The Distance of a Shout
This book is a compilation of Kishar Naheed's poems translated by well-known and established literary figures. Kishwar Naheed is one of the leading poets of Pakistan who continues to write in the more traditional form of the ghazal but some of her best works, as reflected through this selection, have been prose-poetry.
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This book is a compilation of Kishar Naheed's poems translated by well-known and established literary figures. Kishwar Naheed is one of the leading poets of Pakistan who continues to write in the more traditional form of the ghazal but some of her best works, as reflected through this selection, have been prose-poetry.
Kishwar Naheed2The end of exploitation6A distance of two miles8Recompense10The grass is really like me12Listen, Jane Austen14Agreement16Listen to me18Section 14420Speech number twenty-seven22How crazy are those who love you so much26Confession28I feel in my bones30I am not that woman34Ghazal38Soliloquy40A window view44First class needs of third class citizens46Nightmare48Eyes between fire and snow52A story among many54History does not repeat itself56Anticlockwise58Speechless princess60Accusation of a dream for being alive62A palace of wax64A poem out of focus68To the masters of countries with a cold climate70We sinful women74The imaginary adversary78A paradise called home82Dreamcolours86Signatures90The mannequin show92Charge sheet 199094Relationships with no direction96The silent volcano98Tell the gods100A two-brick room104Turning the page106Mankind on trial108Talking to a shepherd in Chaghi110What befell a fisherman in Badin112A snapshot of Ramallah114Commonplace miracles116Let's talk about it118The poisoned cup of mother's love120Standing on the shore, a poem122Referendum 2002124On watching CNN in 2001126The dream of wandering sleep128
