He should be noted as the most popular figure of Iranian modern poetry compared to his contemporary poets. His literary
style is simple and without pretension and verses are written in a way very close to spoken language. Some of his poems have
either meter or a mild melody within while some others have no meter and no rhyme. However the widely read of his poems belong
to the former category.
A selection of such poems has been sung by Iranian celebrated musician Shahram Nazeri in an al bum
called “Dar Golestaneh”. His poems have also been featured in a few
Iranian movies.
In his poems he talks about the relationship between nature and human spirit and turns around the general idea of re-discovering and returning to the
roots (nature) and appreciating its beauty and serenity instead of giving in to the down-ward spiral of modern life’s
preoccupations. He died in Tehran of leukemia at
the age of 51.
This website contains my rendition of a selection
of his poetry including the English version
of The Footsteps of Water which is a long poem first published as a separate work. Note that the illustrations, with some obvious exceptions, are selected from Sohrab's paintings.
