2023: look back - look forward

 2023: look back - look forward

be not like
the moulvis, the mullahs
pujaris, pandits, purohits
priests, preachers, popes
who drive looking
into the rearview mirror

learn, stay safe, look forward
some good may touch you

#tpoem
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aah o fughaaN

aah o fughaaN

khuwandgi
zawal pazeer
degreeiaN jaali
khundar school
a'saatza ghayab
unpaRh bachchay
aur dohri bhurmaar
taalim yaafta juhalaa

#tpoem
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lamentation

lamentation

literacy down
fake degrees up
schools in ruins
ghost teachers
youth uneducated
double whammy
the educated
don't educate
(themselves)

#tpoem
#www.baithuk.blogspot

holy pity

holy pity

the moulvis, the mullahs
pujaris, pandits, purohits
priests, preachers, popes
who drive looking
into the rearview mirror
bless them
    with
        holy
            pity

#tpoem
#www.baithuk.blogspot

aqsaam e fasurdgi

 aqsaam e fasurdgi

youN to haiN
ghum hazaraha
laikin hay jo
ghurbat ka ghum
bhari hay woh
sub ghumoN say
ger ho na yaqeen
tou pooch lo
sailab zadgaaN say
bay rozgaroN say

#tpoem
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jaam e jamshed

jaam e jamshed

mehfil thee baam per
jhalak rahay thay
jaam per jaam  
maizban nay poocha
'aapki ki pasand?'
kaha hum nay
'hay justujoo
ik jaam e jamshed ki'

#tpoem
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andruni musarrat

 andruni musarrat

bar'f zyada nahiN giri
khabroN say perhaiz kya
aa'aye jo azaab aa'aye
ukraine, talibaan, afraat e zar
hawaii adday per taakhir
saRkoN per haadsaat
canvas per acrylic chiRka
andruni musarrat say 
faizyaab hu'a

#tpoem
#www.baithuk.blogspot

feel good

 feel good

not much snow accumulation
so no need to clear the driveway
did not listen or read the news
about any impending doom
ukraine, inflation, taliban
airport delays, road accidents
dabbed acrylic on the canvas
             feel good

#tpoem
#www.baithuk.blogspot

snowflake / bar'f ka toda

snowflake / bar'f ka toda

snowflake

said the snowflake
see you later


bar'f ka toda  

jaatay jaatay
kehnay laga woh
achcha phir milaiNgay

#tpoem
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season's greetings

 season's greetings

      rain
turning to snow             
holiday rush
flight cancellations
disappointed families
worst storm warning       
cold turkey
but the silver lining
   the soaked cake
the jamaican neighbour
bakes every christmas

#tpoem
#www.baithuk.blogspot

smell or aura, parveen?

 smell or aura, parveen?

water sprinkled on dusty roads
in the afternoon
spilled kerosene or gasoline
freshly bathed infant
soiled diapers, garbage bins
all have smells
pleasant or unpleasant
but the beloved
    has an aura
        not a smell

#tpoem
#www.baithuk.blogspot

gardish e ...

 gardish e ...

...ayyam
...aalum
...taqdeer
...aasmaan
...shub o roz
...nau-paanch
aur ikhtitaam
aap aur hum

#tpoem
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waqfa

 waqfa

sunheri ghuroob e aftab
saahil ko choomti lehraiN
khanay peenay ka ifraat
b'jooz aiyaashana zindagi
arzoo satati hay
ghar maiN bu'nee chai
aur apna bistar

#tpoem
www.baithuk.blogspot  

interlude over

 interlude over

golden sunsets

waves kissing the beacherlude

plentiful food and drinks

idyllic living

but now longing

for home-brewed tea

and the welcoming bed

#tpoem

(sunday)

mo'ad'dabana darkhuwast / plea to israfil

mo'ad'dabana darkhuwast

hazrat azrael
waq't ka ziyaaN na karaiN
ik jaan thee pass humaray
woh paish kardi oos ko

plea to israfil

waste not your time
had one life to live
have already surrendered it
to one above

#tpoem
#www.baithuk.blogspot

on soul

 on soul 

maybe one day
azrael will come
to claim my soul
that is what they say
ask me? i have no soul
(hear that dr. faustus)
just a nagging conscience
                  egged on
by my partner in crime
that keeps me on the path

#tpoem
#www.baithuk.blogspot

indusvalley

@indusvalley

Feels appropriate today:

is this a poem?

 is this a poem?

some things
are different
          a table
built with passion
(but not skill)
empty cans hanging
from the branches
by the beach at sunset
         serene
and evoking emotions

#tpoem
#www.baithuk.blogspot

for hemingway: a short poem

 for hemingway: a short poem

a distraught young woman
handed me an infant
said she'd be right back
it has been a few hours...


papa's short story:
"for sale, baby shoes. never worn"

#tpoem
#www.baithuk.blogspot

another sunset

 another sunset

the first sunset for the newlywed
wish them well for many more to come
          it could be the last
for many under authoritarian regimes
palestinians, iranians, syrians
afghans and many more
may not see another sunset

#tpoem
#www.baithuk.blogspot

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simple complexity

 simple complexity

the simplest things
in life and living
are simply not simple
the reason why
complexity rules

#tpoem
#www.baithuk.blogspot

ik a'jub saneha / wondering

 ik a'jub saneha

baad marg e twitter
aap aur hum
bun jaa'ayeNgay
ajnabi dobara

wondering

after twitter's
impending demise
you and i
will become strangers
once again

#tpoem
#www.baithuk.blogspot

myths

 myths

the shadow
never parts
israfeel
      smiles and
      disagrees

#tpoem
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hangama e lail o nihar

hangama e lail o nihar

intezar
     taveel tareen
zindagi
     mukhtasar tareen
     phir yeh
hangama e lail o nihar
kyuN hay ya rub

#tpoem
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kaavish

 kaavish

kaavish tou kee
              bohtoN nay
magar na hum sudhray
na hee badli duniya
yehi rakht e safar raha
tou yaqeen rakhiyay hum
qayamat lay hee aa'aingay

#tpoem
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"money can't buy life"

 "money can't buy life"

intense passion
infused spirituality
conquer's peaks
pity karma
blame cancer
money can't buy life


*bob marley's final words to his son ziggy  

#tpoem
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qayamat

 qayamat

baray qayamat
tazabzoob kaisa
aap nazar doRayaiN
qayamat pehloo maiN hay
aap kay, ya kisi aur kay

#tpoem
#www.baithuk.blogspot

dysfunctional priorities

 dysfunctional priorities

when sleep overwhelms nothing matters #tpoem #www.baithuk.blogspot

visible and invisible

 visible and invisible

disabilities
physical and nonphysical
visible and the invisible
all need to be recognized
and alleviated
                   on this
#InternationalDayOfDisability

#tpoem
#baithuk.blogspot.com

eternal chase

eternal chase

life is not a cycle
               we ride
it is an unending circle
and the chase
futile and doomed

#tpoem
#baithuk.blogspot.com

when the time comes

 when the time comes

neither success
      nor failure
      mean much
when the time comes
      words, feelings,
sensations whirl
to reveal vacuity

#tpoem
#baithuk.blogspot.com