Lightning of Your Eyes Hamid al-Iqabi

Lightning of Your Eyes Hamid al-IqabiNew and selected Poems by Chris Searle A selection of poems written during forty years of teaching in Britain, Africa and the Caribbean, celebrating language and education, cricket and revolution. "He is that curious mix of guru, guerrilla and your favourite fast bowler." A. Sivanandan Chris Searle was born in Romford in 1944. He has worked as a teacher in Canada, Tobago, East London, Mozambique, Grenada and Sheffield. His books include Classrooms of

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and has read his poetry in such distinguished locations as the Japanese American Museum

follow-up to the best-selling The Zoo Father

The Arrival of a Stranger

if I may give the word its proper inverted commas at this stage

Most uncommonly

travelling the world

Men are absent

For Elly and Martin it is the chance to forget their hasty exit from Paradise following classroom scandal

and A tous qui partent by Fatma Z

Yahya al-Qaissi: Short story Shattered desires

Nikolay Gumilev