Mr Taimur Awan

ABOUT

The philosophy that guides much of Taimur’s poetry is a deeply spiritual one. Poetry is his passion and reason for being and provides the spark for him to enjoy his existence and live fully in the realm of his world. Widely travelled and well-read, Taimur’s interest in poetry and literature first came about when he was given a book of Shakespeare’s Sonnets by a friend. Taimur’s commitment and dedication to his chosen profession is admirable and exemplary and his long hours of study and research are more than apparent in his work.

Taimur’s warm and caring soul has absorbed the abundant love and support that surrounds him, in particular by his parents. It makes him who he is today. Their protective embrace has enabled him to confidently pursue his chosen career and humbly produce such high calibre material.

Taimur’s sensitives and insightful nature enables him to translate the glory of Gods creations through the medium of poetry.

His determined and ambitious character propels him to always do his very best. He has high expectations of himself, whilst simultaneously allowing a process of creative freedom to develop, culminating in masterpieces that are both original and inspired.

"Though Taimur seems constantly locked into staring contests with the abyss, these are battles from which he infallibly emerges victorious and miraculously unscathed. Taimur’s courage in challenging the greatest of existential questions is coupled with a profound awareness of the sublime. He does not look into the darkness, he has an uncanny ability to look straight through its bleakness, to the divinity that lies beyond. Illuminated by the torch of his spirituality, he teases his reader with an apercu of a transcendental realm, a momentary slackening of the coils of our “dusty frames”. Flirting at the edges of imagination, Taimur paints in vivid strokes a picture of the dimension that lies beyond our “sublunar earth”. Taimur is a literary craftsman, collecting words, polishing them and placing them in exactly the right setting. The glorious Technicolor of his imagery leaves us yearning with him for the “towering indigo of [his] Midnight”, and a soul-wrenching knowledge that we are just guests invited to look through the lens of his poetry." ~ S Zakaria