Retrieved via the Wayback Machine. Originally posted by Akshay Mahajan

Maya in her round-up of Mumbai Poetry Live(11th Feb) said this about the poet Shamshad Khan

Shamshad’s voice was ‘orgasmic’ as a friend put it. He’s going today again to catch her performance.

I personally think it has a lot to do with her crisp Manchester accent. I caught up Shamshad at the noisy Rabbi concert at Azad Maidan. Though a lot of conversation was exchanged most of it was lost in the music. Though some poetry survived.

Spider Women

She spun the argument,
with a thread

he could not follow

Perfecting the delicate
Construction
Until he

Unsuspecting
fell
entangled
to his
gentle

destruction.

As Maya said you can catch a replay today at The Prithvi theatre (Feb 12, 2006)