Foreword / by Matthew Shenoda -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- My beloved Aazza / Khalil Farah -- Wedding parade / Muhammad el-Mahdi el-Magzoub -- A poet ; In the spring of love / Idris Jamma' -- Dig no grave for me ; A roaming dervish's stanza ; Yaaqut al-Arsh / Mohammed el-Fayturi -- Migrating from Sai / Jayli Abdel Rahman -- The wharf and the walkway rhythms ; The horse and the wind ; Homeland / Mohyiddin Faris -- An Afro-Asian song / Taj el-Sir el-Hassan -- The exile and the kingdom / El-Nur Osman Abbakar -- A drib of your nectar ; A farm on the hill ; Two love poems and a carnival ; Songs for October / Mohammed el-Makki Ibrahim -- The old sea ; The lost violins / Mustafa Sanad -- Departure at night ; The night girl / Abdel Raheem Abu Zikra -- Who's triggered the stone's tongue? / Ali Abdel Qayyoum -- The signs ode / Muhammad Abdul-Hai -- Encounter ; Whispers ; A cell the size of New Year's Eve ; Monologue / Kamal el-Gizouli -- The pre-eruption silence / Aalim Abbas -- The homesick sparrow ; Crazy in love with you ; I say it without fear ; Buffoon! / Mahjoub Sharif -- The golden scythe song ; Deng Malo: a biography ; Pastoral scriptures / Mahgoub Kbalo -- The silent rose ; A sun on the window ; Walking a tightrope / Fidaili Jamma -- The shores of your eyes ; I miss something / Abdulqadir Alkutayabi -- Uncle Aburraheem Nura and the time-tested dream / Mohammed el-Hassan Salim Himmaid -- The story of a revolution ; The tale of the rose and the street / Hashim Siddig -- A starting point / Azhari Mohammed Ali -- Songs of solitude / Al-Saddig al-Raddi -- Heart's confessions -- A new ebb in the high tide season / Rawda el-Haj -- A frosted cry ; A tribute to winter ; The spider's text: millennium messages to life / Rugaia Warrag -- All alone / Khalid Hassan Osman -- Under abundant shades ; Tuesday's dilemma ; An acacia bush in labor / Najlaa Osman Eltom -- The fall of angels / Mamoun Eltilib -- Wrapped in grief / Boi John Awang -- Skies / Hatim Al Kinani -- On the bank of River Sobat ; An amulet for the mango tree / Nylawo Ayul -- Notes -- References -- List of contributors.
Summary:
Spanning more than six decades of Sudan's post-independence history, Modern Sudanese Poetry features around 60 pieces by some of Sudan's most renowned poets--Provided by publisher.
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