"Hon or We both traveled from the other side of some hill, one side of which we may wish we could forget" by Anis Mojgani

[View this email on a browser]( [Forward to a friend]( [facebook-icon]( [tumblr-icon]( [twitter-icon]( February 14, 2019 [Hon or We have both traveled from the other side of some hill, one side of which we may wish we could forget]( [Anis Mojgani]( Love me stupid. Love me terrible. And when I am no mountain but rather a monsoon of imperfect thunder love me. When I am blue in my face from swallowing myself yet wearing my best heart even if my best heart is a century of hunger an angry mule breathing hard or perhaps even hopeful. A small sun. Little & bright. [Like this on Facebook]( [Share via Twitter]( Copyright © 2019 Anis Mojgani. Used with permission of the author. [Magjani reads "Hon or We have both traveled from the other side of some hill, one side of which we may wish we could forget"]( About This Poem “I wrote “Hon…” a few years ago, probably during the summer of 2014, towards the end of my marriage. It was born out of that place I imagine we all sometimes find ourselves in—where the love we may have with another becomes clouded over, becomes hidden and hard to see. We want for both our loved one and ourselves to take the hurt and anger and sorrow and pain and the want and the worthlessness—all that we dress our hearts in—and see through all that to the love that assuredly is breathing between the two, hoping it will be what can return us both to ourselves.” —Anis Mojgani [Anis Mojgani]( Anis Mojgani is the author of five books of poetry, including In the Pockets of Small Gods (Write Bloody Publishing, 2018). He serves on the board of directors for the nonprofit Literary Arts and lives in Portland, Oregon. [In the Pockets of Small Gods]( Poetry by Mojgani [In the Pockets of Small Gods]( (Write Bloody Publishing, 2018) "The Sword Swallower's Valentine" by Sandra Beasley [read-more]( "Of the Irresolubleness of Diamonds" by Monica Ferrell [read-more]( "The Silver Thread" by Afaa Michael Weaver [read-more]( February Guest Editor: Clint Smith Thanks to [Clint Smith](, author of Counting Descent (Write Bloody Publishing, 2016), who curated Poem-a-Day for this month’s weekdays. Read a [Q&A with Smith]( about his curatorial approach this month and find out more about our [guest editors for the year.]( [make a one-time donation]( [Small-Blue-RGB-poets.org-Logo]( Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit [Poets.org](. You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click [here](. © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038 From Our Advertisers [Advertisement](