Sindhi poetry
Sindhi poetry (Sindhi: سنڌي شاعري ) continues an oral tradition of a thousand of years. The verbal verses were based on folk tales. Sindhi is one of the oldest languages of the Indus Valley having a peculiar literary colour both in poetry and prose. Sindhi poetry is very rich in thought as well as contain variety of genres like other developed languages. Old Sindhi poetry impacts upon contemporary languages and also accepts the healthy influence of some languages like Hindi. Sindhi poetry contains two main original forms of verse, such as bait and Waei. Bait slightly resembles with form Dohas and Sorthas, moreover also influenced by Persian forms of prosody like Ghazal, Mathnavi, Rubai Kaafi etc., and, thereafter, in the 1940s, was further strengthened by the sonnet and blank verse. Soon after the partition of the sub-continent, these forms were reinforced by Triolet, Haiku, Renga and Tanka etc. At present, these forms continue to co-exist, albeit in a varying degree, with Azad Nazm having an edge over them all.