by Ali Abdolrezaei (Author)
A book of Short Poems about things you see while thinking of something else. There is a paucity of images stored in these haiku-like poems, which confront the reader with thoughts and images with gaps in between, on which the reader needs to ponder as if on a zen koan.
Author Biography
Ali Abdolrezaei was born on 10 April 1969 in Langerood in Northern Iran. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Khajeh Nasir Toosi University of Technology (KNTU) in Tehran. Ali published his first book of poems "Only Iron Men Rust in the Rain" at the age of 19, which had an undeniable impact on the poetry circles with his speeches and media interviews. Ali left Iran in September 2002 after his protest against censorship of his last books to be published in Iran, "So Sermon of Society" and "Shinema", which led to being banned from teaching and public speaking. He now lives in London, UK. His 35 varied books of poetry include "In Riskdom Where I lived", "This Dear Cat", "Paris in Renault", "More Obscene than Literature", "Hermaphrodite", "You Name this Book", "Terror", "La Elaha Ella Love" and "Wisdom of Sin". Ali Abdolrezaei's poems are translated into many languages such as English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Turkish, Portuguese, Urdu, Croatian, Armenian and Arabic.