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"Haiku" by Hamid Yazdani
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When The Wind Would Blow ( A poem from my first collection)
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- About Me:
- I write poetry in Urdu, Punjabi and English languages. From among the eastern writers I'm inspired by the works of Rumi, Naziri, Mus'hafi, Ghalib, Yazdani Jalandhari, Ahmed Nadeen Qasmi and Majeed Amjad.
I like the poems of Robert Frost, Allen Ginsberg, Dean J. Baker and Ondaatje's novels, from the west.
Some of my Urdu poems have been translated into German and English, as well. Love, society and spirituality are the recurring themes of my poetry. Three of my poetry collections have been published:
-Abhi Ik Khaa'b Rehta Hai ( A Dream; Yet to Go!) Urdu poetry collection-published in 1992 & 2007.
-Neeli Raat di Chhup (The Blue Silence of Night) a collection of Punjabi poems & ghazals-published in 2002.
-Gehri Shaam Ki Bailein ( The Vines of a Deep Evening) Urdu poems and ghazals-published in 2007.
- The collections of my short stories, literary interviews, English poems and translations are in the pipeline.
I've been editing a literary magazine "Fanoos" and a socio-political magazine " Bazgasht" in Pakistan. I've also worked with the Voice of Germany (Radio Deutsche Welle, Cologne) in Germay as a producer.
Presnetly, I'm serving as the secretary of 'Halqa e Arbab e Zauq", Toronto-a literary circle mainly for the writers from the Indian sub-continent.
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PROFESSION: SOCIAL WORKER (RSW)
ACADEMICS:
MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK (CANADA)
MASTER OF ARTS IN SOCIOLOGY (PAKISTAN)
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Website:
http://www.hamidyazdani.com
Blog:
http://hamidyazdani.wordpress.com/
- Favorite Books, Authors, Writers:
- Spiritual:
Quran,Bible & Rumi’s (mystic) poetry
Literary:
Far from the Madding Crowd (Novel), Blue Pyramids (Poetry).
In the Skin of a Lion (Novel),The English Patient (Novel).
Taurat e Dil (Urdu Poetry),Muheet (Urdu Poetry).
Favorite Canadian Authors:
Leonard Cohen
Michael Ondaatje
M.G. Vassanji
Robert Priest
Dean J. Baker
Non-Canadian:
Bullay Shah, Sultan Bahu, Mus'hafi, Ghalib,Yazdani Jalandhari, Rainer Maria Rilke, Allen Ginsberg, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Khalid Ahmed, Gunther Grass, Intizar Hussain, Zahidul Huq, Zahid Ahmed
- Have You Been Published
- Yes--Short Fiction, Yes--Article(s)
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'Haiku' by Hamid Yazdani
basanti shawls
yellow paper kites
in mustard fields
(2)
Every time
I doze -
Buddha opens his eyes
(3)
Sky weeps
Colours -
Autumn leaves
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Hamid Yazdani
Posted on April 5, 2009 at 1:39am —
WHEN THE WIND WOULD BLOW
When the wind would blow
again next year
with the rainy season’s advent
and a ray would smile
from within
the cluster of wet leaves
high up on a tree,
perhaps you won’t
even remember me.
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Hamid Yazdani
Tr. by M. Salim ur Rahman
Posted on February 11, 2009 at 11:30am — 2 Comments
"Recollected in Tranquility": On Hamid Yazdani's Urdu Poetry
A Book Review by Dr. Amjad Pervaiz - Courtesy: Daily "Nation", Lahore. Pakistan
Posted on February 2, 2009 at 8:31am —
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