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Choman Hardi (born 1974) is a contemporary Kurdish poet, translator and painter.
She was born in Sulaimaniya in Iraqi Kurdistan, the daughter of poet Ahmad Hardi. In 1975 her family fled to Iran after the Algiers Accord but returned to Iraq after a general amnesty in 1979. They were forced to move again in 1988 during the Anfal campaign. She arrived in United Kingdom in 1993 as a refugee and studied psychology and philosophy at Oxford and University College London. She did her PhD at University of Kent focusing on the effects of forced migration on the lives of Kurdish women from Iraq and Iran. She has published three volumes of poetry in Kurdish. Her only collection of English poems ... more »
Choman Hardi Poems
Neither do the white bodies of the universe
say good morning to her
nor do the handmade stars... more »
On a simple sheet of paper,
the moon sent these simple lines
to the sun's house:... more »
Soon they will come. First we will hear
the sound of their boots approaching at dawn... more »
It sparks lightning
and broadcasts thunder.
It cancels drought... more »
Unlike her friends,
she can't boast a waist any more.
Her hips don't swing and sway.... more »
‘It is your last check-in point in this country!'
We grabbed a drink -
soon everything would taste different.... more »
Bewildered as leaves on the wind's wing,
drear as the space between motes of dust,
lustful as the gaze of fire, colourless... more »
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The Lonely Earth
Neither do the white bodies of the universe
say good morning to her
nor do the handmade stars
give her a kiss.
Earth,where so many roses, fine sentiments are buried,
could die for want of a glance, a scent,
This dusty ball is lonely,
so very lonely,as she sees the moon's patched clothing
and knows that the sun's a big thief
who burns with the many beams he has taken
for himself and who looks at the moon and the earth
like lodgers.
Dear colleagues, I wrote to you once before to clarify that The Lonely Earth, The Letter, Rain and Pregnancy are not my poems. They are Kajal Ahmad's poems which I translated with Mimi Khalvati. Can you please correct this on your page?
Kinder Than Miriam, Directions, The Fruit-Seller's Philosophy, Rain, Stone Is Better, Birds, The Letter, The Lonely Earth, all thes poems by my (kajal Ahmad)
IM DOING MA HOMEWORK ON HER WHATS HER MOST FAMOUS POEM AND WHYYYY TELL ME IM GANNA GET DETENTION
Woman, Very inspiring Woman
Hey I’m doing homework on her
was you sacred that you had to leave family and friends and if you could see your what would you say to them.
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