"Poetry From Iran, One Tweet At A Time" on NPR

Something I am not sure any poet would want to hear said about them: "His Tweets range from the mundane to the spiritual."

But that's what NPR says about Parham Baghestani. Naturally he is from Iran, because it is apparently impossible to do a news story today about Iran without mentioning Twitter. God help us.

Poet Simin Behbahani: "the lioness of Iran"

There's more on NPR's blog.