Lamp of grief
Nothing is meaningless if speech and silence fill void, flowing in the same force, and no one blocks the road to dreaming.
9m ago
Three Songs: Kazi Nazrul Islam
Like a wounded bird, my songs/ tumble down at your feet, my love.
11m ago
I wish the world were a painting
Now I wonder the world is a painting, an imaginary chamber where captives sing, like a caged dove obeying a hunter enticing free birds to live in bliss. And then I see darkness of dusk fade away as the sun begins to peek in the east.
1y ago
Love at Second Sight
Dream is a mystery sometimes unfolded amidst creeping eeriness unstipulated to the seemingly compos mentis. As long as my stint in your thought bears a meaning for life because I wish to worship the sanctity of your feeling for me and tree,
1y ago
Before the Last Breath
After so many years, more than a decade or so, when you pass my home, don’t forget to take a look at the humble roof of haystack and wattle if not the humble me waiting to have a look at your eyes for an epoch.
2y ago
May 30, 2020
The pandemic in poetry
"The virus is slowing us down to the speed of poetry.” – Billy Collins
January 4, 2020
A Poetry Evening at Oxford
Among the contemporary poetic voices, the name of Ilya Kaminsky shines bright. An American-Ukranian poet, Kaminsky has already earned name and critical acclaim, publishing two collections of poetry, which have received rave reviews in front-ranking literary journals and newspapers. His latest collection is Deaf Republic (2019), whereas the first collection is titled Dancing in Odessa (2004).
July 11, 2019
Literature, kerosene and Professor Mahmood
The moment the news of students pouring kerosene on a professor came to my attention, I instantly thought it must be fake news. Either that or I was hallucinating. Because the thought of pouring kerosene on a professor and trying to light him on fire—an attempt to murder—is indeed shocking.
June 30, 2017
JIMMY, THE DOG
I want to write a poem about a dog though I've already written some poems that feature dogs. Sometimes I want
February 27, 2017
Search for Self
Jhumpa Lahiri, a well-known voice of diasporic literature and very popular among the contemporary writers of world
January 28, 2017
QUIET BY THE NAF
Schools are burnt, houses torched
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