by fathema | Sep 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Hark! My friends shout over their fences, That the sky is bright and the wind is light, That we should all go out to fly our kites, But I say that the western sky gathers the menacing clouds, And a squall, I sense will spoil the sport, And let us halt and glide the...
by fathema | Sep 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
I did wait for you when you were late, And the night roared with the bulging clouds. I did wait for you when you were late, And the happy- go- lucky night flirted with the stars and the moon. I did wait for you when you were late, And the breezy night appeased the...
by fathema | Sep 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
She was a lady busy as a bee, And spilled her sweat till the sun sank, In its own bloody blood in the west, She sat her feet in the paddy field, When the dusky dawn dewed it, Dribbling from its drenched hair, When the sun smiled bright, She raised the haystack...
by fathema | Aug 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Creativity gives its hallowed hands to resurrect the mind, Shriveled into a dreary corpse within the domestic walls, And swamped into the sameness of – The same dull look dangling from the same curtain, The same emptiness writ large upon the...
by fathema | Aug 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
That night, I saw her in full glory, Under the lithe and merry sky, With stars and moon her cohorts, Gleaming and blathering in gaiety, Her long curls swaying in breeze, Wreathed with the fragrance of nocturnal blooms, Her dusky eyes welling up the mother’s gentle...
by fathema | Aug 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
When joy fizzed through the others’ windows, His feet sprang and tapped in glee, When misfortune seized and fleeced the others, His soul crumpled under the cloak of gloom, When the others strolled in tatters, He declined to be weighed down Under the heavy price tag of...
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