Members' Own Poems Written in Pashto

[*Mahzala*]

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*Mesbah*, I actually took the time out and read your poems and I must say Good job. It is great to have someone so talented here.

Keep up the good work and keep them coming.

Oh thank you. Theyre really not worth all the praise. You see, when grief kicks in, verbally, I am flop at expressing myself. So sometimes I just let the pen do the work. Quite ambiguous, but theyre a result of extreme challenges life has thrown my way. I appreciate they are appreciated. =)

Allah put Barakah in your time.

[Roshina]

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^ Do you have any Poems of your own?

Who, me? lol I do, but they're not even half as good as Mesbah's! After having read hers, I can't share mine! No way! lol

[truepashtun]

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^ Do you have any Poems of your own?

Who, me? lol I do, but they're not even half as good as Mesbah's! After having read hers, I can't share mine! No way! lol

Stop being a scaredycat! cmon! we dont bite.

[*Mahzala*]

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Who, me? lol I do, but they're not even half as good as Mesbah's! After having read hers, I can't share mine! No way! lol

Heyyy, come on. You asked for mine, I ask for ours.

I LOVED your Pakhto one, really. So English, I am assuming, would be even better. Share share.

[Roshina]

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Stop being a scaredycat! cmon! we dont bite.

Oh I know, but stilll ... charta Mesbah's work and charta mine!

BUT! If I post anything, I hope that my poems will show others that poetry doesn't have to be perfect and that you can still share it with others even if you don't like it yourself And that someone might think, "What? She calls that poetry? Lemme show you what poetry is!" and will then post theirs :D

Oh, and my poems sometimes tend to be a bit too ... umm... controversial, or radical, or just ... not something that'd make you jump up and down... just a little warning! But I'll try my best to avoid sharing those, just in case, lol.

[Abdali]

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Share everything you have.

Just registered to tell you

[Laila]

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Wow, i am impressed my dear girls. Keep up the good work! Keep it coming, we all want to hear it


Have any of you wanted to publish your poems, they are quite beautiful if i must say.....or you may just want to keep it personal, i understand.

[Roshina]

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Share everything you have.

Just registered to tell you

Oh! lol ... Thanks for joining, and welcome! You'll love it here

[Roshina]

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**I'm still undecided about a title for this poem.**

Swat, My Long-lost Home

Like a bird on the wing
In my own lightness and glee
Let me fly to my land of serenity
For, solitary among the throng,
I am smothered,
Smothered in a land of tall buildings
And fine homes and baths
In a land of empty, starless skies
And sights of a tired and frustrated folk,
Hurrying about swarming streets,
Watering the soil of the land of those
Who water the roots of my people’s demise!

Let nostalgia seep into my veins
And take me away, take me home!
Take me to the land of my people
Where my sighs will become clouds of serenity
Where the loud gushes of my rivers
Threaten for justice for my people
Where only my sweet-scented soil
Has the power to rekindle my being

Take me to the popular lush valleys of Swat
To the sights of green fields,
Encircling me in their treasures of emeralds,
To those gardens of mint, those gardens of flowers!
Oh! Their liberating scent in the evening air,
In the wake of dusk, at the rooster’s call
To those modest houses with their mud walls!
Where the music of children’s innocence
Empowers the clear skies of the village,
Their laughter clinking in the air
Take me! Take me to those spacious courtyards
With trees of bounties in open yards, open skies
No fogs of suffocation
Take me away!
Take me home!

~ Qrratugai
~ 14th October 2009

[Roshina]

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Oh geeez, this thread was for Pukhtu poems only, lol. Oh well! Not to worry :D

[*Mahzala*]

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Wow, Amazing Mesbah!

Thank you Kandahary!

And Qrratu, poetry doesnt have a definition. Poetry is many things - its musical language. I see it as a creative mechanism to get things across that cannot be done otherwise. It is when the mind and the words connect to create a feeling, or stir emotion. A very short road between us and others. The job of those who have nothing better to do...than think in intellectual extremes. Most poetry is an act of self-absorption or understanding the self. Everyone defines it differently, based on what and how they write it.

So, share awayyyy!

[Roshina]

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And Qrratu, poetry doesnt have a definition. Poetry is many things - its musical language. I see it as a creative mechanism to get things across that cannot be done otherwise. It is when the mind and the words connect to create a feeling, or stir emotion. A very short road between us and others. The job of those who have nothing better to do...than think in intellectual extremes. Most poetry is an act of self-absorption or understanding the self. Everyone defines it differently, based on what and how they write it.

So, share awayyyy!

Suuuuuuuuure it means different things to different readers/writers, but the thing is ... some are MUCH better at expressing their feelings and thoughts than others are

[*Mahzala*]

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Qrratu, I havent been to Swat, but you took me there. Very descriptive, amazing work. And you say its not worth sharing, please! Keep them coming. =)

[Roshina]

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lol... Thanks, good folks! Dera manana for appreciating it!

[Wini]

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Good job Qratughai