Zafar Iqbal is probably late twentieth century's only most disputed

poet who has helped cracking two groups in Urdu poetry. At one point he

has managed to influence one segment of poets through his powerful

poetry, but has also garnered blame for misguiding a number of poets. He

has changed meanings of Urdu words and diction and come up with new

meanings and new poetic streams of thought. Hence at one instance he

reconstructed both poetic and linguistics trends in Urdu Poetry. Even after

being trained in classic Urdu literature, and the use of new words, new

idioms, and new structure of verses, his most popular poetry retains its

eastern influence. His verses contain words that seem to have no

connection with one another. In fact, he attempts to create a strange yet

pleasant arrangement of words that may not give traditional meaning but

still appeal to its readers and the poet himself. Zafar Iqbal has drawn on

the canvas of Urdu poetry with new bold creative shades. His works seems

to give different impressions from one another to the reader. This is no

surprise because Zafar Iqbal is a poet who rejects both contemporary and

past poetic trends.