How Do I Take You! Poem by Shahzia Batool

Shahzia Batool, can have your dream, at the door of your whim, not in your life time, not in the life time of your whole population, wage the war as it is done, our sons are waiting, to protect their mother Kashmir.

an absolutely beautiful creation.....about that a bit later.. rt now i am taken up with a moron...who hardly if understands poetry or its intricate beauty.... Veeraiyah Subbulakshmi(6/12/2012 8: 42: 00 AM) Shahzia Batool, can have your dream, at the door of your whim, not in your life time, not in the life time of your whole population, wage the war as it is done, our sons are waiting, to protect their mother Kashmir. phew......how obtuse can one get! ! ! for your own sake i hope you remove yer discordant post.....please! ! !

this is a beauty of a poem, the poem abounds with such beautiful feelings of love, affection and care, , the title of the poem speaks loud and clear as to how the poet has devised various ways and methods to shower her tenderest feelings. from mythical reference to interplay of seasons, the bounty of nature and her all benign agencies are used as vehicles of the poet's basic emotion in the poem, it is said that everything is fair in love and war, and here is a poem where there is both love and war, , and it is composed in all fairness, , kashmir wih all its natural beauty is juxtaposed with the barren desert, i see one reader has completely missed out the fact that kashmir here is a metaphor, it symbolises an abode of peace and greenery, am reminded of the famous couplet by the Moghul emperor who said 'Gar firdaus ae baruhe zamin ast Hamin astu hamin astu hamin ast' [ if there is heaven on earth it is here, it is here, it is here] thanx If there is heaven on earth it is here, it is here it is here.

@ Arkay Dass a befitting tribute sir i couldn't agree more..... poet shazia has made a quantum difference in the way many of us interact here on PH. the poet has made a tangible contribution and showered positive influence on this site for many like me. i am thankful to her for her meritorious contributions whether in poetic form or in critical analysis of our writings bravo dear poet...GOD speed. sat

yes saadat, i agree fully about what you have said on shazia as a poetess and literary critic.. she is simply amazing in her literary talent.my warm regards to you and shazia..thanx

Whenever you long for peace n rest may springs come and calm you, morning sunrays warm you... lovely words with lovely wish.. nice poem...10

when as tender buds your phrases bloom (speechless)

Very interesting thought.

The poem is good, very expressive. The poet is possessive about a piece of land that is actually burning due to political reasons. These are great sentiments. I personaly do not believe in any bounderies, any division of the globe into states on the basis of any pretext.

First of all I completely agree with Arkay Dass and Ramesh Rai and both views are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Secondly, I feel in todays world of hatred freedom of speech is over emphasized. Before the freedom to speak your mind or express ones creativity the foremost point should be whether we are hurting the sentiments of another human. Maybe this was not a factor 500 years ago but today one must certainly take ccare about not hurting ananother person even if tthis aamounts to ssuppressing ones creativity. Personally i do not think MFHussain was wrong in painting Hindu deities naked, but it was avoidable. Similarly 'Kashmir' may be be fitting but 'India' ' was avoidable. Finally regarding the quality of writing, it is excelent but i have read better works by Shahzia.