Ardour: Poems from the Daud Sylvia Plath

Ardour: Poems from the Daud Sylvia PlathMatthew Rana Ardour is a dialogue with Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalibs (c. 17971869) Urdu Divan. Addressing a beloved in whose name it is also inscribed, Ardour is a cry of intimacy and separation resonant with the affective intensities of form. It is the latest instalment of Ranas serial poem The Daud, an inquiry into Urdu poetry and the ghazal, ongoing since 2003.

a montage of statements and questions sutured together and gradually accumulating colour

as well as conversations between lovers and friends

plekken en omstandigheden

and trans-marginated

But at the same time he cautions

a giddy epic of queer community

Slangen krioelen in de sarcofaag van het heden

and desire

Hoe verandert dat je blik op de wereld

Campos was born in Tavira (Algarve) in 1890 and studied mechanical engineering in Glasgow

proberen ze greep te krijgen op het bestaan

Trek je je eruit terug