바카라GAZA-L 1바카라
Nabina Das writes poems on the life amid wars and turmoil in the world.
바카라GAZA-L 1바카라
바카라바카라we walk on stones that once were a house바카라
바카라from a poem by Nadine Murtaja, a member of the Gaza Poets Society
Morning breaks. We walk on stones that once were a house.
Our hearts grieve, whither shelter? We slowly repair a house.
My city lights are charred fruits of autumn바카라lit by wars.
No one can eat them. Still we set the table, share a house.
How does a woman make the city her lover? Nights know:
to hide from raids and rapes, yes, we wear a house.
You write to me about your plundered homes, unpetalled.
The rubble in Manipur, Gaza, Kashmir바카라everywhere, a house.
Your legs stand frozen as overpass pillars. My eyes flow.
Flowers of concrete erupt; we mourn, oh my dear, a house!
Their Iron Dome, your khwabgaah, their bombs, your huts바카라
song by hope바카라s song, Navi, still we build, right here, a house.
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바카라GAZA-L 2바카라
Read바카라poetry as news of the day.
Hymnal rhymes: views of the day.
Tackle all sleight of hand. How?
Break down the ruse of the day.
Tell me, who beckons in verse?
Love! It is the muse of the day.
Let바카라s measure mirth. Here:
Scansion is the use of the day!
Chuck the tanks, drones, unpoems.
What바카라s your excuse of the day?
Let바카라s couplet! Heck, says Navi바카라
Make verses as coups of the day.
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바카라GAZA-L 3바카라
Time is both sinking roots, and forever trailing a body.
Sorrow바카라s geographies ask: what바카라s ailing? A body!
Remember Pieta? Mary cradling her bleeding son?
Times retold. They바카라ve gathered before nailing a body.
Still the morning woos바카라still grass바카라still soft touches바카라
The peace lily leaves its signs. Yes, I love sailing a body.
Dig the rubble, pull the buried out, breathe in them a song.
Stop. Stop anyone trespassing here for impaling a body!
Worldly shops are always ready: silver, gold, cold cash바카라
Wastes of wars or loss, they prosper from retailing a body.
Hush, but the body is tilism! A magic sabre! It wipes tears!
The beloved steers, so here, Navi, we바카라re hailing a body!
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(Nabina Das is a Hyderabad-based poet and writer)