''Sepid'' poetry (''sepid'', "white") or "White Poetry" is a
free verse
Free verse is an open form of poetry, which in its modern form arose through the French ''vers libre'' form. It does not use consistent meter patterns, rhyme, or any musical pattern. It thus tends to follow the rhythm of natural speech.
Definit ...
movement of
Modern Persian poetry
Persian literature ( fa, ادبیات فارسی, Adabiyâte fârsi, ) comprises oral compositions and written texts in the Persian language and is one of the world's oldest literatures. It spans over two-and-a-half millennia. Its sources h ...
that departs from
Classical Persian
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prosody and adopts "new content, viewpoint, and diction".
Ahmad Shamloo
Ahmad Shamlou ( fa, احمد شاملو, ''Ahmad Šāmlū'' , also known under his pen name A. Bamdad ( fa, ا. بامداد)) (December 12, 1925 – July 23, 2000) was an Iranian poet, writer, and journalist. Shamlou was arguably the most infl ...
is considered the founder of the White Poetry movement,
[Anthony Appiah and Diana Ayton-Shenker, "On the Death of a Prominent Contemporary Poet", ''The Poetry of Central California''] which came to its mature form and general acceptance after
Bijan Jalali
Bijan Jalali ( fa, بیژن جلالی; 1927 – January 2000) was a modern Persian poet.
Jalali was born in Tehran, Iran. His works include: The Color of Water, Days, Dailies, Our Heart and the World, Play of Light, and The Water and the Su ...
.
For the last two decades of his life,
Manouchehr Atashi
Manouchehr Atashi ( fa, منوچهر آتشی) (September 25, 1931 – November 20, 2005) was a Persian
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* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority eth ...
was also involved in ''Sepid'' poetry.
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