Dr. Maqsood Jafri

Songs of Humanity Dr. Maqsood Jafri

The book titled "Songs of Humanity" is the collection of the poems of Dr. Maqsood Jafri who is a well known Pakistani American. This book contains his fresh poems written in New York in the past five years. He greatly admires the democratic culture of America in these poems. These poems reflect the intence passion of the poet for humanity. We can find so many poems which teach us the lesson of human and democratic values. There are some poems portraying the deep passions of the poet for love and beauty. As a hyper sensitive poet he is engrossed by the elf of beauty. He says that he is the poet of beauty and humanity. We can divide his poems in to three types. The romantic poems, the revolutionary poems and the philosophical poems. His poetry is the blend of the Eastern passion and the Westen wisdom. In the words of the American critics Ms. Emily and Ms. Linda he is a great visionay yearning for moderate and democratic culture.