Autumn Ghazal Poems

Serenity found in the gentle pines, woodland hues
Breathless leaves, rustling softly, heartland muse

Amber and scarlet, fiery shadows, falling to earth
Caressing the light, creative touch, freehand...

Read More

Born on this ample autumn feast held yearly on the earth’s bed
Of sweet, mellow tinges of chrome hued to motley tints of red,
You should sure...

Read More

On hot summer days I miss the sight of Winter
When snow is a blanket in the height of Winter

I think of sleigh rides and cups...

Read More

Summer fading and seeing her fate! Leaves fluttering down,
a time of the year to love and hate! Leaves fluttering down.

The trees have now removed their...

Read More

What Happened to Them?
by Nasir Kazmi
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Those who came ashore, what happened to them?
Those who sailed away, what happened to them?

Those...

Read More

?? ?????? ?? ????? ??  ,????? ?? ????? ?????? ,
?? ?????? ?? ?????? ?? , ????? ??? ???? ?????? ,
??? ?? ?? ,??? ???...

Read More

The path to the wisdom

I was in love with a flower; now I am in love with light.
I escaped from pain and sorrow, even though...

Read More

  If I am not there…

If I am not there, who will be touching?
     Touching the sunset, when no one...

Read More

No mean for all,
even a single fear
How decent guy trap
silently in love,

O’er this anthology
might we be hear,
Might you with me
and I with you be in
love,

And...

Read More

When the moon is high
and the night is cold
hold me close
don't let me go

When the wind whispers 
through the autumn trees
and the meadows grass
holds mysteries

When...

Read More

When winter waltzes in with soft light steps
Swirling snowflakes pirouette with white steps

The forest is blanketed by snow, so still
Until they melt away to springs...

Read More

Afflicted by loneliness, this despairing dismal heart
A garden deserted by spring when autumn threw its dart

My tongue is tied no longer, my lips no longer...

Read More