Monday, December 31, 2018

Otata, 2019



morning glory
the blue star shining over the wall

نیلوفر
دیوار پر چمکتا ہوا نیلا ستارہ

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glass bridge
my self-discovery after forty

عکسی گُزَر گاہ
چالیس کے بعد میری ذات کی آگہی

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black swan
another shadow intercepting my narrative

کالا ہنس
ایک اور سایہ میری کہانی میں رکاوٹ بنتے ہوے

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end of summer
grass in the garden with purple shades

گرمی کا اختتام
باغ میں گھاس ارغوانی رنگوں کے ساتھ

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lemongrass tea
all folklores on the tip of my tongue

لیمن گراس کا قہوہ
تمام لوک داستانیں میری زبان کی نوک پر

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sunrise ruby
adhering to the beliefs that matter most

یاقوت سحر
اہم ترین عقائد کی استقامت

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desi saag
refreshing the memories of late summer

دیسی ساگ
موسم گرما کا اختتام ، یادوں کو تازہ کرتے ہوئے

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bamboo flute
the symphony of love stirs the evening horizon

برگِ نَے
محبت کی لے، شام کے افق پر ہلچل مچاتے ہوئے

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tube roses
the secrets we shared on a moonlit night

مہکتے گلاب
چاندنی رات میں اظہار کردہ راز

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river delta
my deep-rooted dreams end up at a sea

دریاوں کا ملنا
جیسے میرے گہرے خوابوں کا سمندر میں شامل ہونا


Otata 47, November, 2019
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blackendraining


autumn wind 

a refugee child gathers 
the fallen berries


refugee camp 
a teenage walks 
the tacky dog 

Otata 45 (September, 2019)

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last train
the depth
of my heartbeat

Otata, 44, August 2019



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every single word
with multiple meanings
evening sermon

Otata, 43, July 2019


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tear gas —
we walk through
the inner war

Otata, 42 (June, 2019)


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climatic change —
under heavy snow
the refugee camp


heavy snow repairing the tent holes

at the end of a critical path swollen feet

erasing the peace slogans from a tent lashing rain

Otata 40, April 2019


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winter solitude
the patterns of snow
on a cracked window

Otata 37 (January, 2019)
also featured in

MyHaikuPond.com (1st January, 2019)


also featured in

https://www.thehaikufoundation.org/ Per Diem, 9th March, 2019

Saturday, December 29, 2018

Friday, December 28, 2018

Mt. Fuji Tanka Grand Pix Contest, 2018


deep silence
on the mountain top
revealing
the path to salvation
within my heart

Honorable mention in Mt. Fuji Tanka Grand Pix Contest, 2018
https://fujisantaisho.com/img/fujisan_kasyuu2018.pdf

is/let poetry, 2018



dreamendreamendream

is/let, 28 December 2018

Thursday, December 20, 2018

The Cherita, 2018


another monsoon


keep me awake
these summer nights


once I start drowning
in the flood water
of my deprivations


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double rainbow


she paints everyday
her innocent wish


whenever raindrops
fall on the window
of this old orphanage


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wishful morning


blowing on dandelions
into the dense fog


this uncertainty of life
takes us to the level
where we believe in unknown


the sound of water, edition 2:9

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plastic bags

cling to the bushes
after the flood

who knows
who will survive
at the end


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bare oak

covered with hoarfrost
in the family garden

the day we decided
to settle down
our family feud


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childhood memories

on the wall
shadows of ravens

I sketch
various images
of my deepest fears



whisper me free, edition 2:8

Frameless Sky, 2018/19


bird songs

all day long
through the forest

when I feel
the depth
of my inner voice

(featured in video sneak preview)

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motia flowers

she makes
a scented bracelet

on a day
when she reunites
with her foster family

Frameless Sky, Issue 11

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still birth –
a crocus bud
under heavy snow

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still pond
a swan rests
on the cloud

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ember clouds
with smoldering edges
on my path
i found only the ashes
of your love letters

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a rainbow drawing
on the white tent
the refugee child
explores a peaceful
way back to home

Frameless Sky, issue 9

Monday, December 17, 2018

Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, 2019


beaver moon -
what is left behind
in this windswept field

سگ آبی مہتاب
اس باد زدہ میدان میں
کیا باقی بچا ہے

 Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Vol 3:1


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autumn moon 
shining in a bowl 
the beggar's coin


Autumn Moon Haiku Journal, Volume 2:1