The Prelude
Poetry
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758White 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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898When 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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906The 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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1.2KImmortal 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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1.0KA 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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1.2KChildhood-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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972Sing 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...
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998MY NUBIAN PRINCESS-AD Ibrahim
How tan is she! kissed by warmth of the sun’s rays skin dripping melanin Her hips invites you Her kinky hair a...
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776WOMEN’S COURCES- Katarina Saric
CRUISE I stand rivenbetween an ex gaffer:“Don’t babble!”and a future shaver:“LOL” I count the presenton the fingers on the prison railson the...