Light and Heavy Things

Selected Poems of Zeeshan Sahil

By: Zeeshan Sahil, Christopher Kennedy (Translator), Mi Ditmar (Translator), Faisal Siddiqui (Translator)

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Paperback | 20 June 2013

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Light and Heavy Things provides US readers an opportunity to discover the late Pakistani poet Zeeshan Sahil. Sahil's work conveys his post-modern sensibility with plain language, presenting political realities of Pakistan in personal terms.

Be afraid of poets
They have hand grenade dreams
If you let your words slip
They will throw them against the wall
If you try to snatch them back
They will hide them under water

Zeeshan Sahil was born in Hyderabad, Sindh, in 1961. He published eight collections of poetry in Urdu as well as critical articles and texts for broadcast on radio.

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A World Literature Today 'Nota Benes' for January/February 2014 "He makes his point in such a quiet way, in such a vulnerable, elegant, this-thin-glass-lightbulb-could-shatter-in-your-hands-at-any-minute way, that it's disarming, astounding."--Nicolle Elizabeth, HTML Giant "thematically coherent, well-composed--albeit brief--collection that places Sahil right up there with the best of contemporary Pakistani poets, alongside folks like Hasina Gul, Daniyal Mueenuddin, and Yasmeen Hameed." -The Rumpus "War and poor health besieged the Pakistani poet Zeeshan Sahil (1961--2008), but his spirit continues to shine brightly through these poems, illuminating a path of steadfast hope and affirmation of life." - World Literature Today

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