# A Fistful of Embers

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**Author:** Moin Qazi
 **Pages:** 126 **Year of Publication:** 2011 **Price:** Rs
150 **ISBN:** 978-93-5045-019-2 (9789350450192)

_**About the Author**_
 Moin Qazi worked as a senior executive for a leading public
sector bank before settling down to a full-time career in writing and research. 
An award-winning poet, his poems have been published in leading newspapers and magazines.
He holds a Ph.D. in English Literature. Dr. Qazi lives in Nagpur with his wife, 
Nahid and sons, Salman and Wasim.

_**Teaser**_

_Farewell to a Friend_

The limpid waters of the river
 Rustle along the shores Until the heavy rocks block
their way. I bid farewell to my friend. A demure young lad he was: His mind as clear
as a computer, His convictions tough as a rock. The night has already begun To spread
its looming canopy. The time is now for rising up and speaking Out our love. Your
ideas broke the mould Of prejudice in which my mind was formed. You let the world
in on my weak shoulders. We hemmed and hawed over ideas held in common. The moment
of separation has now come. The line of the horizon has started fading, He walks
to the north and I to the south. His faint memories, like floating clouds, Shall
always populate my universe. A shadow falls on us and grows. Tomorrow we will meet,
again at a different latitude. We embrace in the haze of sunset And part with eyes
bloated And hearts bulging with the pain of separation.

_**Contents**_
 55 poems