This collection spanning a half century of writing gives a front row seat to a world in turmoilfrom the forbidding valleys and mountains of Waziristan in the tribal areas of Pakistan to the think tanks and halls of power in Washington, DC. And...
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This collection spanning a half century of writing gives a front row seat to a world in turmoilfrom the forbidding valleys and mountains of Waziristan in the tribal areas of Pakistan to the think tanks and halls of power in Washington, DC. And through it all, they carry the message of hope and compassion. Throughout the range of poems from introspective and reflective to romantic and emotive to historical and political exists the optimism and faith of a young man with confidence in the future in the midst of change and uncertainty.. Cover -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- foreword -- preface -- Pakistan -- Train to Pakistan -- diaspora -- will ever be -- 'knew not her' -- the Headmaster -- walking the streets with the Dahta -- Major Sabir Kamal: the last stand -- Pukhtun landscape: a mood -- At the Khaibar Pass -- Ethnicity -- the small boy by the road -- they are taking them away -- Love -- Ithaca revisited -- I just might -- Fly, my little blue-eyed angel -- Golgotha -- "Again" -- Crucifixion II -- Requiem for a priest -- the scimitar-wallahs -- Since -- 'the world is too much…' -- yesterday -- the original sin -- Where Have All the Flowers Gone? -- hands of the stranger -- The King strikes -- galactic veil -- a little while -- To my mother -- 'this thing called love' -- pain -- for Umar, with love -- Zeenat, Princess of my Heart -- The Rack -- The Sailing -- Islam -- I, Saracen -- the eternal moth -- An I -- the meeting -- The Path -- la mosquée a Paris -- Echoes of History -- The Passing of an Empire -- The Song of China -- imperial parallels -- twilight days and delhi nights -- Spring thoughts in Farghana -- you, my father -- Pensées -- the rent -- nauroz -- sufic slants -- Circe's call -- high on these slopes -- Votive Peregrination -- The kingdom of Heaven -- Haiku effects -- Age…….? -- "Time must have a stop" -- Under the looking-glass -- the long wait -- horror burnt -- lend me your efforts -- my green valleys -- Invitation -- of nightmares -- prospects -- A beginning -- cancer -- Au Bord du Lac Léman -- In Memoriam -- L'Aigle -- What is it that I seek? -- Author's Glossary -- Index of Poems -- About Akbar Ahmed -- About Busboys and Poets Publishing -- About PM Press.
