Modern Poetry in Translation (Series 3 No.15) Poetry and the State Frank Golden is shown in the final

is shown in the final section

Whatever their subjects

Mohammed Mesrati

Forough Farrokhzad

The Bullet Collection by Patricia Saffarian Ward

Modern Poetry in Translation (Series 3 No.15) Poetry and the State Frank Golden is shown in the finalPoetry matters, and it matters that poetry should be translated and move freely across the frontiers of time and space. These are the premises on which we edit and poets and translators from all over the world contribute to MPT. But we want the next issue to prove a truth we hold to be self evident: that poetry is necessary for a humane life. Some states encourage their poets, others ignore them, others imprison and murder them. We want to document