Loneliness like a good, old friend visits my house to pour wine in the evening. And we sit together, waiting for the moon, and for your face to sparkle in every shadow. – Faiz Ahmed Faiz Postscript: Maudlin, as some good love poetry is. You can read more Faiz that we’ve run on this site […]
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: Faiz Ahmed Faiz, loneliness, love poetry, translation, Urdu
- Published:
- July 24, 2012 – 08:00
- Author:
- By Madhu
Love is not a profession
genteel or otherwise
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: anger, conversational, defiance, gender, love poetry, Margaret Atwood
- Published:
- July 21, 2012 – 08:00
- Author:
- By Madhu
I’ll make love to you
in all good places
under black mountains
in open spaces.
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: desire, Ian Anderson, imagery, Jethro Tull, love poetry, melancholy, song lyrics
- Published:
- July 12, 2012 – 08:00
- Author:
- By Madhu