Waheed Akhtar poet from India was born on August 12, 1934, had 62 years and died on December 13, 1996. Poems were written mainly in Urdu language. Dominant movement is political.
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The Voice
I was the height of a folio, my bed just
backed on the bookcases sombre Babel,
everything, Latin ashes, Greek dust
jumbled together: novel, science, fable.
backed on the bookcases sombre Babel,
everything, Latin ashes, Greek dust
jumbled together: novel, science, fable.
Whoever sets himself to see things as they are will find himself one of a very small circle but it is only by this small circle resolutely doing its own work that adequate ideas will ever get current at all.
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- Age
- Alone
- Amazing
- Anger
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- Art
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- Best
- Birthday
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- Dad
- Dating
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- Diet
- Dreams
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- Envy
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- Famous
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- Food
- Forgiveness
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- Friendship
- Funny
- Future
- Gardening
- God
- Good
- Government
- Graduation
- Great
- Happiness
- Happy
- Health
- History
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- Hope
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- Imagination
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- Jealousy
- Jingle Bells
- Knowledge
- Leadership
- Learning
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- Love
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- Men
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- Morning
- Movies
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- Patriotism
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- Pet
- Poetry
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- Positive
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- Teen
- Thankful
- Time
- Travel
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- Truth
- Violence
- War
- Weather
- Wedding
- Wish
- Women
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