The Prelude
Poetry
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463The Lost File of Love-Aasma Tahir
Anarkali!What’s this noise in the courtyard of your tomb?Whenever I feel lonely and dejected,And this world kills my creativity,I open the windowHere...
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751The Dance of Life-Asif Khan
The table was small, and he had put too many things on it, things large and small, precious and fragile, placed in...
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822Immortal City-Shahid Imtiaz
(Dedicated to the Palestinians)I walk through the city of the dead,Burnt bodies, broken limbs, and shreds of flesh hung down from their...
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656A Season’s Struggle-Vandana Kumar
A world That turned its back On seasons of love And timely harvests Invested in new hybrids Were the new corporates Altering...
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877Childhood-Masooma Ishtiaq
When I was frank with water And my mind was blurred to see a letter There was a holiness laid in my...
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632Sing Me No Song!-Vandana Kumar
A loner I sat on a tree On an even lonelier branch On solitary leaf Looking for company In city Deaf to...
