I see…or imagine
a world where
laughter aborts on pastel lips
heartbeats stiffen in ribcages
a gloomy silence becomes my companion
when the sun sets in my mind
i stand alone in a crowd
and i stand on frozen feet
day dreaming of flowing rivers and steaming trains
am I a poet?
who dresses life in metaphors
or my words are just rags
barely covering our nakedness.
Nosheen Irfan © 2016
What weighty thoughts you hurl into the air from a saddened heart.............! They make echoes and reverberations....... No one can answer the question you asked, but yourself........ I know only this much......! When ever I read your poems, I get a kind of poetic delight! !
That's Me... that's Me with all the crazy chaotic thoughts. It's very much Me with all the lapses yet beautiful. Just loved the thought Nosheen. I can relate to every little thought.10 plus.
Hi Nosheen, Laughter aborts on pastel lips, Heartbeats stiffen in rib cages A gloomy silence becomes my companion Nosheen, with this level of poetic expression as your companion, your (poetic) notes are never disjointed. Your poetry captivates the reader and speaks to his heart directly, as I have often observed. Dressing one's life in metaphors is what a good poet endeavours for. To you, it comes with such ease! My words are just rags barely covering our nakedness No, your words are never rags. Just the opposite. I admit that, not all your poems are colorfully decorated by metaphors. Wherever it is needed, you donot hesitate to reveal the nakedness of the world. I believe, the world needs that, demands that from a poet. Such open abrasive write! That is what is the dharma of a poet. Loved reading and re..10+
Yes, you are a poet apart far Flowering poetry from every pore May your life dress in metaphors Nakedness of the soul so you discover Your notes can't then be disjointed ever
Indeed, we dresses life in metaphors...........Amusing! ! ! 10++++
When the sun sets in my mind! ! With tge thoughts of life. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
counting last two lines in this poem, it is a piece of art with a very suitable title. a wave of thoughts starts its journey when poem ends
One of the best poems by Nosheen Irfan, what a great poetess is she, I like allthe poems by her but this one is a work of art.
There are already so many insightful and sympathetic responses to this poem that have enriched my understanding of it. Your poem has inspired many readers, myself included. I don't see this as a despairing poem, because I know many of your poems are affirmative. In this one you confront the other side of things - the negative and the tragic - with similar honesty. Wordsworth claimed he was not just a happy pantheist: MY EVERY THIRD THOUGHT IS SYMPATHY FOR HUMAN SUFFERING. That's what you do in this poem: feel the grief and pain in life. But your measured and beautiful language is proof you have not surrendered to the Darkness, only revealed it. And thus your poem by revealing these dark things also liberates us so that they don't dominate us.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Gloomy silence becomes companion in the world of imagination and sun sets in mind with crowd to rise to dress mind with metaphors of morning next time. Sadness goes away and happiness comes inside. Wonderful poetic mind is reflected here.....10