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POETS’ CORNER

By S. K
Fri, 01, 17

Shakespeare’s tribute to his patroness, Queen Elizabeth

Shakespeare’s tribute to his patroness, Queen Elizabeth I

“That very time I saw - but thou couldst not -

Flying between the cold moon and the earth,

Cupid all arm’d: a certain aim he took

At a fair vestal throned by the west,

And loos’d his love-shaft smartly from his bow

As it should pierce a hundred-thousand hearts:

But I might see young Cupid’s fiery shaft

Quench’d in the chaste beams of the watery moon,

And the imperial votaress passed on,

In maiden meditation fancy free.”

- A Midsummer-Night’s Dream, Act II., Sc. i.

 

The tree and he

By Vaheid Khizar

 

When autumn nights are around

I see a sky cuddling with

Some thick brown clouds

 

Their roar echoes a rich laughter

The moonlight tries to pave its way

But they hinder

And with rain

Continue to celebrate

Their bond and love

 

Without knowing the fact that

These nights and clouds

These roars and laughter

And these autumnal rains

Have given

 

Colour to my parted fickle leaves

And

Life to his forgotten painful memories!

 

Infinity

By Zarmeen Khalid

 

Love, like they say

Makes way for sanity

From the reflection of the soul

To the depiction of internality

But let’s ruin the clichés

For the sake of our fondness

From the depths of negation

To the heights of insanity

Let’s run away

To the last corner of our infinity!

 

Faithfulness

By Shafi Rehman

 

I have survived in the storm of disbelief

and conquered my heart for its relief

To seek the path, I am searching for light

That burns so brightly out of my sight

 

The battle within self had proven to be right

and still I am flying at the top of my height

My wings are burning without my desire

But I am still not afraid of this fire

 

This passion has to reside deep inside me

And again I want to dive deep into the sea

If truth was what remains untold

What I ask you can’t unfold

 

Lost and Found

 By Asma Zainab

 

All my life I’ve been

My best sober self,

Avoiding all addictions

That life had to offer

Only to lose it all,

After all

But this time,

I’m going to lose myself

To the bitter crack

And the sweet wine

To forget everything

And leave it all behind

As I shoot agony

As laughter in the sky

And dance

Till my tears run dry

 

The rain

By Aafia Tehrim

 

The rain is killing

the thirst in my memories!

Bringing the serenity

in the chaotic scenery!

The drops are pouring from the sky

on the shattered parts of me!

Letting me afloat

above the waves of ecstasy!

Now there is a sense of company

between me and nature, mutually!

 

The malignant surprise

By Neelum Afridi

 

The silent stories, the words, the whispers

The eyes, the movements, the actions,

In the dark tunnel underground,

Are all measured and bound.

They aim for the blue sky above

Everyone shipshape for a surprise at the other end

The malignant force surprise them

Rather in a different form.

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