Poetry from Another Realm--Dr. Riaz Ahmad

                  A bliss vanquished   Aye playing  frolicsome, by a  roaring sea, Amble d  about, faces lit with radiant glee , The  crimson  Sun, blaze d the  foamy wave, By an ocean pictured, the  beauty to rave .   When they  stood up,   loud  the waters sang, Ah a blast of deliverance , and  aloud it  rang, Nine and five steps there, a beauty walked Was it a  fairy gliding, the folks oft en  talked ?   Aye the   enduring   wave, to  glide by her side, In the moonlit night,  there the   waxing tide! Her steps nimble, breaths  a  trailing stream . In her   scented pastel,  she’s beauty extreme.   Her sleek hair flowing ;  as if  never to cease! Play in g about her shoulders, in soft  breeze , A captive he were, ah the majestic fairy  here,  His  heart throb there, in her g...

                       O You  Clouds O clouds! Why must you change forms? Why are thin vapors the quay of storms? White, black and grey, the erratic shades, Straightening, curving to entwined braids.   Carrying a sea of water on thin air so light, A drop falls naught,  ‘ cause  you hold it tight, Gliding on hills and planes as dense smoke, Dancing and swirling, attired in shady cloak.   Now a light smog,  chased by  magical spray, Rain   beads , hails and flakes , dicey they play, Shadows and sun take their luxurious turns, Now a breezy gale, then prickles and burns!   Enclosed in triple shades,  aye  hover and sail , Calming arid lands, and verdure at high scale, Then horrific torrents , gulping land and living. The hails swinging,   thunder  and bolts ringing !   There might be violent currents seeking shore, The unthinkable calamity, ah the days of yore, W...

             Missive ,  from an alien a bode   Years have rolled , and  none wanders by! Melancholic,  I trudge with  my  face awry, Who? That lov ed thee ,  shalt  ever  forget, Now  in the garden  alone , I’m left to fret!   Skilled and very adept ,  are  thy  wit  and  art, Thou  hadst salved often, my  gloomy heart, When  distraught, amazed and  very  aghast, In my  dreamland  alone ,   aye  a lone   I’m  lost .   From the fairyland ,   thou  came with range Of rosy hue s ,  thy prattles and lips engage With  bewitching twink le ,  in thy hazel eye, An unfurled wonder ,  lambency   in the sky!   Iridescent  thine  eyes , with sparkles  aglow, Thou spur  my heart ,  and  its  passion’s flow, The stir within ;  then   rising...