With My Shadows, I Created Myself

This book is the third collection of poems by Hadi Ebrahimi Roudbarki, selected from a larger number of his works. In terms of themes and subjects, the poems in this collection cover a colorful and diverse range. The poet does not get trapped in any particular literary or poetic school of thought. He has his own language and perspective. Like a prophet with unique abilities, Ebrahimi Roudbarki understands the language of objects, plants, and animals, and easily engages in emotional, intellectual, and philosophical exchanges with them. Some of the poems in this collection also have social and political themes. The poet expresses his views on the world, and not only influences his readers but also allows them to derive their own meanings from the poems.

Hadi Ebrahimi Rudbarki, born in 1954 in Rasht, is a poet, writer, and editor-in-chief of Shahrgon Online, a journal dedicated to the Iranian cultural diaspora in Vancouver, Canada. Ebrahimi's literary and artistic activities began with the publication of the periodical Forough in Lahijan in 1971. His poems have been regularly published in Negin, Ferdowsi, Gileh-Mard, Gardon, Tajrobeh, Shahrvand Canada, and Shahrgon Online. He started his cultural work in the Iranian cultural diaspora in Canada in 1992 with the magazine Nama-ye Iran and later evolved into publishing Ayandeh and Shahrvand Vancouver. Since 2005, he has been managing the Shahrgon website. In 2003, alongside the founding of Hedayat Bookstore in North Vancouver, Ebrahimi began publishing books by poets and writers from the Iranian cultural diaspora, releasing over 10 books through Ayandeh Publishing and Shahrgon Publishing. He also co-founded the Hedayat Cultural center in 2003 with several Iranian poets and writers living in Vancouver. After Hedayat Bookstore closed in 2007, the association continued intermittently under the name "Adineh Shab." In 2010, Ebrahimi established the Shahrgon Radio, where he continued his activities until 2015. Published and forthcoming works: A Breeze Through the Window - 1997 - Ayandeh Publishing - Vancouver, Canada Harmonizing with the Dawn-Dusk Duet - 2014 - Boutimar Publishing - Iran With My Shadows, I Created Myself, Asemana Books - Toronto, Canada Leaf-Hair of Autumn Trees, a collection of short poems and several haiku-style verses - forthcoming Suraya and a Glass of Red Wine, a compilation of short stories - forthcoming