In this book of essays, Rakhshanda Jalil shines a light on the inclusive and pluralistic nature of Urdu poetry ...

Humorous and satirical poetry is also plentiful in Urdu. However, the most popular and important form of poetry is undoubtedly the ghazal. The ghazal is a love poem written in stanzas, consisting of ...

In her latest book, Love in the Time of Hate: In the Mirror of Urdu (Simon & Schuster), a collection of essays on Urdu poetry and the ... making them accessible to English readers.

Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me. This sonnet from English poet John Donne (1571–1631) isn’t a conventional love poem but rather a love poem dedicated to God. On the surface, the narrator ...

THE retired Colonel living next to my house is well past 80 but still fit as a fiddle. He is known for his stingy habits, a ...

On his latest work, ‘The Homeland’s an Ocean’, a translation into English of some of Mir Taqi Mir’s Urdu and Persian couplets ...

It's not easy expressing your adoration for the woman in your life. Select some love poems for her, and tell her how you really feel. We can’t all be Ryan Gosling à la The Notebook, but we can ...

Choosing the right love poem for your boyfriend can be incredibly nerve-wracking, whether you're in a new relationship or have been together for ages. From sweet, short love poems for him to read ...

Discover Akhil Katyal's multilingual poetry exploring diversity, homophobia, and loss, with translations and upcoming ...

The assumption is that his poetry ... love and incurable sadness, promoted as part of this “myth of Mir”, is plainly nonsensical. As we have seen, he participated fully in the social life of ...