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The 30 Selected and 20 New that comprise 50 POEMS have been chosen to present a concise and representative volume of Zulfikar Ghose' poetry for the general reader and for scholars specialising in contemporary English poetry and post-colonial literature. The earliest of the selected poems-first published almost fifty years ago in The Times Literary Supplement, The London Magazine, New Statesman, The Spectator, and broadcast on the BBC Third Programme-established Zulfikar Ghose as Pakistan's premier English-language poet. Deracination, an obsessive theme in the early work, resonates as a metaphor for the human condition and gives the poems their universal appeal. The new poems draw upon a wider experience, ranging from an elegy on Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to a meditation on an old Argentine bank note, all heightened by a philosophical underpinning which is a hallmark of Zulfikar Ghose' work. An impeccable craftsman and creator of striking images, whose themes touch the core of human experience, he is a poet of lasting significance: 50 POEMS presents his essential work.
Contents
PREFACE; 30 SELECTED; 1. FLYING OVER INDIA; 2. ACROSS INDIA: FEBRUARY 1952; 3. THE BODY'S INDEPENDENCE; 4. THIS LANDSCAPE, THESE PEOPLE; 5. THE ATTACK ON SIALKOT; 6. THE PICNIC IN JAMMU; 7. THE WATER CARRIER; 8. DECOMPOSITION; 9. GEOGRAPHY LESSON; 10. THE REMOVE; 11. THE INCURABLE ILLNESS; 12. MUTABILITY; 13. KEW BRIDGE; 14. DON'T FORGET THE PILL, DEAR; 15. OLD RAGGED CLAWS; 16. ON OWNING PROPERTY IN THE U.S.A; 17. THE PURSUIT OF FROST; 18. THE OTHER WORLD; 19. VIEW FROM THE OBSERVATORY; 20. COME, SAILOR; 21. ONE CHOOSES A LANGUAGE; 22. A MEMORY OF ASIA; 23. NOTES TOWARDS A NATURE POEM; 24. E.G; 25. AN ARRANGEMENT OF WILD FLOWERS; 26. SOUNDS; 27. A YOUNG GIRL DIVING; 28. A DRAGONFLY IN THE SUN; 29. THE OCEANS; 30. LADY MACBETH'S FAREWELL TO SCOTLAND; 20 NEW; 31. ANGINA PECTORIS; 32. THE STATE OF ONE'S LIVER; 33. ASK THE WOMEN; 34. AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN LATE MIDDLE AGE; 35. AT PERE LACHAISE; 36. DISTURBED NIGHTS; 37. MORNINGS IN THE CITY; 38. IN ESSEX; 39. NUSRAT; 40. THE SHADOW; 41. AT THE OASIS; 42. ALL IN A LIFETIME; 43. NEWS FROM LONDON; 44. THE HERB PLANET; 45. TRIBAL DRUMS; 46. STOPPING BY THE ROMAN ARCH; 47. THE CHURCH AND THE TREE; 48. THREE ROOMS IN A FORT BY THE OCEAN; 49. QUINIENTOS PESOS; 50. RETURNING TO THE BOTANICAL GARDEN IN RIO DE JANEIRO
