What will he say to these judgein this land sown with hatred and lies?Kabir will say: Free Umar Khalid!Kabir will say: Open your eyes!
Poems about the dark times.
What will he say to these judgein this land sown with hatred and lies?Kabir will say: Free Umar Khalid!Kabir will say: Open your eyes!
I’m schooling myself against hope: This is all too little, too late, but then after this long, lonely day, you text: there’s work to do, come– we have such a very short time, the sun’s left behind a cool breeze,…
-September, 2021 Just before the downpour, I thought of Umar Khalid, and how many days he’s spent in Tihar jail. Later, the still sky clung to us like a soggy face mask, and we heard the hard, sharp shouts of…
-after Kabir No matter how often you sweep, dust gathers under your bed, and the TV is loud and shrill; it sounds like thunder and rust— but outside, across the main road, someone has hung out bright clothes, and the…