Ephemeral Echoes: Poems – Twenty Twenty-One Edition

About the Book

Ephemeral Echoes is an extension of Ali’s passion for poetry: a manifestation of his philosophy and intellectualism. The Twenty Twenty-One Edition is a florilegium of his poetic discourses, which are culminations of his reflections on (the schema of) existence as personifications of Sounds, where the essence of existence is Flux i.e. Flowing-Sounds. The poems relate to various facets of the human condition i.e. illusion, self, emotionality, rationality, dichotomy, subjectivity, objectivity, singularity, multiplicity, et cetera. The anthology is an invitation to everyone to embark upon a reflective odyssey.

About the Author

SAAD ALI (he/him) (b. 1980 CE in Okara, Pakistan) is a bilingual poet-philosopher & literary translator. He has been brought up and educated in the UK and Pakistan. He holds a BSc and an MSc in Management from the University of Leicester, UK. By profession, he is an Educationist and a Consultant (Academic Research, Management, Marketing & Communication). His work appears in The Ekphrastic Review, The Mackinaw, Synchronized Chaos, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Lotus-eater, BRAWL Lit, Pandemonium Journal, two poetry Anthologies by Kevin Watt (ed.), two poetry e-Anthologies at TER, and Poetry in English from Pakistan – a poetry anthology by Ilona Yusuf & Shafiq Naz (eds.). He has been nominated for the Best of the Net Anthology and Best Microfiction Anthology. His ekphrastic poetry has been showcased at the Bleeding Borders, Art Gallery of Grande Prairie in Alberta, Canada. He has translated Lorette C. Luzajic’s ekphrastic work into Urdu. Some of his influences include: Vyasa, Homer, Attar, Rumi, Nietzsche, Dostoyevsky, Freud, Jung, Kafka, Tagore, Lispector et alia. He enjoys learning different languages, travelling by train, and exploring cities/towns on foot. To know more about Ali and his work, please visit: www.saadalipoet.com (forthcoming) / @owlofpines (Facebook & Instagram).