Kenopsia by Hafsa Mumtaz

[tabby title="Poem"] 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 it.The...

Sonder by Hafsa Mumtaz

[tabby title="Poem"] 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...

The Sabre Sans a Scabbard by Hafsa Mumtaz

[tabby title="Poem"] 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, and...

Like Spring, I Blossom by Hafsa Mumtaz

[tabby title="Poem"] 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 Rose...

Telepathy by Hafsa Mumtaz

[tabby title="Poem"] the prismatic landscape ensnared inminiature aquatic world – aeoliansongs of soughs whistles andundertones dabbing the chlorophyllfaces. tender splashes articulatemirth of life. the ethereal planes overthe azure sky darkening to sapphirein the corners, like shades in ablush-on kit. the...