Mornings in the Wilderness

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