PESHAWAR:
Renowned Pashto poet Ameenullah Daudzai became the first bard to have versified the tragic incident of Army Public School.
His poetic volume ‘Da Gulonoo Marsiyah’ (Dirge of flowers) is the first regular collection of poetic pieces in free verse in Pashto literature on the tragedy.
This is his ninth edition, eight of his poetry collections have already been published while two more are in the press.
Poets and fiction writers have written and will continue to write about APS incident but Mr Daudzai emerged as the first Pashto poet to have launched his volume fully dedicated to APS incident.
Mr Daudzai got premature retirement in 1992 from radio Pakistan, Peshawar as a senior producer to devote himself to writing and reading. His poems have pictorial quality, drenched in his deep romantic and creative thought.