No, this is not an April Fool’s joke. Iranians just celebrated the new year and we’re partying like it’s 1390, because it is. Here’s my NPR interview about the new year:

http://www.npr.org/2011/03/18/134656808/Spring-Equinox-Signals-Persian-New-Year

Also, April is National Poetry Month and NPR’s Tell Me More asked its listeners to write poems on Twitter (140 characters or less). I sent one in and it was rejected. It was about Ahmadinejad. (You’re asking yourself, “What rhymes with Ahmadinejad?” Nothing.

But my second poem was selected for April 5. Here it is:

http://www.npr.org/series/135123884/muses-and-metaphor

Keep reading and writing!

Cheers,
Firoozeh