Ghazal 63

Sanai—or Hakim Abul-Majd Majdūd ibn Ādam Sanā’ī Ghaznavi—was born in 1080 and died sometime in the mid-twelfth century, having spent most of his life in Ghazna which is now modern-day Afghanistan. Said by many to be the first to compose qasida, ghazal, and masnavi poems in Persian, he’s especially known for his contemplations of God, mysticism, love, divinity and the human condition.

Khashayar Mohammadi is a queer, Iranian-born, Toronto-based Poet, Writer, Translator and Photographer. He is the author of the poetry chapbooks Moe’s Skin by ZED press (2018), Dear Kestrel by knife | fork | book (2019) and Solitude is an Acrobatic Act by above/ground press (2020). His debut poetry collection Me, You, Then Snow is forthcoming with Gordon Hill Press.