in 2021. He was awarded the “Mihai Eminescu” Award in 2022. He was awarded the International Prize “Medal Alexandre The Great” in 2022. Najjari has also been elected Vice-President of the BOGDANI international writers’ association, with headquarters in Brussels and Pristina. And he is an active member of the Turkic World Young Authors Association.
Latest posts by Umid Najjari (see all)
- An October Bullet - April 7, 2023
- The Shadow Of Longing - October 12, 2020
- A Homeland of A Size of Umbrella - August 26, 2020
