ISLAMABAD - Renowned Urdu poetess Parveen Shakir know as ‘Commuter of fragrance’ was remembered on her 69th birthday anniversary across the country and glowing tributes are being paid for her lifetime literary services on radio and electronic channels. Parveen Shakir was a legendary female poet who started poetry in her childhood. Parveen Shakir was the first female poetess who expressed emotions and feelings of a young girl in a realistic manner. Spontaneity in expression was the hallmark of her poetry that mesmerized the young lot especially girls. Parveen Shakir started writing at a young age, penning both prose and poetry, and contributing columns in Urdu newspapers, and few articles in English dailies, electronic channels reported. She was highly educated with two Master’s degrees, one in English Literature and one in Linguistics. She also held a PhD and another Masters degree in Bank Administration.
Her work was often based on romanticism, exploring the concepts of love, beauty and their contradictions, and heavily integrated the use of metaphors, similes and personifications.