WAQAS AHMAD KHWAJA

Mornings in the Wilderness --Table of Contents

     
     
CONTENTS
   

INTRODUCTION 15

PAKISTANI WRITINGS IN ENGLISH

POETRY

Taufiq Rafat

The Medal 38
The Kite-Flyers 40
Cremation 43
This Blade of Grass 45
Snapshot of my Father 46

Daud Kamal

Erasure 47
Soliloquy of the Forest Bridge 48
Mental Patient 49
Compass of Love 50
Windowsill 51

Waqas Ahmad Khwaja

This Spring 52
April ’77 54
Six Geese from a Tomb at Medum 57
Kiran 61
Old woman again 63

Alamgir Hashmi

On Seeing a Poster in the Showcase Cinema 65
The telegram 67
Galilee 69
So what if I live in a house made by idiots 71
But where is the sky 72

Mohammad Athar Tahir

Journey 73
The Lahore Canal 79
Prayer 80
Circles 81

M. Salim-ur-rehman

A Poem 82
As seen from below 84

Salman Shahid

A Poem 85
This Evening 86
About the Rain 87
Magazine 89

Ayesha Daud

Burn 91
Polarized Dreams 92

SHORT STORIES

Athar Tahir
The Inspector of Schools 93

M.A. Niazi
Fantasia in J-Minimus 101

Tariq Rahman
Moustache 111

Zebun-Nisa Hamidulla
No Music before the Mosque 121

Waqas Ahmad Khwaja
The Break 133

CHARACTER STUDY

Hamid Jalal
The Agony of an Ecstasy 147

Zebun-Nisa Hamidullah

No Music before the Mosque 121

Waqas Ahmad Khwaja

The Break 133

CHARACTER STUDY

Hamid Jalal

The Agony of an Ecstasy 147

Ghulam Abbas

Fancy Hair Cutting Salon 169

 

Sadat Hasan Manto

Open it 183

Patras Bokhari

In Memorium 187
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi
To the Head of the State 203

Intizar Husain

A Frame of Bones 209

Ashfaq Ahmad

Stony-hearted 221

Abdullah Husain

Exile 237

Enver Sajjad

Anarkali 249

Mazhar-ul-Islam

Prefaces 253

POETRY

Faiz Ahmad Faiz

Dedication 259
Tryst 262
Don't ask me dear for that first love again 264
Prayer265
Window266
My heart, fellow traveller267

Majeed Amjad

Pack animal268
Nights269
The Pan-seller271
The Water-wheel272
Manto274

Noon Meem Rashed

Hassan, the potter275
Abu Lahab's Marriage278
Afraid of Life280
My Pismire Life282
The World is God284

Munir Niazi

Cry in the Desert285
The first word was the last286
Song of Separation287
How could the dream go further288
I always put off289

Nasir Kazmi

Ghaza1: 0' my busy God290
Ghaza1: The rllapsody of stars ends291
Ghaza1: Who will ever pass this way292
Ghaza1: Did I win or lose in love293
Ghaza1: Discover fresh shades of thought294

Javed Shaheen

Hired Assassin296
What conspiracy is this297
A black musk298
Sleepwalkers299
I asked the night300

Kishwar Naheed

Grass is but like me301
Who am I302
Before sleep304
The Signs305
Hide and Seek307

Zahid Dar

Poem 29 308
Poem 2 310
Notes on Contributors311