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The Poetry Foundation website features this essay on landays, a traditional poetic form among the Pashto-speaking people of Afghanistan, which has become a clandestine outlet for women to express dissent and speak of forbidden subjects like love and sensuality. The essay includes many examples of landay couplets with cultural context and photos.
Source: https://static.poetryfoundation.org/o/media/landays.html
Categories: Traditional and Exotic Verse Forms
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