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Naseer Ahmed Nasir (April 01,1954 / Pakistan)
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* Weep Holes

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  Don't take us for the wall itself
For when the earthen plank behind the wall
Gets soaked through
We'll let the sorrow of burdonsome wetness
Flow through us

The soil sucks the trees' roots till now
Till now the sorrow of waters
hasn't reached the earthen plank behind the walls
Earth has not seen the woebegone face of the sky
The wall hasn't learnt to shed tears

Wind even now expects to blow the leaves away
Empty polythene bags sputter on roads
That never had trees planted on sides
People drink blood of their own climes
And grow like germs
Bonfire conflagrations ignite every where
Smoke has turned the flowers black
Butterflies' wings look ashen
The dream's face will bend under pressure
And break into smithereens
Let the moisture come!
Let the clouds of pains burst!
Let the sky's sorrow descend to the earth!

Don't consider us the wall itself
Don't think we're but worthless
For when the earthen plank behind the wall
Gets soaked
We'll be there to let the sorrow
Of burdensome wetness
flow through us
Look! Our eyes do not have tears
But the mud of our dreams.


(Translated by Dr. Satyapal Anand)

Naseer Ahmed Nasir


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  Leslie Alexis (Heaven Is My Home)  (11/6/2009 12:52:00 AM)

a genius wrote this.
  Whisperkwane Lamb  (8/5/2009 2:06:00 PM)

All bright eyed and bushed tailed...off little red ridinghood went...and then she read your poem...now she cries two sets of tears...your kind and the kind of the wolf...and yet those wolf cries still play out into day's world.
  Lynda Robson  (8/4/2009 7:58:00 AM)

An excellent write and so true,
10
Lynda XX
  Sherri Coulter  (8/3/2009 3:23:00 PM)

thank for sharing - going to my favorite list to read again and again- : ( 10+
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  Naseer Ahmed Nasir  (8/3/2009 5:31:00 AM)

Message from Mary Spain:

From: Mary Spain (United Kingdom ;)
To: Naseer Ahmed Nasir
Date Time: 8/3/2009 4: 30: 00 AM (GMT -6: 00)

Subject: Hello

Naseer - I have just read 'Weep Holes'. A very fine and thought-provoking poem, which needs to be read and re-read to be fully appreciated. At least the mud didn't clog your mind, there's a clear, crystal stream of perception flowing through the poem.
Mary
  Aparna *Blast from the past(I) uploaded*  (8/3/2009 1:48:00 AM)

oh..very nicely done.... thanks a lot for sharing...wonderful write!
  @....Frozen peices of Memory....@  (8/1/2009 9:53:00 PM)

A very interesting peice of work
i love the penmenship
your voice showers with colors
true work of art^^
keep writing
  N Olmedo  (8/1/2009 3:00:00 PM)

Quite the thought provoking poem Naseer, i love it all. Not much to say left other then i agree with all the wonderful comments. Thank you for sharing your talent with us. :)
  Nihar ...  (8/1/2009 10:14:00 AM)

Bonfire conflagrations ignite every where
Smoke has turned the flowers black
Butterflies' wings look ashen
The dream's face will bend under pressure
And break into smithereens

I liked these lines..... and the following ones... poem is very nice.... thx for inspiring me........ :)

and my name means a grey cloud seen around mountain before rain..

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