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Begum Poems - Poems about Begum


The Ullapara Station

...Nineteen years passed by
Kismet met again in Ullapara, a new
Nineteen years before
Roshna Begum, stood there, ahead, all of them, upfront.
Entropy a storm, a kindled Maugham, lit the latitude, br...
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Categories: begum, appreciation, assonance,
Form: Salaam

Royal Belle

...Royal beauty with posture awesome
Emitting aura graceful wowsome

Belle being from my favourite place
Of Princess Hayath Bakshi Begum I assess

A future IAS with tantrums regal
Inspires me to ...
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Categories: begum, angel, appreciation, art,
Form: Couplet



Vhonani Takalani Poem

...I hope these words will arrive.
These words dedicated to you Vhonani Takalani.
I broke the hearts along the way.
When am begum searching you.

At the end, I Found you.
But now I can not see you...
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Categories: begum, dedication,
Form: ABC

Slaved Love of Anarkali

...Her name was Anarkali, 
an eloquent carnival of legendary beauty.
a dancer in the court of Emperor Akbar.
Deep russet rouge blushed her red,
a silky smile on her rosy peach cheeks 
rich, sensual...
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Categories: begum, dance, lost love,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Ruba'Iyat of Creteil Lake - Part Thirty

...The Ruba’iyat of Créteil Lake – Part Thirty

While the Mullah versed in the Hadith and fiqh harangued his flock
All over the milling crowds outside plastic cups did hands lock
By four even before...
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Categories: begum, allegory,
Form: Rubaiyat



The Taj - Symbol of Love

...Anyone who visits this great grand beauty
Stands transfixed at its sublime majesty
The lavish magnificence in marble body
Stays incomparable as an edifice in history.

The emperor who built this fame...
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Categories: begum, beauty,
Form: Free verse

The Unmarked Grave

...The myriads of unmarked graves in the cemetery
Presenting miserable image of human heartlessness
Uncared and unsung by near, dear all and sundry
Forsaken and abandoned, victim of unkindness

Which on...
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Categories: begum, death, mother, sad, grave,
Form: Rhyme

Mother

...A banyan tree that shields from tropical summer sun 
A symbol of selfless love and sacrifice 
A preserver of values that modernism has shun 
No praise is enough, no gratitude suffice 

Her love ...
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Categories: begum, devotion, family, love, motherfor
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberInvocation To Mount Purandhar

...Invocation to Mount Purandhar

(Thoughts of March 1966 recollected in tranquility in July 2004)



We are now entering the restricted areas,
There will be no more girls or women,
The presence...
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Categories: begum, passionwomen, women,
Form: Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things