{"product_id":"the-frozen-lake-mazhar-nisar","title":"The Frozen Lake - Mazhar Nisar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘The Frozen Lake’ is the second collection of my English poems. The first, titled ‘The Mahogany Junction,’ was published in 2017. The feedback from critics and poetry lovers was overwhelming enough to stay with me and to inspire the compilation of poems I had penned from 2018 to 2022. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt has been a beautiful journey; a labour of love. The voyage made me travel far and wide within myself and beyond in the quest to understand and unravel the mysteries of nature, of complex human emotions, and experiences. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis collection contains 40 poems based on a variety of themes including life, mysticism, love, and a yearning for harmony amongst humans and their co-existence with non-humans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e----------\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom Harris Khalique:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Frozen Lake' is a fresh collection of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epoems by\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Mazhar Nisar. Fresh as in new and fresh \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand supple\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in its aesthetic treatment. What \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eone finds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e at play in many of the poems is that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe serenity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of the natural environment - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elakes, mountains\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, birds, moon - felt and celebrated by\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003ethe poet seems to succeed in overpowering his\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003einner angst. But the inner angst of an artist \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elike Nisar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e can ever be overpowered? It returns\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003ehowlingly on occasions and reclaims the mind\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eand heart of the poet. This interplay \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebetween angst\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and serenity, despondency and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehope, silence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and sounds, light and dark, keeps one\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eriveted from the first poem until the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elast. Through\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e this collection, Mazhar Nisar yet \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eagain reminds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e his readers that he is one of the most\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003epowerful creative voices in Pakistani\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eAnglophone poet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTitle: The Frozen Lake\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Mazhar Nisar\u003cbr\u003eSubject: Poetry\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9693534727\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eNumber of Pages: 96\u003cbr\u003eYear of Publication: 2023\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sang-e-meel Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68385301102843,"sku":"9693534727","price":750.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/4301\/5163\/files\/9693534727front.jpg?v=1792844516","url":"https:\/\/bookshaven.shop\/products\/the-frozen-lake-mazhar-nisar","provider":"Books Haven","version":"1.0","type":"link"}