Kanwal Akram
Updated: Sun, 15 Jun 2025 12:26 pm
Biography
Treading the early steps of a joyful poetic journey.
Samples
The Grotesque Skull and the Waiting Petal I cannot write, yet I write of metaphors I always use. The grotesque skull under my bed, black and white— comes out, spiralling, bringing me muse of light, darkness, brightness, and night. A lone flower, among eerily happy flowers, resents the haunting silence, singing with sullen sorrow, seeking eternal solace. It waits, screams, yearns, and dreams till the late hours. Its stories of tangled absurdity, confusion, and strangled peace— fade in echoes beneath the giant mower. It turns to its smiling mates: “Despite the misfortunes the mower brings, how does exuberance roam? And the life still ring?” The willow smirks. The wallflower speaks: “Sometimes the lingering petal holds on— knowing too well the inevitability. The vagaries of uncertainty never dim its light, for in that moment, it thinks more of life than death And fights, though draining, dimming and dying.
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Blog entries by Kanwal Akram
Dance Before Falling Apart (16/06/2025)
A Tree in Storm (15/06/2025)
The Grotesque Skull and the Waiting Petal (15/06/2025)
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