salute madam

salute madam those lines ocean currents? weather maps? or stories of love and betrayal? and the straight gaze that says bring it on bring it on

mayank austen soofi @thedelhiwalla

An Alone Woman’s Direct Gaze

killin' them (softly)

killin' them (softly) when myths and legends replace facts and truth merrily they murder and claim 'we follow the religion of peace'

world war III

world war III the jar fell and broke shards mingled with precious words should i ensconce them

the intersection xxviii

the intersection xxviii zamanay nay khabar na lee zamanay ki zamanay nay b'dal dala zamanay ko

#WorldPoetryDay

#WorldPoetryDay with the universe as the canvas the poet paints with words sans music a child's smile an orphan's cry infatuation love hatred mayhem in short life around us for moments fleeing or for eternity

memories - troubling or cherished

memories - troubling or cherished as light turn to dark memories troubling or cherished fade, wonder when that day of reckoning dawns which one will sustain

waq't e aakhir

waq't e aakhir

yeh shub 0 roz bhee beet hee ja'aiN gay aur yaadaiN dhondhli hoti ja'aiN gi laikin oos roz oos shub oos waqt e aakhir kya yaad rahay ga kaun tarpa'aye ga inspired by a conversation with @dumeguftar & @mussavir

terrestrial

terrestrial

tenuous tempestuous transient tumultuous turbulent and temporal

prisoners

prisoners

here on earth you me all colour all genders are hostages only free only

when we cease to breathe

a tale from the land of the pure

a tale from the land of the pure standing by the exit door reciting prayers or murmuring wishes that they're not trampled and emerge alive when the siren goes

eyes

eyes eyes see we view the anomaly is what eyes see is not what we perceive

Realistic Poetry @RealisticPoetry

How poetic can you be? Write a short poem about what you see!

zair e saaya e minar

zair e saaya e minar

buland qamat, khamosh, tunha wahid gawah shah o gada ki kismat ka

mayank austen soofi @thedelhiwalla

A Shadow in the Stone

the mighty minarets

the mighty minarets witness to kings and despots victorious or vanquished as they passed beneath

the mighty minarets onlooker, aloof and unmoved

mayank austen soofi @thedelhiwalla

A Shadow in the Stone

redundancy

redundancy

explanations redundant where flourishes understanding

Marium @MariumHK

جو دل میں تھی نگاہ سی نگاہ میں کرن سی تھی وہ داستاں الجھ گئی وضاحتوں کے درمیاں #ادا_جعفری

ik aur na-mukammal naz'm

ik aur na-mukammal naz'm

'mas'ala yeh hay' likh ker khayalat ka tana bana is raftaar se u'mudd aaya kay sub masa'il teet'ter bit'ter ho ga'aye

another incomplete poem

another incomplete poem

i wrote... 'the problem is...' and thoughts

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drowned me into stillness

the intersection xxvii

the intersection xxvii religion, politics tea, coffee addictive perilous

the intersection xxvi

the intersection xxvi in borrowed words on borrowed time on the tablet i write in ink invisible

some day one day we'll rid this day

each year earnest expressions each year politicians' platitudes each year gender equality susurrates forward some day one day we'll rid this day #InternationalWomensDay.

taakheer

taakheer woh ga'aye aur khalish reh gaee kaash dil ko zubaan mil jatee bichaRnay se pehlay

Rekhta  @Rekhta

#WordoftheDay Taakheer : Delay

the intersection xxv

the intersection xxv the sum of ignorance plus the sum of intolerance fails always to dent sum of amor

takhayyul ki parwaaz

parwaaz e takhayyul se aata hay khauf ik din dubo na day humaiN

Rekhta  @Rekhta

#MondayMotivation #WordOfTheDay Parwaaz : Flight

naya daur hay dosto

naya daur hay dosto ehsaas aur murawwat donoN se mubarra

Rana Safvi رعنا राना  @iamrana

Aaj #shair mein unwan hai #Ehsaas & #Firaq Gorakhpuri death anniversary

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hareef

hareef

is zindagi maiN na tum hareeef ho janaaN na woh phir kis ko daiN ilzaam khamooshi saathi hay dost hay mano ya na mano

Rekhta  @Rekhta

हरीफ़ कोई नहीं दूसरा बड़ा मेरा सदा मुझी से रहा है मुक़ाबला मेरा

an unpublished manuscript

the poet took to sea tears and sighs mingled with salt water

much later

found abandoned on a beach an unpublished manuscript

Nature's Lovers @natureslover_s

"Development"

the intersection xxiv

the intersection xxiv paradise o simpleton be not blinded heaven you seek is here, not there

the intersection xxiii

the intersection xxiii jannat dekh mut oodhar o nadaan jannat tou pehloo maiN hay

everest weeps

everest weeps majestic sovereign weeps at our apathy and we insensate buy life jackets #enviroonmentrape

i love my pak watan

i love my pak watan where it is not safe being an ahmedi
a bahai a baluch a barelvi a christian a deobandi a hazara a hindu a pakhtoon a parsi a shia a sikh a sunni a zikri or god forbid an atheist or even a muslim but i still love my pak watan

mehvar

mehvar a'jub yeh daastaan hay idhar islam islam oodher hindutva hay aur
shish jehati mehvar
nafrat hee nafrat hay @Rekhta mehvar मेहवर محور means axis/ centre

rage on, rage on

rage on, rage on outrage outsourced in trumpistan

Judd Legum  @JuddLegum

1. So I know we've all grown accustomed to Trump's tweeting. But he just praised a fringe conspiracy theorist who is smearing the students who survived the Parkland massacre. I think we can be outraged. goo.gl/J8pXNZ

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