Imran Yousuf is a Poet/Writer/Columnist/ Translator from Kashmir, India. Currently working as Columnist and Journalist, he has contributed his poems to various reputed magazines, journals and international anthologies. He has co-authored more than 30 anthologies and has also written a series of articles, about the great Sufi Poets of the Kashmir Valley (starting from 14th century) , which were published across various newspapers and magazines and now being compiled into a book (to be launched soon) . He is presently engaged in interviewing the current generation of great poets from the Kashmir valley. The articles will also be compiled and given the shape of a book soon.
Leaves have started to fall, so they say we are in autumn,
Everything has started to turn red and grey. We are in autumn.
I want this morning and music and warmth of your hand with mine,
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I lost hold of my tipsy heart and I drained ash grey veins,
You slipped through my clutches, so I fanned ash grey veins.
The moon in the sky darkened, debased by clouds,
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Do you mewl too Jaana in the cold nights
under the blanket with no words to whisper?
Did you too fall in love, forget the names and titles?
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