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Firdous Bahar

Firdous Bahar is a poet based in Kashmir. He has done Masters in English Literature from the University of Kashmir.

HOT FLESH

In the market of desire: flesh attracts to flesh for The mad rendezvous. It's not a big deal. So, it's over. For we cannot Encase an infant...

SAVAGE BEAUTY

Today and once again, I saw my Fanny in the hubbub Of Lal Chowk, beside the terminal of Pratap Park. I have been stroked again by...

EUPHORIA

Désolé, ignited by a catalyst. Is there anything more euphoric Than an antique Capstan, Loaded with a Desi-bhang? Chillum fermenting with an ancient Yeast of marijuana? O’ Lady, tell me,...

MISS SEÑORITA

Señorita! I wish to hold your Hinnā' hands at a moment Under the pleasant shafts of Spring's sunshine, And to sing you the Ghazals of Rusul...

MUSIC OF A SAND

Once, I was playing with a sand, A spade in my hand, Yonder on the ghat of Jhelum. The silence of the Jhelum water, And the music of...

FEVER OF LOVE

I'm dying in t'is fever of love, the love which I bear To thee like Majnun, O’ Laila! You weigh my affections none, so I went To...

HOUSE OF GHOSTS

… and I multiply my stuff: an uncanny shade, Underneath the tangle of cobwebs, emmet holes. Advance my steps; pioneer in the house of ghosts, None except...

TALE OF A HEART

Here I'm, inking metres, on the page of my sweetheart, Though warbling out on a flute of shrill phones. But hark today, hark now, the chronic...

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