The archive The Gulp Poem by Ibrahim Sheme · 1990 A light year’s gulp severed usThough our fathomless dream mar-riedWe swam in the unilateral sea ofalonenessBecause the gulp severed us.My tears caked into the islandsof longing, seeking your ismuthand the oars of my resolve trodethe watery bridge.But irate waves warnedme of drowningsome restive tide washedthe […]
The archive Togetherness Poem by Mukhtar S. ‘Wakeel · 1994 The sourness in our togetherness Should bring no hate or bitterness For that’ll be pure madness And we’ve enjoyed too much happiness To be grieved by such sadness. I do not believe we can bear The pains and anguish that follow A broken intimate affair […]