SONNET 1010 By JH Sayyar The crowns they wear are forged from tears, Their thrones are built on bones; no name; Through…

SONNET 1009 By JH Sayyar O Muslims! Rise with iron hands of will, To break the chains that binds hearts in grief; Let s…

SONNET 1008 By JH Sayyar I wonder! When the mosques collapse in dust, Domes once bright now lie in shattered stone, The…

SONNET 1007 By JH Sayyar When hands unholy touch the domes of prayer, And raze the walls where angels' whispers sta…

SONNET 1006 By JH Sayyar When the mosques lie broken in the dust, Domes, bright, are cracked by hands profane, The call…

SONNET 1005 By JH Sayyar I am old, but feel young in dreams by night, Where time dissolves beneath the moon My soul tak…

SONNET 1004 By JH Sayyar Ah! I look a scarecrow in the autumn’s chill, With ragged coat and hair like wind-blown hay, N…

SONNET 1003 By JH Sayyar Upon the road where hopes lit the skies, A lion walked, his dream for all to share; Yet treach…

SONNET 1002 By JH Sayyar Beneath pale moon, the mosques lie torn, Their domes kissed by dawn, drown in dust; The call t…

SONNET 1001 By JH Sayyar Sonnet: Upon the Forced Fall of Mosques Beneath the dome where prayers softly rose, Now drifts…

Preface to the 70 Odes Poetry, to me, has always been the art of distilling the soul’s deepest murmurs into words that …

70. Ode to the Overseas Pakistanis                                                         By JH Sayyar 1 O argent-hear…

69. Ode to the Overseas Peoples                                                   By JH Sayyar 1 O souls afar, where al…

68. Ode to My White Swan                                       By JH Sayyar 1 I see swans over the sea, long neck and f…

67. Ode to the Beach Couple                                           By JH Sayyar 1 O lovers wrapped in twilight’s glo…