Thinking of Home

#17 Posted by saraswati on May 16, 2004 3:16:48 pm

Simplicity is such a winner. always. and to express varied imagery in few and basic words, is more difficult than using bloated images and language. the content is of course so close to home, whether you are in your native land or away. globalization has made sure we all empathise with the poet`s words..

#16 Posted by 3.141592456 on February 9, 2004 8:29:02 am

Phone card, anyone?

#15 Posted by Tazeen on January 18, 2004 9:08:45 pm

hi Adnan,

just conveyed my feelings, although I could never have expressed them so beautifully.

#14 Posted by Adnan5974 on January 7, 2004 8:52:09 am

I thank you all for appreciating the poem. Shehla: No, I do not write in Urdu but I`ve been influenced by Urdu poetry and I think the sensibiliy of Ghazal gets reflected in my work. Although I think poetic imagery is always universal and has little to do with a particular language, you are right in that I think in Urdu even as I write in English. Thanks for your perceptive observation.

#13 Posted by shehlah on January 6, 2004 12:59:22 am

Nice! Curious to know if you write in Urdu? Some of the imagery seems to have formed in Urdu and transposed into English...

#12 Posted by cipram on January 5, 2004 11:43:01 pm

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#11 Posted by PunjabiZulu on January 5, 2004 4:08:24 pm

Good Stuff Adnan.

#10 Posted by i-am-the-cheese on January 5, 2004 1:11:27 pm

lovely

#9 Posted by ahmed-iftikhar on January 5, 2004 1:11:27 pm

good one :)

#8 Posted by baaghiraja on January 5, 2004 8:43:04 am

Hello, Adnan. Nice to see you here. :)

_ Nadeem F. Paracha

#7 Posted by temporal on January 5, 2004 8:28:42 am

adnan:

welcome to chowk!

simple and elegant musing...do contribute more

rgds

t

#6 Posted by samankhan on January 5, 2004 7:48:19 am

Beautiful and touching...
Really liked:
`Dreams I had hung out in the courtyard to dry.
I’ve been waiting for someone
to send me a handful of sunshine
wrapped in an envelope.

And my mother, I know
is too old to make it to the post-office.`

Even though Internet makes communication fast and easy at the go of a button, letters have a charm of their own.

#5 Posted by rozaiba on January 5, 2004 7:48:19 am

nice.