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Poems Forever
A Boundless Moment
By Robert
Frost
He
halted in the wind, and - what was that
Far in
the maples, pale, but not a ghost?
He stood
there bringing March against his thought,
And yet
too ready to believe the most.
"Oh,
that's the Paradise-in-bloom," I said;
And
truly it was fair enough for flowers
had we
but in us to assume in march
Such
white luxuriance of May for ours.
We stood
a moment so in a strange world,
Myself
as one his own pretense deceives;
And then
I said the truth (and we moved on).
A young
beech clinging to its last year's leaves.
Writer's
Block:
Death of
a Poem
By
Muhammad Awais Aftab
Inspired
by Saadia Asghar's poem 'Writer's Block' published in the
'Poet's Corner', September 8, 2006
O poet!
Mourn!
For a
poem has perished
Fading
away into the void
Stifled
and suffocated
In your
futile meditations
Trapped
in your impervious mind
It was
desperate to find
A means
of expression:
To flow
out of your thoughts
Be
transformed into words on a page
Liberty
from your mental cage
But your
impotent pen
Your
writer's block
Closed
all gates:
And this
soul of a thought
Was
buried in the silent graveyard
Of your
sub-consciousness
Thirsty,
on the bank of Euphrates
Its
death, an epic ballad in itself...
Up
for Sale
By
Yuserah Farrukh
O
vendor!
Tell
me...
Do you
have a heart to sell?
Some
passions, some dreams
A mind
that ponders?
A vision
or a goal?
Some
Strength of Character
A potion
to cure my sagging spirit?
May be a
Path to follow.
Truth -
To fill
my emotions gone hollow?
Do you
trade courage?
Is faith
for sale too?
I
thought I needed them
For my
life that spells rue.
Alas!
If money
could buy it
I was
willing to give it all
Before
time slipped away
Before
life got its final call!
Rise
and Shine
By
Hamza Ahmad Qureshi
The
eyelids refuse to open,
Wishing
to remain in peaceful limbo,
Heralded
of the surrounding misery,
Ugly
sights and painted faces.
Battered,
numb and stiff,
The body
detests getting up,
Scared
to live another day,
Infliction
of inveterate scars.
Then why
do thee get up?
Blame
the culprit and accomplice,
The mind
and the heart,
Urging
to live, rise and shine.
Pain
and the Burgundy Rain
By
Saad Javed
The icy
droplets
Of
Winter
rain,
Awaken
Within
me,
The
serendipitous
Sickening
Pain of,
Sweet
memories,
Broken
promises,
Tearful
partings,
All
painting
A
burgundy canvas
Devising
an agony
That is
Nastier
than pain,
Stranger
than fiction!
Conception
Waqas
Naeem
The sky
is breathing fire,
The
earth; souls bereaved,
In the
land of the holy,
Deaths
are being conceived!
...And
My Pain Increases
By
Sania Irfan
Dedicated
to my Devil
The
zephyr feels searing
As I sit
here
In the
midst of all hustle 'n' bustle
Hustle
'n' bustle that annoys me
And all
that I can see
Is a
lonely self, a lonely heart
'The
pain will reduce'- with this single belief
I seek
mercy, I seek relief
But the
pain increases...
Every
smile brings me tears
Every
joy fetches me fears
Why so?
I don't know
And I
wonder how
The
birds still chirp?
The
trees still dance?
The wind
still plays?
And my
pain increases?
An empty
space in my heart
Pleads
to be fulfilled
Thousands
have tried hard
To fill
it with thousand pieces
But not
one fits to the best
And
never would any part do
Until I
get that special part
And that
special part is you!
But time
seems to be stagnant
And my
search for you remains partial
So in
the hub of all these blues
My
anguish continues
And my
pain increases...
They say
crying will heal your wounds
So cry
till you feel relieved
Thus I
cried and I shrieked
And I
shrieked and I cried
But
nothing felt better
The
breeze grew hotter
The
hearts still couldn't melt
Your
absence was still being felt
Pretty
smiles still break my heart
Petty
joys still tear me apart
My heart
remains ever so empty
And my
pain increases...
Help
Not Just in Words
By
Fakiha Zabit
Speak
not the words of wisdom,
For they
can no longer sooth away our pains
Tell not
the tales of great leaders,
For they
can no longer guide us to our destinations
Talk not
of life and peace,
For they
can no longer ensure our well being
Utter
not these sweet old lies,
For they
can no longer hide the bitter facts
Address
us not, but just help
In any
way
Other
than the one
That
starts and ends
Just in
words!
Compiled
by Naeema Akram
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