Best Begum Poems

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 for her children is like blossom of springs 
An angel she appears,...

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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 and seductive...
With the sweet scent of jasmine, and 
festal moonlight of crystal starred sky,
the...

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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 one of them holds my mother’s remains?
My angel, my lover, a philosopher, a friend
A melancholy child riding rough terrains
I...

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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 famed mausoleum
As a token of abiding love for his dear begum
The architect who visualized the striking form 
And...

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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 the dazzling Cyclop-eye pierced the gloom
The mosque’s Administrator convened a crisis meeting ad...

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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 of the Eves is erased,
There will be only Zeus and no Venus.

No telephone or telegram calls to anyone,
At...

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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 verse real

Beauty has found its new shade
Of course in my Goddess I bade

May you've a life full of furnish
This...

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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.
But I always see your shadow.
But I hope we will meet again..

Can I...

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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, brainstorm
Uplifted a passion, yearning for long gone, indifference built a world
Due diligence mind, due respect, mother tongue,...

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