{"product_id":"like-a-vermeer-other-yousuf-zaigham-9780595409747","title":"Like a Vermeer \u0026 Other Poems","description":"\"Yousuf Zaigham came to America from Pakistan, the nation of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, and \"a country\/that I left three coup d'etats ago.\" Readers of his mystical poems in \"Palace of Rumi\" will recognize the stance of the ecstatic rebel who can say, \"God, you \u0026amp; I were, perhaps\/not meant for each other,\" but can also speak such delightful lines as these:  \u003cp\u003eIt has been hard as hell trying to make love\u003cbr\u003e to every blossoming lettuce-coral, \u003cbr\u003e swirling acacia \u0026amp; eucalyptus grove, \u003cbr\u003e every ringed nipple, pierced navel, \u003cbr\u003e pearled tongue, inebriated rain lily, \u003cbr\u003e \u0026amp; tangoing galaxy of your restive, \u003cbr\u003e brazen Isadora Duncan Creation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This kind of Whitmanesque openness to experience continues in the poems of \"Palace of Rimbaud\" as well as \"Palace of Marvin Gaye\". Zaigham, who was first seduced by poetry in Urdu and now writes in English, has become a poet of the world-father, husband, lover-and enthusiast of the word. You will find welcome here.\"-\u003cb\u003eDave Mason\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Buried Houses\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Country I Remember\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"From the very first poem with \"grenadine suns in your tequila sunsets\" to the line, \"my poems are the only stardust of my ashes\" to the very last poem where Yousuf Zaigham tells us \"the poems came like a tempest of miracles, budded asters in their rosy florescence\" this book is a feast of language and poetic diction that defies description. Open \u003ci\u003eLike a Vermeer\u003c\/i\u003e anywhere, and you will enjoy a veritable banquet of poetry that harkens back to the rich literary traditions of Urdu's great poets Ghalib \u0026amp; Josh.\"-\u003cb\u003eJames Ciletti\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eAt the Crack of Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Zaigham's exuberant, chastening poems glory in and indict this world. His voice, full-throated, capering through the registers, is necessary and welcome. I will return to \u003ci\u003eLike a Vermeer and Other Poems\u003c\/i\u003e repeatedly\"-\u003cb\u003eAaron Anstett\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eNo Accident \u0026amp; Sustenance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yousuf Zaigham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595409741\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595409747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.38d","brand":"Yousuf Zaigham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435555827967,"sku":"9780595409747","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_793a3bff-7576-4b6d-a0f3-2267564a6857.jpg?v=1777151162","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/like-a-vermeer-other-yousuf-zaigham-9780595409747","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}