Category: Hand Picked
The best way to silence demons
Posted by Talia Mirza | Jun 20, 2019 | Hand Picked, Poetry | 0
Before I speak by Mahin Wahla
by admin | Sep 7, 2026 | Hand Picked, Poetry | 0
I look younger than I am. When people do not know me yet I can feel how lightly they hold me. Then...
Read MoreMy Father’s Wristwatch by Niels Hav
by admin | Sep 1, 2026 | Hand Picked, Poetry | 0
I wind up my father’s old wristwatch. For almost three decades it has been here in the drawer...
Read MoreMoonlight by Kinza Khan
by admin | Aug 31, 2026 | Hand Picked, Poetry | 0
Sit under the moonlight Listen to the rhythm of its heartbeat Synchronize yours One beat at a time...
Read MoreUplift Lives by Traci Neal
by admin | Aug 28, 2026 | Hand Picked, Poetry | 0
Think bullying will break me to the point of no return, but I drive into the express lane. I begin...
Read MoreRainbow Highlighter by Sara Tejani
by admin | Aug 21, 2026 | Hand Picked, Poetry | 0
Darkened smudges of eraser beneath worn pencil once, twice, –three drafts ...
Read MoreCriticism Runs With Spoons by Vivian Xeung
by admin | Aug 10, 2026 | Hand Picked, Poetry | 0
My 妈妈 (māma) worries my slow bulging way of swallowing begun by guiltily having...
Read MoreEpizootic by Samyr Arshad
by admin | Aug 5, 2026 | Hand Picked, Poetry | 0
Her eyes spoke of mid-November nights Gloomed by cold, and hiding secrets of pain....
Read MoreI Am Afraid by Uğur Olgar
by admin | Jul 24, 2026 | Hand Picked, Poetry | 0
And I am so devoted to you, sun that every evening, when the sky goddess takes you to her...
Read MoreThe Wind Is Tired by Uğur Olgar
by admin | Jul 18, 2026 | Hand Picked, Poetry | 0
The wind is tired; let it rest the repertoire of morning birds on the eucalyptus branches Let the...
Read MoreSeven Thousand by Ayesha Siddiqua
by admin | Jul 14, 2026 | Hand Picked, Poetry | 0
I want you in every season of me, at each height, at every breaking. You are my quiet, the one who...
Read MoreOrdinary Afternoons by Umer Ali
by admin | Jul 4, 2026 | Hand Picked, Poetry | 0
Sitting in the back, I see sunlight shining on the scratches of old desks. And the clock above...
Read MoreCurrent Reads: Fatima Ijaz, Furqan Ali, Taha Kehar, Muhammad Ali Samejo
by admin | Jun 29, 2026 | Blog, Hand Picked | 0
Muhammad Ali Samejo (Author of The Special) ‘My recent read is ‘Wolf...
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