Tuesday Sep 07
Vol 3 | Spring, 2008
Featured
Upon Visiting An Ancestral Haveli
In this deliciously lazy poem, Mariam Tahir takes you down a chilling, haunting road of old memories, old times and of an era lost forever.
 
Thinking for 41 million seconds, Oblongly on a Monday
Khaver Siddiqi writes beautifully about life and its various pitfalls, in this engaging abstract piece. Deeply personal and yet emotionally engaging, its charm lies in its being wholly identifiable.
 
Cabin in the Woods

From start to finish, Pareesa Khan keeps the reader hooked in suspense with a thousand questions racing through your mind, until the story's breathless conclusion.


Also in this Issue...
Le Grand Plaisir de Ma Vie
Le Grand Plaisir de Ma Vie
One thing is for certain: by poem's end, you'll never see love the same way again. Arien Elerina delivers a magnificence and a delight for the senses, for it's guaranteed you're not just "reading" this....

Important Nonsense Presented Randomly
Important Nonsense Presented Randomly
In this intensely crafted piece, Haider Shahbaz raises questions particularly relevant in today's (post 9/11) world. Questions, that still have no concrete answers, more glaring now than ever before....

Fluid
Fluid

The title says it all. Poet Pareesa Khan explores the fluidity of thought and emotion, in this perfectly blended concoction of words.

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Of The Crab and the Waxing Moon
Of the Crab and the Waxing Moon
In this poem, Arien Elerina explores the magic of dreams and fantasies under a canopy of words so perfectly disguised, that its conclusion leaves the reader spellbound....

The Color of Jaded
The Color of Jaded
Osman Khalid Butt delivers a kaleidescope of words in this wonderfully choreographed piece. Written as a series of "acts", it takes the reader on a fascinating ride into a beautiful mind....

Bottled Green
Bottled Green
Poignantly written in relevance, Maria Amir tells it like it is, painting a vivid and accurate picture of the Pakistan of today cloaked in just the appropriate mix of wit and perspective, and offers a humurous insight complete with analogies. ...

Red
Red
Red is a delicate poem, and the poet Arien Elerina treads almost gently on its waters spinning a tale of love, with the gentle breeze of sand and surf just audible over her words....