nature and all four seasons inspire me to write, as does the moon, sun, water of oceans ans rivers. Like painting artists some poets like to change the mood and feel of their work. I find some non rhyming stanzas too much like a list of ‘one liners’ but all writers are different and varied and should be able to stay faithful to their chosen style, changing only if they feel they want to. However, I mostly like to read and write rhyming verse but again this doesn’t always have to be the case. Although I see the sense in adhering to meterage and stanza size, I feel lassitude can work in some cases too. Rules and regulations don’t always allow for spontaneity and passion.
I feel that any art should be something you ‘feel’ deeply within your core. As a poet I would rate myself along the lines of the US artist Grandma Moses, in as much as my work is straight from the heart, mostly spontaneous and often breaks ‘the rules’. I have always enjoyed writing since being very young along with other artistic activities such as cooking, drawing and painting. Linda: I am a woman of 59 and a mother of two adult sons and living in England, UK. RightNowPak- How would you describe yourself both as a person and as a poet? We requested Linda for interview and she agreed to share her poetry and thoughts. and will protect us from future calamities.After reading Linda’s Poetry, I felt personally moved and thought to share that lovely gift of Linda for victims of flood in Sindh with you through RightsNOW Pakistan, a magnanimous task Zaib Sindh and Hidayat Balouch have already done through Kawish. God will give us way to get out of the difficult situation, flood has created. Linda’s poetry for us is a gift as well as a prayer for flood victims of Sindh and Pakistan. We are thankful to Zaib Sindhi and Hidayat Baloch who are ‘Ambassadors of Sindh’ who linked a land of poets with a British Poetess, a lady with a sweet heart and a kind soul, whose love for Sindh is boundless and borderless. Linda got inspired by Sindh’s beauty and wrote a poem which was later translated by Sindh writer Hidayat Baloch and published in daily Kawish, popular Sindhi newspaper.
In Bina Shah’s words, “Sindh is not just a state, it is a state of mind real beauty of Sindh is not in rivers, forests but in tolerance, peace and harmony.” That beauty of Sindh has inspired Linda Bay Brown, British poet, based in UK, who has seen Sindh through Zaib Sindhi’s eyes.
Sindh – Land of Poets, Tolerance and Peace
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