This poem speaks to the weight of watching – the ache of witnessing suffering from a distance, unable to do more than bear witness. In “Despicable Us”, Sarah Shahzad traces the arc of a city under siege: the ash-covered faces...
Category - Poems About life
Some of the most crowded rooms are the loneliest places on earth. This original poem captures the raw, physical experience of social anxiety – the clammy hands, the hollow envy, the desperate wish to disappear even as a glittering crowd...
Sign Language Poetry: A Haiku Poem Hands flow into place,As they form words of their own,They speak as my own. Sarah Shahzad, September 2023 UN has proclaimed 23 September as the International Day of Sign Languages. This Haiku poem is...
Charity Bestowed with prosperity, Since the emergence, In front of their shoes, Lies heaps of gravy wealth, They pluck each one out, And chuck them below, They cascade around until the end, A masquerade with the goodwill manifested; such good...
Wild Horses These wild grazers in the North, Roam freely with the wind passing up and forth, They march towards, through our eyes we cannot see, Lowered steppes and flowering grasslands they’re free, Their manes breeze in...
A Warm Dream The sound that serves between them, Skies that circle all over them, Water dripping from the wells above, The movement so calm and discreet, The wind that flows through the mind, And cleans the heart of the divined...
The shape of Dreams A dream can fulfill a wish, In reality, it seems to be a glitch, I wonder if reality and dreams can be switched, But the idea of the ideal world needs to be ditched, Can we exchange realms, where dreams unfurl? Yet...
Timeless Connections The cherished friends who hold great worth, I yearn for their presence, moments of mirth, In my heart, their impact lingers and stays, Thoughts of them fill my mind’s intricate maze, Their friendship, a...
Unwavering Love: A Mother’s Gift A mother so brave and free, Wonderful as she can be, These nights with her, Are full of delight and glee, From dawn till dusk, she toils away, As the sun dips below the horizon’s sway. Her...
Environment It fleas with its foes, The gasping light it launches, Within the shimmering heat, it leaves, The lasting trail it freezes, Below the ones above, It seeks the one in the cove, Shoots its web sprinkling with drizzle...