Best Unscrupulous Poems
How I remember that song
Playing daily on the radio
Just a couple of notes
I’d instantly get shivers
And nothing else
Mattered around me
Seems I was barely twelve
I heard that saxophone
And masterful sexy voice
My knees would buckle
Realizing full well
I was hooked on a song
Praising the virtues
Of unfaithfulness and
Mystique of a love affair
I was swayed so
By that sax and sexy voice in spite of the
Unscrupulously questionable lyrics
Because really
There was nothing overly exciting
About a clandestine morning meeting
At some backwoods café
Yet that song still
Has its claws into me
And to this day
My heart skips a beat
As I buckle in spite of myself
At the charm of just a few notes
Realizing how powerless I am
Under the influence of that
Sly snake charmer
And it never gets old
There’s something
Quite magical about
How time stands perfectly still
For that one marvelously
Seductive ageless moment
Read on air by invitation ~ May 19, 2021 'WORDS & MUSIC'
AP: 1st place 2021, 3rd place 2021, Honorable Mention 2020, Honorable Mention 2020
Submitted on June 1, 2018. for contest POETRY FOR THE SAKE OF POETRY sponsored by JOHN LAWLESS - RANKED 8TH
What’s she like?
Prickly like a spike.
But does she have Enthusiasm?
Oh yes, for shoes and men.
What about gratitude?
Well she has great **** nude.
I hear her face is tremendous?
Yes she says trees mend us,
And flowers are brilliant,
But Bees are really ants,
That’s odd, Should we conspire?
Yes let’s get a car for hire,
How shall we contribute?
I’ll make a devious route.
It seems Ambiguous,
Yes it could be a big mess,
But deliciously delightful,
What if the flight is full?
Oh that would be just disastrous.
we need to sit together to make a fuss
Should I dispute?
Well don’t be mute, but don’t over shoot.
I’m Suspicious.
You should be, she’s vicious
And Capricious,
She can’t be with us.
Too Unpredictable
Like a man under a table.
Oh she’s a rat and definitely a *****
But we must be firm friends until we are rich.
Pray, tell me, do you know about Iznogood
The one little being made of no good
Always was he scheming to climb the ladders of power
Always ending up as a failure, however
I like him lots,
Even if he is not so hot
I like him for he is one of a kind
Yet, he represents all of humankind
Always are we all envious of the ones we admire
Always do we want to be like them
Down, shall we easily bring them
Shall we even, at them, a missile, do fire
Iznogood I am sure, is good deep down
Even if all he does aspire is the crown
Even if he is not satisfied with what he does have
Even if he dreams of being so brave
Iznogood is and shall remain my favorite hero
Even if he ends in failure, even if he is always in sorrow
But, I do like him, for he never gives up
Yes, Iznogood is my favorite, even if his aim remains always a great flop
Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Maleeha Soomro,mother of Barrister Fahad Malik,who was gunned down in the capital some six years ago,appealed to the Supreme Court of Pakistan to take suo motu on the murder of her son as additional and session judge is allegedly trying to give the killers relief in the case.She said that the apex court had also deleted section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act,1997 from the FIR.
Addressing a press conference here on Saturday,Maleeha Soomro said that her son Barrister Fahad Malik was murdered in the capital by a mafia on Margalla Road some six years ago.The apex court had deleted section 7 of ATA,1997 from the FIR and had transferred the high profile case to a lower court where ASJ Zafar Iqbal is all set to conduct a hearing in the case.“I don’t trust ASJ Zafar Iqbal as he is taking the side of killers and can grant them bails,”she said adding that he shouldn’t hear our case which should be transferred to another judge’s court.“Lower Court Judge Zafar Iqbal has met my son’s killers. Judge Zafar Iqbal is not trusted.He should be stopped from hearing our case and the case should be transferred to another judge’s court because the lawyers of our killers are being heard in the court of Judge Zafar Iqbal till evening,” the mother alleged.
A writ petition was also filed in the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the CJP should resume hearing while the case should be monitored.Justice should be provided to the children and family of the victim,said Maleeha Soomro adding that her son Barrister Fahad Malik was brutally killed by Raja Arshad,the kingpin of the land mafia,by firing 43 bullets.
She added today(Saturday)is Fahad Malik’s birthday and she has been humiliated for six years.The judges of the Islamabad High Court remarked that this is not terrorism.She said,“I was terrified when the killer Raja Arshad escaped from the scene after the murder and was later arrested from Torkham Border.”Criminals are being facilitated by prosecuting cases in the dark of night,she said adding,“I do not want my case to be decided by an unscrupulous judge because it has happened before that the judge tried to grant him bail.If the accused is granted bail then the accused will run away.”
She appealed to the Supreme Court to monitor the case and provide justice to the children and family of Barrister Fahad Malik.
She jostles her way out
She doesn’t see what you’re all about
She doesn’t even care if you’re okay
Or if you want to goon your way
But you still love her
Yes you do
You still need her in your life
So much
That’s why you don’t love me
No, no more
You don’t need me in your life
That much
She argues with you
Even if she knows you’re right
She makes you a fool
But still you think it’s cool
Cause you really love her
Yes you do
You still need her in your life
So much
That’s why you don’t love me
No, no more
You don’t need me in your life
That much
I can’t comprehend
No I just cannot bend
Cause she is unscrupulous
Maybe she’s just jealous
So what if I love you
I really love you
I need you in my life
So much
But you don’t love me
No, no more
You don’t need me in your life
Like her
She can’t love you like I do
But you don’t love me like I do.
What ruse is so effective
that someone blatantly perverse
can succeed all so easily
to convince one after the other
to give it all up
to trade in their integrity
to renege on their values
to turn their back on any moral compass
to literally sell their soul to the devil
And… have the gall to walk among us
still with their head held high ?
Seems like we’ve entered an alternate reality
beyond the stretch of imagination
where nightmares are the new norm.
AP: Honorable Mention 2025