This collection of poems depicts an individual's perceptions and passions in times of war, and bears witness to the conflicts in the Middle East, 'the clash' between the West and Islam, and the ways in which a person's ideals, passions and language are affected by violent political and religious conflicts.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Monsters
- I, the Monster
- War Narrative
- I Am Filth
- Apostasy
- Your Terrorist
- Happy Immigrant
- The Clash
- The Wind of Sheba
- A Ghazal by Attar
- Battles
- In Times of War
- The Incinerator
- Australia
- France
- The Opium
- The Next Superpower
- The Traitor
- Immigration
- The Honest Truth
- Embers
- Rumi
- Three Quatrains by Rumi
- A Ghazal by Rumi
- Beaten
- Annihilation
- A Ghazal by Attar
- Writer in Prison
- Iran
- Eyes in Times of War
- Angelus Novus
- Good Idea?
- Barfly
- The Hermit
- This Thing
- Golden Girl by R. Shiri
- A Ghazal by Hafez
- My People
- Retrospect
- Teeth in Times of War (for 8 October 2001)
- The Ghosts (from elixir: a story in poetry)
- ABC (from elixir: a story in poetry)
- A Memory
- Princess
- The Fruiting
- Out of Water
- Lover's Name
- You're the Sentinel
- Windows #3
