This is a representative selection of Wehshat Kalkatvi’s poetry. One of the major poets of twentieth century, Kalkatvi wrote both in Urdu and Persian. Afollower of the
style of Ghalib,.his poetry was also admired by his contemporaries, such as Allama Iqbal. His first collection Deewan-e-Wehshat was published in 1910, while his second collection Taraana-e-Wehshat was published in 1953. His third collection Nuqoosh-o-Aasar was published in 1957. Parvez Shahidi, the eminent progressive poet, was his disciple.