The Dome of Life
Lost homes and grapevines dwell in memory's dome, aching yet dancing in…
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From ULR
Issue 9 – Violence
In the Graveyard of Heaven
A crimson leaf displays a drawn corpse from bloodied turf, bound for heaven's grave.
June 15, 2023
It’s eight past seven,
And I am home,
Stitching my muse
On a crimson chinar leaf
I have recently rescued
From the famished Dal;
On the canvas of the leaf,
I drew a corpse
Exactly the way I had it found
Lying on a blood-stained bed of turf
Like a bride
Waiting
For the arms of love
And be buried
In the graveyard of heaven.
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Qaisar Bashir
Qaisar Bashir is a Kashmiri poet, translator, and reviewer from Bandipora, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He has a master’s degree in English Literature from Kashmir University. His first poetry collection The Cry of Wounded Souls was published in 2019. Once Upon A Time (2017) is his translation of Akh Dour a Kashmiri novel by Bansi Nirdoush. He has widely has published in reputed journals such as The Criterion, Langlit, Muse India, Setumag, Inverse journal and Kashmir Lit. Crimson Metaphors is his second poetry collection.