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'Nadia Niaz dances worlds into being. Hers is a rich and heady
poetry, unafraid to play with form, spun for us across contrasting worlds, languages, time, customs. It’s a poetry to savour, gasp and marvel at for its spirit of sustained and generous observation.’
—Kevin Brophy' (Publication summary)
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Dedication: For all who wander.
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Includes glossary and notes.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Rabbit Poetry Journal
, 2023 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- A Map of Mothersi"I hold my mother in my mouth", single work poetry (p. 1)
- Night Fragments 1i"Mosquito blooms move", single work poetry (p. 2)
- A Dream of Daadi's Paan Daani"betel leaf veins", single work poetry (p. 3)
- The Djinn Huntersi"First you must find a corpse where the is lore of the djinn", single work poetry (p. 4)
- Paani"Black grooved brass box", single work poetry (p. 5)
- Sugarcanei"Sun beams off my aunt's knife, cuts", single work poetry (p. 6)
- At Walton Pool with My Fatheri"The split grey concrete", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Salt Mine, Khewrai"Where the Potohar Plateau rises from the plains", single work poetry (p. 8-10)
- If You Haven't Seen Lahore..., single work poetry (p. 11)
- Aandhii"First a creeping jaundice in the northwest", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Winter in Lahorei"fog stalks the night", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Moth Seasoni"dusty wings beating", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Measuresi"That heavy summer my grandmother", single work poetry (p. 15-18)
- The Drums of Shahjamali"Thursday nights were music -", single work poetry (p. 19)
- August in Lahorei"This thick heat swaggers", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Nahid Siddiqui in Lahorei"She keeps her feet stilled, a beehive", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Fine Aggregatei"The corners of this city sag under stories of generations", single work poetry (p. 23-24)
- A Time of Birdsi"Do you remember the hoopoe,", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Oncei"Once, I lived in the sky", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Shagirdi"The first step she shows us is permission", single work poetry (p. 27)
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