“No Name” & “Withdrawal” – Two Poems Of Prof. Shaheena Asif From Her Book “The Ordinary Woman”
NO NAME Daughter Sister Wife She has no name She has no face She is a woman WITHDRAWAL Laughter Innocence Trusting loving heart Lost in the Eddies of life Frightened I hide from This world
As Long As – A Poem By Prof. Shaheena Asif From Her Book “The Ordinary Woman”
“As Long As” What I wear You don’t care Talking to me But looking At the car key Tired too busy Business dinners Late nights Where you go I need not know Too long to be mine The black hair On your shoulder shines The lipstick shade Though light On your collar so bright […]
On Hysterectomy – A Poem By Prof. Shaheena Asif From Her Book “The Ordinary Woman”
“ON HYSTERECTOMY” Like dried branches Like earth hard and cracked Like grass turned brown Lifeless but alive Scared for life Pretending smiling Exhausted insecure Secretly terrified Dear womb The surgeons knife Cured the disease But Left me dying inside
Love – A Poem By Prof. Shaheena Asif From Her Book “The Ordinary Woman”
LOVE ? Who will love me? When I am – Beautiful and dutiful Joking and laughing Healthy and wealthy Kind and helpful Just any body and everybody Who will love me? When I am – Sad and bad Demanding and commanding Lazy and crazy Fat and ugly Unwell and […]
In Memory of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah – Founder and Father of Pakistan
The following poem of my late father Syed Shahab Uddin Ahmad, titled “Jinnah”, was published by Dawn in November 1941 and again on 22 December, 2010. Brief introduction of my late father: Syed Shahab Uddin Ahmad (25 December, 1919- 13 May, 2000) was a former Lecturer of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Principal, Charmical Degree College Rangpur (East […]
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