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Hafez is a significant presence in Edwin Morgan s <i>The New Divan</i>. Mimi Khalvati s ghazals beautifully capture the bittersweet qualities of the form. The single rhyme that becomes a refrain is both a plaintive solitary cry and an encouragement for a listener to join in, a kind of torch-song  hook . They are lonesome but sociable poems  traditionally about romantic (and mystical) love, but here, in addition to love poems, adapted extremely well to the themes of motherhood and family:  May the rarest editions of love / bring us both to a shop with a nook of ghazals. </p> <p class="maintext">Also try: Jila Peacock, <i>Ten Poems from Hafez</i>, 2006</p> <p class="copyright">All texts unless otherwise stated are &copy; Richard Price </p> <br> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="10" height="30">&nbsp;</td> <td width="112" height="30">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="110"> <table width="100" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td><a href="index.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('home','','/images/bthomeover.gif',1)"><img name="home" border="0" src="/images/home.gif" width="100" height="50"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="poetry.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('poetry','','/images/btpoetryover.gif',1)"><img name="poetry" border="0" src="/images/poetry.gif" width="100" height="50"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="fiction.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('fiction','','/images/btfictionover.gif',1)"><img name="fiction" border="0" src="/images/fiction.gif" width="100" height="50"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="artprojects.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('artprojects','','/images/btartprojectsover.gif',1)"><img name="artprojects" border="0" src="/images/artprojects.gif" width="100" height="50"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="borndig.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('borndig','','/images/btborndigover.gif',1)"><img name="borndig" border="0" src="/images/borndig.gif" width="100" height="50"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="recordings.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('recordings','','/images/btrecordover.gif',1)"><img name="recordings" border="0" src="/images/recordings.gif" width="100" height="50"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="translations.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('translations','','/images/bttransover.gif',1)"><img name="translations" border="0" src="/images/translations.gif" width="100" height="50"></a></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="10" bgcolor="#999999">&nbsp;</td> <td width="112"> <table width="100" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"> <tr> <td><a href="news.htm" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('news','','/images/btnewsover.gif',1)"><img name="news" border="0" src="/images/news.gif" width="100" height="50" alt="news &amp; 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