Detroit Poet in the War Zone: M.L. Liebler Flying Home from the Kabul Beat #7

May 17, 2012
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Detroit Poet in the War Zone: M.L. Liebler Flying Home from the Kabul Beat #7

With the Kandahar, Jalalabad, Kabul and the Afghanistan experiences behind me now, and in hindsight – most of these visits had elements of serious danger sometimes for members of the audiences, for the military who assisted us at each location, and, dare I say, for me. But I was warmly welcomed in a very...
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Detroit Poet in the War Zone: M. L. Liebler Rides the Kandahar Beat # 6

May 13, 2012
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Detroit Poet in the War Zone: M. L. Liebler Rides the Kandahar Beat # 6

I met some very hip writers Kabul filmmakers, painters and musicians at the Afghan Cultural House (the MOCAD of Kabul) http://ach.af/. I performed a few poems for them, which they said, “We like! We Like!” I did some “Blood in the Moon” (they seem very biggly on both blood and the moon over here)....
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Detroit Poet in the War Zone: M. L. Liebler Rides the Kabul & Jalabad Beats #5

May 13, 2012
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Detroit Poet in the War Zone: M. L. Liebler Rides the Kabul & Jalabad Beats #5

Hey Ya Detroit! M. L. Liebler has officially left The Stan & the Barracks. Let the blogging continue: I traveled out to Orange Blossom country in beautiful Jalalabad in Nangarhar Province. Jalalabad is a stone’s through from the famous Kyber Pass which is the gateway to Pakistan. We helicoptered in from Kabul passing over...
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Detroit Poet in the War Zone: M. L. Liebler Rides the Kabul Beat # 4

May 10, 2012
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Detroit Poet in the War Zone: M. L. Liebler Rides the Kabul Beat # 4

For security reason, I am going to temporarily  suspend my Blogging until I leave Afghanistan. I have some MT Blogs stored up that I can post soon. Stand by…. I have some interesting  and very cool literary arts stories to share with my friends and interested folks. I just did a gig at The...
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Detroit Poet in the War Zone: M.L. Liebler Rides the Kabul Beat # 3

May 7, 2012
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Detroit Poet in the War Zone: M.L. Liebler Rides the Kabul Beat # 3

Yesterday was a productive and very interesting day. I spent Sunday morning with the wonderful women writers of The Afghan Women Writers’ Project. We met in an undisclosed location in a neighborhood in Kabul as the women are all writing poetry about their life experiences anonymously. They shared some of their writing with me...
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