Word Atlas Poem by Shahzada Imtiaz Ali

Attraction arises as we attentively assemble authentic allies.
Bear bitter betrayal before bravely bearing burdens.
Cast away creeping creeds that constrict our core.
Devilish diction delivers daunting deception.
Emotions emerge measured, eternally elusive.
Feelings, though frightened, foster fertile fruition.
Gestures give genuine grace to hidden intent.
Having honesty and high hope heralds heavenly happiness.
Intimated clues ignite innate instincts.
Justifying judgment jettisons genuine justice.
Keen knowledge crowns kindly kingship.
Loving long after loss lends lasting light.
Meet each moment with mastery and mercy.
Not every notation is neat, nor every nation naturally noble.
Opposition opens over solemn oaths.
Pathos prevails, prompting poetic pardon.
Questions quest for quintessential qualities.
Rivals reveal rancor as rivers rage.
Services seek steadfast solutions and submit to sustainable success.
Teachings threaded through thought teach truth.
Union uniquely urges us toward utopia.
Vocabulary vast in vision crafts vivid verses.
Winning wisdom weaves worth against woes.
Xenophobia exacts xenial xenogenesis.*
Yielding youth yanks yearning into youthful yeomanry.
Zaniness brings zest and zeal—yet sometimes yields zilch.

*"Xenogenesis" here nods to unexpected renewal born of strangeness.

Dr. Shahzada Imtiaz Ali
23-06-2025