A Candle on the Sun

Most of the poems in this collection are composed with mystical themes and terminology. Occasionally, there are poems with patriotic, political, separation, and nostalgia subjects as well. For example, in the ghazal “Mourning Dove,” we read: You left, and I asked the signs of your departure / from the scent of spring flowers / I asked the falling rain of spring clouds / from tearful eyes / I asked the sobbing cries of separation / from the springs and brooks…