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POETS’ CORNER

By S. K
Fri, 09, 17

“Are the days of winter sunshine just as sad for you, too? When it is misty, in the evenings, and I am out walking by myself, it seems to me that the rain is falling through my heart and causing it to crumble into ruins.”

Poems forever

On rain

The rain to the wind said,

“You push and I’ll pelt.”

They so smote the garden bed

That the flowers actually knelt,

And lay lodged—though not dead.

I know how the flowers felt.”

- Robert Frost

“Are the days of winter sunshine just as sad for you, too? When it is misty, in the evenings, and I am out walking by myself, it seems to me that the rain is falling through my heart and causing it to crumble into ruins.”

- Gustave Flaubert 

 

“Being soaked alone is cold. Being soaked with your best friend is an adventure.”

- Emily Wing Smith

“If I were rain,

That joins sky and earth that otherwise never touch,

Could I join two hearts as well?”

- Tite Kubo

“Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.”

- Vladimir Nabokov

Miles to go before I sleep

By Shehzeen Anwer 

 

I am standing still, all alone in the dark,

Wind howling, dark clouds hovering,

The crackling sound of thunder chills me to the bone,

And I am puzzled which way to go, which path to choose,

By which I can escape this dreadful storm.

Wandering around by myself,

No foe or companion to accompany me through this path,

Alas! I take a deep breath,

Muster the courage,

And start walking on this unknown journey,

Don’t know where it will take me, but I had to choose,

This is my chance; this is my gamble, my rolling dice.

Now that I have settled for the course, for my destiny,

It turns out I am still walking incessantly,

For I wonder,

How many miles to go before I sleep!

 

Yours

By Amna Ameer

 

A phantom love,

Once felt,

In a lost dream,

Cloaks itself,

In the eyes,

Of an infidel,

Staring at me,

Like destiny,

Granted,

To a sinister wish,

I try to reach for,

The fading stars,

Spread across galaxies,

And withering black holes,

Of fireworks,

Swallowed in the sky,

Bursting on our tongues,

Like an inexplicable feeling,

For so long,

I have passed days,

Passing time,

Fooling the heart,

To fall in love,

With all that,

No longer remains,

Your touch fades,

In the carcass of memory,

Your scent follows,

The lingering wishes

I create scenarios

In a world of make believe,

I keep picturing,

You to be with me,

And just before,

I open my eyes

I take the final leap,

And fall into your arms,

I am with you,

In between the rain drops,

Reading poetry,

Submerged in coffee,

Writing vows,

On our skins,

I try to decipher,

The meaning,

Of impermanent,

Fingerprints,

For every inch of me

Now resembles,

Yours.

Masterpiece

By Mahvash Irshad

 

But there’s grace

In every heartbreak

And beauty in pain

That it gives.

A very few love

The taste of it

That’s why she

Stays broken.

Her every fragment

Is a masterpiece

Of beauty.

Friendship

By Zobia Khani

 

All the misery and pain,

I once bore in my veins

The melancholic days,

I tore through my way

The stormy nights and days,

Took my breath away

I fell so deep in abyss,

My heart clenched in my fist

There, I saw a gleam,

A hand stretched out for me

You brought back my forgotten time,

Started with me to climb

The amusement of the dawn,

The coldness of the storm

We went through it all

We went through it all

I pray for you to stay,

May our friendship never fade.

Compiled by SK