Hiraeth by Hafsa Mumtaz

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] walls carved out of skin, cemented with fleshhydrated with blood & lodged with a soul tosaunter about and search for the meaning ofits ikigai in the arcane lexicon of physicalitysenescence is the only wisp of life's fragrancethe...

Kenopsia by Hafsa Mumtaz

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] The senescent strokes ofMy pencil on a wan paperOf my sketchbookCedes to the traces ofMoments I spent withMy eyes flashing likeSequins bathing in moonlight.Like velvet is the quillOf an artist, like war paintIs the ink flowing in...

Sonder by Hafsa Mumtaz

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] In the zenith and nadir of the melodyUndulating in my heart, and in theCaverns of those innocent eyes I glance at inThe shopping malls of children beseechingTheir moms to buy their favourite Bratz orSpiderman outfits, and in...

The Sabre Sans a Scabbard by Hafsa Mumtaz

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] My eyes open like moonlight splitting the clouds -A haze of silence dominates my being,It feels like my heart will burst with blood-flowI try and try and fail againTo pull the images of subconscious back into myAttention,...

Like Spring, I Blossom by Hafsa Mumtaz

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] like the sun, I erupt from my halo -an angelic luminescence. mynacreous shades like the skinof a tender bubble outshine whatI had been in the past. from theHades, I soar up into the Oranos.the floridity of the...