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Posts Tagged ‘political poems’

THE SEAT

By Asim • May 9th, 2008 • Category: Misc

In presentation, this binary world
Embroidered technologies and layouts
Created in logic and virtual view
To bring back,
The old glamour of tradition
Of few verses, here and there
These splintered thoughts
Echoes its beat, to rhythms
Of past and present- afloat
Of all those years spent,
In participation and in dialogue
In diversity, it presents
The gift – sit you cannot
Only its view, only its feel
The […]



Loneliness is like Absinthe

By Asim • May 8th, 2008 • Category: Misc

Loneliness is like absinthe,
The old potion of poets
Of Paris and its quarters
Only to be captured
In words or paint
Sour as you walk,
Feel these droplets of rain
Harder to swallow
The indomitable taste
When offered
The old pain
And in presence amongst us
Like those wild flowers
Scattered in time,
In an unmarked islands
To witness the old mosaics
Survive you may,
But remains in place,
The old prison
Bounded […]



The Soldier’s Diary- Part III

By Asim • May 3rd, 2008 • Category: Misc

They say
Experiences make us
What we are,
In the heat
Of its moments
Our character
Tired and in pain
Our bodies
As the battle rages on
From one place
To another
The only time
We have
Is through letters
For reflections
And conversations
As the lights go out
In preparation,
Our next morning
Through times
We face each other
Different and changed
In the heat
Of moments and history
Will you come back?
If I say
“Served you well”
Yes, but […]