Angst Ghazal Poems

Old breath no life has tolerated,
Strange, most change finds itself deserted.

Odd, this friendship I’ve cultivated,
By fighting with self fosters ahead.

It sounds so weird, my steadfast...

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To my sorrows I wish to thank,
The grief that galled me, wish to thank—

Adversities that chased all life,
To my sad state I wish to thank.

Troubles,...

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No stars tonight, yet eyes transcend towards bright moonlight.
Oh Moon, without words, we converse in lone quiet moonlight.

Angst of two hearts apart, shows in somber...

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She plays the tabla, Indian drums, a Canadian!
"Fanna -Fi" is their name; Qawwal their claim to fame

O when you are at a loss ... or...

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Wading in the river, shining hook wrapped, the flyfisherman casts
but the fish just stare at his lure, for a fly does not enter a closed...

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Oh, Death, why do people fear You so much,
can you say why the living dread Your touch?

Death, You are how mortal existence ends,
yet few can...

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A heavy heart places a stone on the gloomy eyes 
Unshed tears collect in the core of deep sorrow. 

A distress blow breaks the mind,...

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The travelling wind has stopped troubling me now
She knows that I have nothing worthy in me now 

Why couldn't he have survived? they all tend...

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In a moment, my heart returned to me, that's fine.
I waited years for someone to love me, that's fine.

My letters may have reached their rightful...

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The innocence of my beloved cannot be explained
The purity of her speech cannot be explained.

Every step is bewildering & miraculous.
The fog in the transparent glass...

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If it had been a good life, I would have closed my eyes
But the conscious mind is trembling with  a sorrowful voice.

A caring sound...

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Midnight breezes echo a snuffed demise    from this lament ,
While time hangs amidst moments on pale skies from this lament.

A  lone...

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I need a separation, you can understand,
it involves subjugation, you can understand.

My boss at work chooses only female colleagues, 
some may be a temptation, you...

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"How she meshed my head
in the half-truths 
of her fevers

till I renounced 
milk and honey 
and the taste of lunch.”
- ‘Anorexic’, Eavan Boland

The pervasive pain...

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Dozakh aur Sharab.........


Tere laboan ka rang mile ga gulaab mein
Teri nigah e naaz ka  nasha sharaab mein  

Mil jaye gar woh aik baar...

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