Bring Now the Angels: Poems

by Dilruba Ahmed

Description

In these luminous poems, Dilruba Ahmed gathers voices from prayer, memory, and the everyday, asking what it means to be met—by grace, by grief, or by the sudden arrival of hope. With a high-level sweep that moves between intimate scenes and larger spiritual questions, the collection traces how longing can become a form of witness, and how language itself can feel like a threshold. Themes of faith and doubt, love and loss, and the search for moral and emotional clarity pulse through the work, inviting readers to listen for the sacred in ordinary life. Ahmed’s lyrical, image-rich style blends tenderness with sharp insight, creating a book that feels both deeply personal and widely resonant.

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University of Pittsburgh Press

Published Jan 1, 2020

78 pages

ISBN: 9780822987307

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First Published

2020

Language

eng

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