To be or Not to be
By Anwar Hussain
You’re the teacher, you’re the taught
You’re the lesson, you’re naught
Look within, seek and you shall find
Perishable your body, imperishable your soul, your...
Once Again Darkness Descends At Noon
By Santosh Bakaya
“I will send you for Hajj”, just the other day he had said.
Now, the young, dreamy lad lay dead.
What was his crime?
That...
The Country I Hear About
Musab Iqbal
In your country, I heard
There is no post office, but the martyrs dispatch
In your country, I heard
There is no rail network, but the...
Interpreter of Silence
By Zubair Nazeer
Don't be so silent, interpreter of silence;
My words hardly make any sense;
Little do they please any human heart;
Give life to my silence through...
MYSELF
Azza Malik is my name
I don't have anything same
I have a mother but no little brother
I have a father but I like to dance...
Autumn turned ugly
by Iqra Nazir
"Arrival, Arrival",
whistled the breeze.
"Of your treasured spell-
That comes to appease.
Autumn, it is
and you will savour.
And you will cherish
this cherished favour".
"Thrawt, Thrawt",
shrieked the...
Khalish- A Yearning
Huzaifa Pandit
At our last meeting
I felt a strange sensation:
Were you altered
in appearance?
Or was it just another
foolish fantasy
Of mine?
Did your inattentive glance
betray that I
had been...
Transformation
By Syed Zumair Bukhari
Isolated every now and then, up the creep,
Life goes on with musings of heap;
Hollowness tempts me deepen deep,
Blissful often unhollows me,...
It is too dark
By Younis Kaloo
The day is as dark as night
No boundaries of windows, walls and corridors
In the beginning it is dark, so it is at length
Only...
Burhan, Where Have You Gone?
By Santosh Bakaya
Burhan, where have you gone,
You know, no birds chirp in this sad dawn.
Is it true that you have died?
But were you not...
Nowhere Upon
Milad Mehmood Zargar
No fiction to hang upon and no fog to make me bound
No speeding to listen a clear sound
No secrets under my own...
Tomorrow, It May be Your Family’s Star
By Shuja Ashraf
We come from the land of rich heritage and culture,
The land of lakes, mountains and the endless flower,
In the land where red...
I am I
Hi! I am I
a plane guy
who doesn't lie
frank enough
still shy
to myself little nigh
before misery
i don't sigh
in problems
i don't cry
my wet-wit doesn't dry
bull-cock stories
i don't...
Unfading Pulse
By Hirra Sultan
I knew: I was breathing my last!
So, I wanted to soak in all, I had;
See everyone...
I had loved to caress,
Everyone, before I...
Mother’s Tale
Hashim Bashir
In the land of struggle,
I will wait you like a Sufi
Fallen tears from my eyes,
A voiceless screams,
Lost in the world of day...
