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‘Shadow’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 4

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 4 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Shadow

3h ago

‘Middle’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 3

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 2 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Middle

1d ago

You said

Notun Bazar was burning, burning! /Shops, stores, woodpiles/ Piled up iron, timber, mosques and temples/ Notun Bazar was burning, burning!

2d ago

Smell of corpse in the air

I smell corpses rotting in the air to this day

2d ago

Poetry, my useless weapon

As bird flocks take wing at the rattle of Sten guns

2d ago

‘Candle’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 2

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 2 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Candle.

2d ago

Interview with a Birangona

That evening, a blade sliced through string, through skin, red on red on red. Kutta, the man in khaki says. It is only later I realize it is me he is calling dog. Dog. Dog.

2d ago

The Birangona in poetry and conversation

Using a Fulbright fellowship, Tarfia decided to come to Bangladesh to research the war and interview the women whom the Bangladesh government, in 1972, titled Birangona (war heroines). These interviews resulted in 'Seam' (Southern Illinois University Press, 2014).

2d ago

‘Shadow’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 4

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 4 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Shadow

3h ago

‘Middle’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 3

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 2 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Middle

1d ago

You said

Notun Bazar was burning, burning! /Shops, stores, woodpiles/ Piled up iron, timber, mosques and temples/ Notun Bazar was burning, burning!

2d ago

Smell of corpse in the air

I smell corpses rotting in the air to this day

2d ago

Poetry, my useless weapon

As bird flocks take wing at the rattle of Sten guns

2d ago

‘Candle’: Sehri Tales selections, Day 2

The top selections in poetry, flash fiction and artwork for Day 2 of the Sehri Tales challenge; prompt: Candle.

2d ago

Interview with a Birangona

That evening, a blade sliced through string, through skin, red on red on red. Kutta, the man in khaki says. It is only later I realize it is me he is calling dog. Dog. Dog.

2d ago

The Birangona in poetry and conversation

Using a Fulbright fellowship, Tarfia decided to come to Bangladesh to research the war and interview the women whom the Bangladesh government, in 1972, titled Birangona (war heroines). These interviews resulted in 'Seam' (Southern Illinois University Press, 2014).

2d ago

A night poem

my eyes can barely take the weight of sleep/ now/ now that you are wording sentences on wars

3d ago

Take note: How note-taking can come in handy when you’re short of inspiration

Watch this print space for the Talespeople's weekly reflections on creative writing.

3d ago