Milkvetch and Violets: Poems (Expanded Bilingual Edition): Poems - Hardcoverby Mohammad Reza Shafi'i Kadkani (Author), Mojdeh Bahar (Translator) Mohammad Reza Shafi'i Kadkani is a contemporary Iranian poet, literary critic, editor, author, and translator born in 1939. His nature poetry, which comprise most of the poems in this book, are harbingers of hope. His wildflowers and birds anticipate the arrival of spring. His milkvetch contemplates its predicament but finds a way to convey its message through the breeze. His