Light and heavy things : selected poems of Zeeshan Sahil / translated from Urdu by Faisal Siddiqui, Christopher Kennedy, and Mi Ditmar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sāḥil, Z̲īshān, 1961-2008.

Contributor:

Kennedy, Christopher, 1955-

Series:

Lannan translations selection series

Lannan Translations Selection Series

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Physical Description:

55 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : BOA Editions, 2013.

Summary:

Light and Heavy Things provides many English speaking readers an opportunity to discover the work of the late Pakistani poet Zeeshan Sahil for the first time. Born in Hyderabad, Sindh in 1961, Sahil went on to publish eight collections of poetry in Urdu. Often described as a shy man, Sahil was confined to a wheelchair and suffered from serious health problems his entire life leading to his premature death at the age of 47. Despite the difficulties he faced, Zeeshan Sahil's poetry is marked by an often lighthearted sensitivity and a post-modern sensibility that presents the political realities of Pakistan in personal terms. Book jacket.

Contents:

Black Bird 17

A Poem for You 18

Poem 19

My Uncle's House 20

Taliban 21

Birds 22

What Does Suu Kyi Want? 24

I Will Send a Bird 25

Love 26

Knife 27

Poem 28

Poetry 29

Sun Stroke 30

Time Bomb 31

To Forget 32

Poem 33

The Unworthy 34

Untitled 35

Gestapo 36

Jail 37

Light and Heavy Things 38

We, Every Day 39

People 40

Malika/Queen 41

Four Walls 42

One Day 43

East 45

The Second Sky 46

Wall and Bird 48

A Child's Bicycle 49

An Olive Tree 50

You Are an Inflammatory Poet 51.

Notes:

Poems.

ISBN:

9781938160127

1938160126

OCLC:

812258350