on long drives

on long drives

fire lit leaves
repeat last year's tales

is pat-jhuRR maiN
rung badaltay pattay

but when praised
your blush in every season

jub taarif ki ja'aye

rung aapkay chehray ka
badalta hay kyuN
her mausam maiN

#tpoem
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word warehouse ii

 word warehouse ii

(audio leak)

'give me your word'

'here is the shoe-box
take your pick'

word warehouse i

words we gather, store, use, reuse, abandon
some even eat them (yes alphabet soup)
i sculpt and paint with words
and save them in a shoe-box

#tpoem
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word warehouse i

 word warehouse i

words we gather, store, use, reuse, abandon
some even eat them (yes alphabet soup)
i sculpt and paint with words
and save them in a shoe-box

#tpoem
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wajoodi gol jhoola

 wajoodi gol jhoola

ghoomta hay
    gol gol
         hona chahiyay
             hoga                
                 ho sakhta hay
kay gird yeh gol jhoola
apnay wajoodi mehwar per
    ghoomta hay
        gol gol

#tpoem
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#tpoem#baithuk.blogspot.com

round and round

round and round

existential carrousel
revolves around
    should have
        would have
            could have
merrily going
      round
              and
                  round

#tpoem
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@wolfmomz

alternate to good luck

 alternate to good luck

lack of
           or
absence of
         bad luck
for a start

#tpoem
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چائےT
@september_sitam
 ·
5h
there are no alternatives to good luck

cavorting and courting

 cavorting and courting

ceaselessly
               the waves
court the shores
rocks, stones, pebble
              turn to sand
timeless story
             of love
infatuation
            and destiny

#tpoem
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freedom

 freedom

the umbilical cord
from our past
tightens its grip
around our necks
like *peer e tasma paa
will we ever be free?
is freedom an illusion?
is it writ in our destiny?

*https://rekhtadictionary.com/meaning-of-piir-e-tasma-paa

#tpoem
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Asjad Bukhari

@Asjadbukhari1

·

art and painting ii

art and painting ii

art
       subconscious
painting
       conscious
art
       mind
painting
       eyes

#tpoem
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art and painting

 art and painting

art emanates
                   from mind
painting
           adorns that idea

with words, paint, clay
art precedes expression

#tpoem
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@sheilabenson
Galleries sell paintings. I make Art!

nocturnal musings

nocturnal musings

sepia photos
cascading memories
of smells past
road wash
spilled kerosene
wafting jasmine
friends' antics
ebbs and flows

#tpoem
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thanks d @bymywoods

woh baat

 woh baat

manzarnamay say
najanay kahaaN
hogaee ghayab
wo khalish ab bhee
her shub o seh'r
youN satati hay

#tpoem
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diurnal and nocturnal

diurnal and nocturnal

the unending
battles between
diurnal and
nocturnal woes
contributes to
depravity
both physical
and cerebral

#tpoem
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sertaan/ cancer

 sertaan/ cancer

jismani sertaan
ka hay eelaj mumkin
mazhabi sertaan
hay la eelaj

body cancer
can be treated
religious cancer
is terminal

#tpoem
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cascading memories

 cascading memories

cascading memories segueing chronologically blurring reality sighs drowned by smiles washed in hope #tpoem #baithuk.blogspot.com

is it a wonderful life

is it a wonderful life

is it a wonderful life
where the entitled
and the disentitled
coexist
mewlana rumi would say
live
maulana marx would say
rise and grab
allama iqbal would say
burn down

#tpoem
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floating (alternate title: glass half full)

 floating

(alternate title: glass half full)

floating
          briefly
with a falling leaf
          or
wafting with a snowflake
         is exhilarating
for those moments few
till the mother embraces
a lesson some never learn

#tpoem
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On est foutu!

On est foutu!

doomed?
the way we disrespect
the environment
the way we think
the way we divide
north south
developed, undeveloped
gender, colour
orientation
is there any doubt left
doomed we are
the clock is ticking

#tpoem
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revised @sheilabenson

ba'ad az merg

  ba'ad az merg

poochtay ho
ba'ad az merg
hoga kya
karobar e zindagi
youN hee
chaltay rahaiNgay
hum na hoNgay
aur kya

#tpoem
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magic wand

 magic wand

if She had intended
peace in the world
She would not have
Adam and Eve
succumb to temptation
and you and i
would not be dreaming
of a shangri la

#tpoem
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@sheilabenson
 ·
I wish I could wave a magic wand and make right all the world's wrongs.

climate woes

 climate woes

climate changes
unabashedly
rivers dry or flood
oceans warm up
but people 
across regions 
do not wake up
mother nature shrugs
and carries on

#tpoem
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fear not

 fear not?

why not
in the foggy outfield
paths are not visible
and though am no angel
i fear to tread
lest take the wrong path
and cause more havoc

#tpoem
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@sheilabenson

· 44m

Fear not !

mother -maa

 mother -maa

mother
           after god
(if you are a believer)
or even if you are not
is second to none
i bow down to all mothers
who ever graced this earth

#tpoem
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https://twitter.com/i/status/1566211245463805952

ger tu bura na maanay

 ger tu bura na maanay

such kehdoon aye humdum
ger ab nahiN tou kub

#tpoem
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kuj behsi

 kuj behsi

zer, zun, zameen
kuch na bachchay ga
baad syaasi
kuj behsi kay

#tpoem
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compassion and greed

 compassion and greed

compassion and greed
        the twain
separated by the ocean
       of existence
ordained to never meet

#tpoem
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@sheilabenson
 
Please allow compassion to overcome greed

on the rocks

 on the rocks

a drink
any drink
with ice
just ice
cools

but justice
in ensconced
chambers wilts
succumbs
to halos

#tpoem
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embrace the emptiness

 embrace the emptiness

embrace the emptiness
                 if you don't
it might embarrass  you
       and when enveloped
                 it melts away

#tpoem
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@sheilabenson

Embrace the emptiness ...

cultural signifier

 cultural signifier

kimono
chador
burka
mang'l sut'r
ghoongat
payal
ghungroo

#tpoem
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