All posts tagged "Poetry"
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859PoetryPostcard from Slovenia: ‘The Romance in Kashmir’
I was born in ex-Yugoslavia in Sarajevo, the capital of present Bosnia and Herzegovina, on February 10, 1953 to Slovenian parents. My...
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1.2KPoetry
A poetic response to ‘electoral politics’ in Kashmir: Tott, by Ather Zia
The poem, Tott (Beast of burden) is a historied poetic response to the ‘electoral politics’ in Kashmir Tott Kursi karnawan kaar...
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Association of Disappeared Houses!
Who tore down these walls, Ramzan Wasta built, Over gulps of nun-chai, Boaba brewed for him, With her rough hands, Trembling from...
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Of travelling hearts and contemporary poets: Reading Sonnet Mondal
Poetry being a mellow saga of traveling hearts and dimensions has pushed poets over centuries to travel and traverse across borders to...
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3.2KPoetry
For the love of language: Kashmir’s new age Urdu poets—Part II
Showcasing her multilingual poetic expertise on social media, rhymester Rumuz E Bekhudi has emerged as one of the promising poets from Kashmir...
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For the love of language: Kashmir’s new age Urdu poets—Part I
From the 13th century saintly figures like Lal Ded and Shiekh ul Aalam to progressive writers like Ghulam Ahmad Mahjoor and Abdul...
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A poetic rendezvous: In conversation with the Bard of Old City
As long as there has been war, there’ve been poets and writers, translating the debris and loss of the battlefield into a...
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Poem: The Dungeon Republic
Beloved belligerence And this prevailing forlorn Strident are our streets: “Anybody? Anyone?” City is grief… Its viziers have fled. A few...
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Poem: A hounded heaven
Dawn to dusk, They scram, In the hounded heaven, In effect, a hell incarnate. One gone, Another comes, The number ticks… Since...
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The Soul of a ‘Paan’, Pichukkhh!
Redness at the, Corners of my mouth. Redness that you think is blood, Redness that I just spat out. Pichuk! Filthy you...
