Irish Iris: Selected Works

By Ammar Hammad Khan

"Ammar's poetry left me speechless. It stirred emotions I wasn't fully equipped to handle, and created a deep discontent somewhere in the pit of my soul. It's beautiful. There is so much emotion and rawness to it, and it's fresh and new despite being one of the oldest forms of written self-expression. The work in and of itself is stunningly moving." - Dr Nighat Khan, Director of Lahore Grammar School (Lahore, Pakistan); Freie Universit?t Berlin (Berlin, Germany). "Bipolar Bliss: This could be the words to a song...at least that is how I read it. The tempo changes, short, direct stanzas followed by a longer one, are very effective. While one of the more adult-themed poems I have come across it does fulfil that role stealthily. Took me a glass of wine to understand this poem fully and there is no wrong with that." - Bernhardt Fourie, University of California, Davis (Davis, California, United States of America); University of Groningen (Groningen, Netherlands). "Judiciously written and digestible, these poems invoke empathy in readers for an experience that is completely foreign. This impact is achieved by an apt use of imagery, whereby Ammar comforts the reader with familiar settings, yet jolt them with un-forayed experiences, prompting one to think unabashedly." - Shayan Khan, Columbia University (New York City, New York, United States of America). "Maya Angelou meets Robert Frost...there is truly something wickedly charming about Ammar's unembellished words that resonate with me on a personal level. Quite simply, I had to devour every single word." - Hamza Shah, Queen's University Belfast (Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0B4HRSWMW
• ISBN13: 9798834962847
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"