Islamabad : The English poetry collection Immortal Poems by eminent poet, philosopher, political activist, and columnist Prof. Dr. Maqsood Jafri has been published by ST Printers and Publishers, Rawalpindi.
The collection brings together 83 poems spanning personal, social, political, national, and international themes. It is a wide-ranging body of work that reflects the poet’s voice as both witness and conscience of his times.
Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, former Federal Minister for Information & Broadcasting, has written the foreword of the book. He says, “He has the gifts of compassion, conviction, and courage. He speaks and writes without complacency or fear. He never reconciles with fascism or despotism. The Greek philosopher Plato had said: ‘Poets, philosophers, and orators are not made, but born.’ I admire Maqsood Jafri’s qualities as a poet, philosopher, and orator.”
Professor Mohammad Shanazar, an internationally recognized English poet and literary critic, writes: “Dr. Maqsood Jafri is multi-dimensional, like a diamond that reflects the poet, orator, philosopher, and columnist in one. With sincerity and dedication, he has shaped two generations through literature and academia. He is a perennial figure who will be remembered even in an unpredictable future. I count myself blessed to have sipped a single drop from his unfathomable ocean.”
Caroline Laurent Turunc, a Paris-based poetess and literary scholar, was inspired after reading Shazia Alam Shazi’s article on Dr. Jafri. In her poem Poet of Light, she writes addressing Ms. Shazi: “You did not merely describe him; you illuminated him. In your reflection one hears reverence, intellectual insight, and the devotion of a heart that recognizes greatness not by fame, but by grace.”
