Wild Birds in Captivity by Sarah Shahzad

[tabby title="Poem"] Those birds that roamed free, Endless flights filled with glee, They glide over the trees, Flying side to side with the breeze, Above the deserts, they can reach, Following the wind that they preach, Finding the oasis that...

A Plate of Summer by Hafsa Mumtaz

[tabby title="Poem"] mom's jaspé hands speckled with flourthe sunset-beige of a roti in the skilletis the negative eclipse of familial loveasterism of fatigue on her forehead cascadesdown her templesvermillion flames on the stove are the fingersof summer bequeathing warmthripening the...

Not Every Woman is Pretty by Syeda Alina Zahra

[tabby title="Poem"] I admire beauty, I adore how some girls are so beautiful and softWhenever I shake hands with a woman or hug a friend of mine,I never forget to tell them how beautiful it felt,How their soft hands should...

December 25th – Birth of Pakistan’s Charisma by Hafsa Mumtaz

[tabby title="Poem"] they say why do you always complainabout the evil that is woven through usis there no good that prevails in our soulsis there nothing to appreciate or applaudits easy to complain than to fixi know it and yet...

Searching for Myself in the Silhouettes of My Memories by Hafsa Mumtaz

[tabby title="Poem"] soma nestles in a comforting caress on the scalppneuma glides bursting into bars of floral tints –    the rose quartz whorl,           the oyster base,                  the leafy urn.like lower-case letters the figments of fancy sedimentonto the waterline of my...