Aug 30, 2017Weekly Mix: 3 Picks of PoetryIn the Weekly Mix we feature 3 top-hit poems published by The Poetryhood. Nabra By Hanoof Sayeed Nabra wore glasses I want to know what her power was I wear glasses too Quite high in number And I keep adjusting them When rushing through dark parking lots For if I was ever cornered My only…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Jun 5, 2017Weekly Mix: 3 Picks of PoetryIn the Weekly Mix we feature 3 top-hit poems published by The Poetryhood Karma Awaits By Saachi Devnani Lost in the chambers of gloom uninvited I landed at doom, gates to glittering glee locked without a key. The scheme was deliberate, devil’s craving to celebrate a fabricated triumph, they perceive themselves as giants…Poetry3 min readPoetry3 min read
May 15, 2017Weekly Mix: 3 Picks of PoetryIn the Weekly Mix we feature 3 top-hit poems published by The Poetryhood Won by Fools By Hind Ibrahim Mohammad A man is created to live, to learn, to earn, to love, to dig, to gain, to fail, to refrain. But what’s a man if he’s played, dumbly portrayed, deceived and…Love2 min readLove2 min read
May 9, 2017Weekly Mix: 3 Picks of PoetryIn the Weekly Mix we feature 3 top-hit poems published by The Poetryhood Tales in Purple By Dania Al Husseini A cluster of orchids perched on a lone branch reach out to a different world… you leave your past behind. Petals unfold, slow, soft. A feather’s caress- unable to catch you no matter how…Poetry3 min readPoetry3 min read
Apr 25, 2017Weekly Mix: 3 Picks of PoetryIn the Weekly Mix we feature 3 top-hit poems published by The Poetryhood. Submission By Verda Khan A crouched bug prostrates before love’s throne, meek, bows, hands crossed faith in the unknown destiny soon to be spoken out not so loud not so killing, unheard voice. Eyes are now weary of…Poetry3 min readPoetry3 min read
Apr 18, 2017Weekly Mix: 3 Picks of PoetryIn the Weekly Mix we feature 3 top-hit poems published by The Poetryhood. Excess Baggage By Adel Awad If life were a rail-track, then I’m at a train station And I sit here on a bench Waiting One by one, I’ve seen them come and go, countless times Nomads of a transient world Different pages…Poetry3 min readPoetry3 min read
Apr 10, 2017Weekly Mix: 3 Picks of PoetryIn the Weekly Mix we feature 3 top-hit poems published by The Poetryhood. Ether By Farah Chamma I imagine you there, behind your cold desk. Your glasses, your hair, your dry lips, your stare. All floating in space. You breathe a day in. You breathe a day out. She is under your…Love3 min readLove3 min read
Apr 3, 2017Weekly Mix: 3 Picks of PoetryIn the Weekly Mix we feature 3 top-hit poems published by The Poetryhood. Defiance By Namal Siddiqui Mother said, Dear oh dear, put that dress on and smile for me More so for everyone else, even if your heart does weep Forget poetry, forget literature, but not the art of flattery Let’s become…Poetry3 min readPoetry3 min read
Mar 27, 2017Weekly Mix: 3 Picks of PoetryIn the Weekly Mix we feature 3 top-hit poems published by The Poetryhood. Kabul and her Children By Trayle Kulshan The unemployed beside the destroyed not sure who is who between buildings or boys. Bullets and rubble fill dusty pakols wool, beaten and woven to block dirty snow’s cold. Burqua crossed eyes, the color…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Mar 21, 2017Weekly Mix: 3 Picks of PoetryIn the Weekly Mix we feature 3 top-hit poems published by The Poetryhood. Merry Mortal Man By Samir Georges (Author of the beautiful book “As I Write These Words”) Rising in the wake of sun and champion with the fervor of courage and vigor’s hymn blood pumps and limbs rise in morning’s embrace…Poetry3 min readPoetry3 min read
