Four poems from Modern Poetry of Pakistan
The first anthology of its kind to appear in English, "Modern Poetry of Pakistan" brings together many poetic traditions indigenous to Pakistan.
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Three Poems by Kashmiri American Bard Agha Shahid Ali
Agha Shahid Ali Tonight Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar —Laurence Hope Where are you now? Who lies beneath your spell tonight? Whom else from… Continue reading Three Poems by Kashmiri American Bard Agha Shahid Ali
Poet in Pakistan: the Flamboyant Carolyn Kizer
Biographer Marian Janssen reveals the big, brash, blonde feminist writer and poet Carolyn Kizer, who fascinated and shocked Pakistanis—and introduced the ghazal to America.