crosshairs of the #zionohindutva

 crosshairs of the #zionohindutva

today it is the mosque
tomorrow the houses
next the graveyards
after that will come
the christians and the sikhs
and finally, you and me

#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/national/mandir-masjid-row-bengal-s-adina-mosque-largest-in-indian-subcontinent-next-in-line--magazine-198673

poocha ik shokh nay ke gutter se neeche kya hai?

 poocha ik shokh nay ke gutter se neeche kya hai?

aao maiN tujh ko batlaouN
ke gutter se neeche kya hai?
watan ki shadaab matti hay
khaitouN ko kerti hay zerkhaiz
laikin jo moonh kay gutter say
nikaltay haiN  mughallizat
woh mas'ala kuch aur hee hay
#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com

@NidaKirmani

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Ever wondered ke gutter se neeche kya hai?

beware of the sixth estate

 beware of the sixth estate

first four --
    the executive
        the legislature
            the judiciary
                the press
new entrant, the fifth estate
the twitterati, alt news folks
add to them
    the sixth estate
        the purveyors
            and producers  
of the fake news

#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com
 

a glimpse of heaven

 a glimpse of heaven

playing 
with words
and colours
at whim
is heavenly

#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com

beenai say mehroom insaf

 beenai say mehroom insaf

jub ho munsif
mehrom beenai say
jub ho 'video' munsif ki
          'oonkay' pass
tou ghareeb awaam
kis say ummeed laga'aye

#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com

hawala / hawalay

hawala / hawalay

sattur dihaiyouN say
kar diya tha hawala
mulk maik e roz e nau ko
sattur dihaiyouN say
nizam e mumlukat
chal raha hay hawalay say

#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com

naya dastoor

 naya dastoor

kal hee woh gaya
aur aaj oosko
sub bhool ga'aye
hoga humaray saath
kal yehi kuch
yehi naya dastoor hay

#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com

sorry @titojourno

fitna o fasad

fitna o fasad

fitna
    fitnagiri
        fiq't fatoor e aq'l
fasad
    fas ki juRR
        fastaiyyat
majrooh
        pull kay oos paar
        aap aur hum

#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com

the chasm

 the chasm

the crevasse
between north and south
civilized and uncivilized
of colored and uncolored
of haves and have-nots
unbridgeable
wider than the canyon
a bad abyss black hole

#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com

the dreams of ms. casper

 the dreams of ms. casper

the dreams of ms. casper
             controls the mind
of the born-again walking ego
who governs the believers
and the not so believers
she dreams & bags of money
appear from the skies
             others dream too
of justice, of equality
             in vain

#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com

in the end

 in the end

in the end
        things work out
in the end
        tide recedes
in the end
        lies are bared
in the end
        shadows desert
in the end
        azrael embraces
in the end
        we become footnotes

#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com

sense of humour

 sense of humour

the last sense
      that deserts
before life ebbs away
is the sense of humour
as azrael hovered
     over a bed
in the palliative care ward
the patient stirred
and said to azrael
     'wrong bed'

revised

#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com  

social media

 social media

how times 
have changed
at tea time
the black robes
discuss social media
ignoring the shrieks
of the town crier
and pompously deliver
ambiguous judgments

#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com

when the fog lifts

 when the fog lifts

behind the fog and smog
beyound the ground clouds
there is a shangri la
and behind it is another vale
vale of eternal silence and peace

#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com

bad new good news

 bad new good news

bad news
from across the border
came with good news
and the conundrum
perplexes

#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com

not cocooned: marooned

 not cocooned: marooned

hermetic nor sequestered
from what goes around
the winds overwhelming
rudderless in mid-ocean
               all efforts
appear insignificant
marooned: exhausted
but not cocooned
the sliver of hope
still burns deep

#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com

(for sac who wrote:"Very interesting. But how is it that you can cut yourself off from the rest of the world and be in a cocoon."  in response to:

https://wordpress.com/post/baithuk.wordpress.com/21784

confession: am guilty

to be content
even peaceful
despite troublesome
pangs of conscience
when the world around
    yours and mine
        is in turmoil
            is criminal
and am guilty

#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com

confession: am guilty

confession: am guilty

to be content
even peaceful
despite troublesome
pangs of conscience
when the world around
    yours and mine
        is in turmoil
            is criminal
and am guilty

#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com

the solution

the solution

bijli ka bohraan
shadeed garmi
paani nahiN
mehangai
    petrol
        imf
diminishing reserves  
neutral neutral nahiN
kyuN na yeh nuskha
bhee aazmaaN laiN?

#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com

Replying to

@Razarumi

دیکھتی آنکھوں، سنتے کانوں کیلئے #عمرانی_فتنہ کا پیغام: "میں نہیں، تو پاکستان پہ ایٹم بم گرا دو."

one shireen, many farhads

 one shireen, many farhads

in death
she defied
her zionist killers
and the western media
creating thousands of farhads
who will confront and flout the occupiers

#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com

mourned and unmourned

mourned and unmourned

sharp shooters
drone operators
anonymous killers
will die one day
unmourned
shireens, sabeens
indiras, benazirs
would outlive them 

#tpoem
baithuk.wordpress.com

life's open prison

 life's open prison

saqi's captive cat*1
or the prisoner
of landi kotal*2
pensively peering
from behind the bars
the cat, the prisoner
          you and i
like it or not
we are all incarcerated

1: https://wordpress.com/post/baithuk.wordpress.com/7541
2: https://wordpress.com/post/baithuk.wordpress.com/7468

#tpoem
baithak.blogspot.com

hope, death and taxes

 hope, death and taxes

in life sages say
death and taxes
are the two certainties
i beg to differ
taxes are avoidable
(see them billionaires)
and physical death
is a surety
but death of  hope
is worse

#tpoem
baithak.blogspot.com

@microMAF

Ambition is the servant of hope. It finds no anchor once hope dies.

freedom and slavery

freedom and slavery

freedom
        comes at a cost
slavery
        is free

#tpoem
baithak.blogspot.com

 

#MothersDay2022: compulsion or gratification

 #MothersDay2022: compulsion or gratification

why
state the obvious
is it compulsion
or gratification
when the obvious
need no reiteration?

#tpoem
baithak.blogspot.com

roe vs. wade

 roe vs. wade

headstrong black robes
who knowingly lied
          under oath
care little about unborn
and we have weaklings
         across the aisle
who have options available
         but are indecisive

#tpoem
baithak.blogspot.com

on love and lovers

 on love and lovers

when moon rays
      cavort
            with sun rays
is the moment
when past, present
and future diffuse
      when love
            and lovers
                  merge

#tpoem
baithak.blogspot.com

words fail

words fail

words fail
when necrophiles
dig up a woman's grave
    blame the state
        or the society
for these degenerate
depraved perverts?

#tpoem
baithak.blogspot.com

Rumpoptarts.

@rumpoptarts

TRIGGER WARNING: A girl died in village Chak Kamala, Gujrat on 2nd day of Eid and today (Unidentified) Men dug up her grave and raped the dead body. Not only her body was completely covered but also she was almost 8ft under the ground. It's really tough to be a Woman in Pakistan.

10:28am · 5 May 2022 · Twitter for Android

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