Onslaught South Asia Series no 2
Anger, nostalgia, evocative eroticism and amorphous love for the universal characterise this collection. In the short and bilingual poems the poetry comes into its element of play with words, rhythms, images, sensuousness and games of hide and seek. Compassion, concurrence, and creativity are hallmarks of the poetry of Waqas Khwaja, as it ranges, sometimes bilingually, from his native Pakistan to a new home in America and the world that includes not only Emily Dickinson and centaurs dancing, but also Islamophobia and the blinding effects of living in the land of the Cyclopes.
