The Prelude
Poetry
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899A Cat’s Crying-Asif Khan
In the distant vicinity of an urban locale, a cat’s crying is heard, restlessly persistent, clear enough to make a loud impression...
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1.2KOctober Evenings-Masooma Ishtiaq
October dusk breeze is much more than itself –It takes my poet towards the wrench skiesI dare not to let it anywhere...
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1.2KGhazal: My Heart and other poems-Faiza Anam
Do not open for visits, let it stay hushed like my heart! The mausoleum of your memory – crushed – my heart!...
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1.0KI Rise Above This Wasteland-Nadia Anwar
Archived, I put myself asideTurned soilAnd gave in to themMy body to spoil.The visible darkness syncing with the mossy earthUnruffled…sighed.Wonder struck,My soul...
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1.1KLook,Promtheous is Unbound! Aurangzeb Wattoo
He was chained,For a crime he committed,Most loathed and infernal,In the eyes of all the gods,He was chained to mountains,And they put...
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807White Swan (in imitation of Yeats)-Shahid Imtiaz
Oh, my white swan,Why are you so mute?You seldom twitter to others I know thatMysterious, enigmatic, and sacredBut I understand your silence...
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936When This Is Over-Zainab Manko
When this is over I want to see you again Like fresh a lotus I want to feel you Cup your face...
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942The 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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1.2KThe 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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1.3KImmortal 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...