Blackbird an online journal of literature and the arts Fall 2007  Vol. 6 No. 2

POETRY

Chris Abani
Victoria Chang
Michael Chitwood
Keith Ekiss
Gibson Fay-LeBlanc
Beth Ann Fennelly
Raza Ali Hasan
James Hoch
Cyan James
Julia Johnson
Larry Levis
Khaled Mattawa
Timothy O’Keefe
Catherine Pierce
Jon Pineda
John Poch
Austin Segrest
Louie Skipper
Ron Smith
Robert Thomas
Joshua Weiner
Lesley Wheeler
Charles Wright


RAZA ALI HASAN

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The story of the doomed lovers, Qais and Leila,
from Saudi Arabia, is still billed as a musical in Lahore.

Zeba lip syncs her love for Waheed Murad
as he sits playing the grand piano in her father’s mansion

and she twirls around the dancing extras, the dining table
or the random column holding up the set. 
 

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