Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr.

Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr. is the author of the poetry collection Series | India. Her translations from classical and contemporary Persian include Wine and Prayer: Eighty Ghazals from the Díwán of Hafiz, The Green Sea of Heaven: Fifty Ghazals from the Díwán of Hafiz, and Iran: Poems of Dissent.

Poetry The Ecstasy issue

Another Birth

By Forough Farrokhzad

“My whole being is a dark verse”

Poetry The Ecstasy issue

Border Walls

By Forough Farrokhzad

“Now, again, in the silent night / barrier walls, border walls / grow tall like plants.”