{"product_id":"light-and-heavy-things","title":"Light and Heavy Things","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLight and Heavy Things\u003c\/em\u003e provides many English-speaking readers an opportunity to discover the work of the late Pakistani poet Zeeshan Sahil for the first time. Born in Hyderabad, Sindh, in 1961, Sahil went on to publish eight collections of poetry in Urdu. Often described as a shy man, Sahil was confined to a wheelchair and suffered from serious health problems his entire life leading to his premature death at the age of 47. Despite the difficulties he faced, Zeeshan Sahil’s poetry is marked by an often lighthearted sensitivity and a post-modern sensibility that presents the political realities of Pakistan in personal terms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSigned copies available in limited supply\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e“Poem”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000;\"\u003e Be afraid of poets\u003cbr\u003eThey have hand grenade dreams\u003cbr\u003eLet your words slip\u003cbr\u003eAnd they’ll throw them against the wall\u003cbr\u003eTry to snatch them back\u003cbr\u003eAnd they’ll hide them under water\u003cbr\u003eWhatever they have\u003cbr\u003eThey won’t give you\u003cbr\u003eIf a mob confronts them\u003cbr\u003eEven then the sky is theirs\u003cbr\u003eThey will call up a cavalry of clouds\u003cbr\u003eAnd they will drown you\u003cbr\u003eThey own the earth and keep your footprints captive\u003cbr\u003eThey have a boat\u003cbr\u003eAnd they’ll ship you off\u003cbr\u003eTo an island and leave you there\u003cbr\u003eIf you live with birds you will forget\u003cbr\u003eFaces of poets, your own face\u003cbr\u003eWhen they come for you\u003cbr\u003eYou might push the birds in front of you\u003cbr\u003eTo take your place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\"\u003eZeeshan Sahil was born on December 15, 1961, in Hyderabad, Sindh, and went to school there. He began to write poetry in 1977. He is one of the primary poets who started writing prose poetry in Pakistan. During his lifetime he published eight collections of poetry in Urdu: \u003ci\u003eArena \u003c\/i\u003e(1985), \u003ci\u003eChirion ka Shor\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eKuhr Alood Aasmaan kay Sitaaray \u003c\/i\u003e(1994), \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eKarachi aur Doosri Nazmein\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eEmail aur Doosri Nazmein\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eShabnama aur Doosri Nazmein\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eJang ke Dinon Mein\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) and \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eNeem-tareek Muhabbat\u003c\/i\u003e (2005). All eight books have been published in a single volume, titled \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eSaari Nazmain\u003c\/i\u003e, and his ghazals were collected in another volume, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eWajh-e Begangi\u003c\/i\u003e, in 2011. One more volume of his work, containing all his uncollected and still unpublished poems is being compiled. He died on April 12, 2008, in Karachi.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e© BOA Editions, Ltd. 2013\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #a52a2a;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"availOrange\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: none;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":12467734380625,"sku":"","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback (Signed)","offer_id":12467750469713,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/light_heavy_bookstore.jpeg?v=1527683289","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/light-and-heavy-things","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}