Find Love, Death, And Exile: Poems Translated From Arabic Authored By Abdul Wahab Al-Bayati Available As Publication

Abdul Wahab alBayati. An Iraqi poet who spent much of his life abroad in exile, Hailed as part of the avantgarde movement in Arabic poetry which moved away from classical strictures, A great poet:
"Cities die in plagues
Others are flattened by earthquakes
Everywhere starvation, wars, and destruction
Civilizations, eras collapse.

But the peacock shamelessly
Shows his genitals to the people, " None بعد قراءتي له اكتشفت اني لا افضل قراءة الشعر.

. صحيح كانت الكلمات تعبر عن براعة البياتي في تعبيره. . و لكنني لم استمتع في قراءته اذ قبل القراءة و بعد قراءته لم يتغير شيء ! ولا يوجد شك بجمال كلمات البياتي Glorious! The translation into English still has such clarity and purpose, I would say he is one of the greatest but perhaps underrated poets,

One of my favorites A really great primer in his work Called a "major innovator in his art form" by the New York Times, Baghdadborn poet Abdul Wahab AlBayati broke with over fifteen centuries of Arabic poetic tradition to write in free verse and became world famous in the process.
This collection is a rare, bilingual facingpage edition in both the original Arabic text and in a highly praised English translation by Bassam K.
Frangiehcontaining selections from eight of AlBayati's books of poetry, .