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Blasphemy

Ras Siddiqui   May 27, 1998   interacts: 2

One helpless Bishop with a gun in his hand...

Taxicab Hiccups

Arif Abrar   Nov 27, 1998   interacts: 14

The metaphors do not fit anymore...

The Peacock Moments

kashkin dabruski   Jul 3, 2008   interacts: 8

Hope cannot be lost or forgotten
Carry they will these droplets of rain
Change will arrive, peace will reside
The

Pygmalion Revisited

Saima Shah   Aug 28, 1997   interacts: 3

Yes! you have given me life…

Love Song

Aamir Ansari   Dec 5, 2001   interacts: 120

Some apples, a sudden sunset, the visiting flu, a poem or two

The Old Bungalow

MVJ Simon   May 21, 2008   interacts: 12

Etched in my memory
Looming the house stood
Once it was my home
Now it’s on my mind

Kabul

Ras Siddiqui   Oct 9, 1999   interacts: 5

there is a silence over Kabul

Fruit

Aamir Ansari   Dec 20, 2003   interacts: 17

Now, in the wilderness of these adult years, my eyes wander down the aisle and rest on a crate of

Nothing to Wear!

Anita Zaidi   Dec 27, 1998   interacts: 13

All these clothes and nothing to wear!

The Rape of the Nation

kashkin dabruski   Sep 24, 2007   interacts: 0

The nation awaits
Not its messiahs and inspiration
Not from their leaders
Not from their politicians

Truth vs. Lie

Summaiya F   Jul 16, 2004   interacts: 20

Dear lie, I only have to read between the lines,
To find the words, you have missed out,
Amongst the wrong, the

Distorted Image of the Untrue Self

Mariam Shah   Jan 24, 2006   interacts: 3

Break free from the chains
The chains I let others bind me with
Tying me up tighter, and closing in still

Are we free?

MVJ Simon   Oct 22, 2007   interacts: 3

To speak without fear of judgment
To write without pangs of guilt

Attractive Distractions

raghav chopra   Nov 7, 2007   interacts: 6

light in it's many vibrant hues
can blind and mystify, it is
but a distraction for the dark
that lies

Karachi Burning

Asif Memon   Jun 11, 2004   interacts: 8

I yearn for the day when this unholy mess and the blood shed will stop.

Some nights are long and dreary

Amber Bokhari   Apr 20, 1998   interacts: 4

For my beloved brother

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