Shikdar Mohammed Kibriah
WORLD CONTEMPORARY POETS
Aasia Majeed
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Literature World Vision, decided to feature the contemporary poets of the world
who are globally renowned, acclaimed or recognized, distinguished or poetically
personalized. They would be featured serially one by one in a each day and this
seriality maintained here would be not in order of their merit, poetic status
or position recognized or indicated and also not in nationally or regionally
based. This featuring is solely introducing to the poet and poetry lover world
as a recognition and respect of their internationally poetic image and
contribution.
With regards,
Shikdar Mohammed Kibriah
President,
Poetry and Literature
World Vision
Dear members and viewers,
Welcome everybody to our regular programme WORLD CONTEMPORARY POETS. Our
today's Featured Poet is Aasia Majeed nationally and internationally acclaimed and awarded a renowned bilingual poet
and writer in our contemporary literary world. Let's be introduced with her,
read her poetry and warmly welcome this famous emerging poetic figure.
AASIA MAJEED
Pakistan
Aasia Majeed is a student of M. Phil English linguistics at Khwaja
Fareed University of Engineering & Information
Technology Raheem yar khan. By profession, She is also a teacher.She is
an emerging Pakistani writer.She resides in Sadiq Abad, a small city where
resources and opportunities are limited. However, she believes if one has the
ability and devotion to do something then that person will surely find ways to
achieve great things.She starts writing in a very early age . At first she
wrote child motivational stories and Urdu articles. Now, she writes poems also
in both languages Urdu and English.
Through her writings, she always tries to reflect social issues
specially related to women.
She has contributed in different national and international magazines
and anthologies.
She has won on fire international competition and her poem "Frigid
human like frosty winter" has been featured in
Aatish 2 anthology among the stalwarts Gulzar and Javeed Akhtar.Her poem
" Oh my loneliness “published international "Lyrical Dewdrops "
poetry anthology. Her another poem "My destiny is you" featured in
Indian magazine "The Kolkatareview ".Her poem" My Hunter
"featured in U.S.A magazine "create something for the
future”. Her poem "A Mourning Song" featured in "Sending
love to
mom" anthology and also selected for poetry recitation on
"Vision
Universal Radio" after translating in a Spanish language.
Her poem "Castilian memories" selected for poetry recitation
in"
UK Dear John Show. "
And great to know that her poem "Am I A Monster" which turned
into poetry video by an award winner director Paul Broderick have been selected
among 32 shortlisted poetry-films for this year's Ó Bhéal Poetry-Film
competition. The shortlist was chosen from 199 entries from 33 countries,
including all six continents.Recently she has received a silver award from an
international writers forum Motivational Strips.
Here some poems by Aasia Majeed:
"Frigid human like frosty winter"
On a wintry cold night
I came out of my house
To see and enjoy the
Beauties of winter.
Lonely, I walked and walked on the road.
Suddenly I heard some cries –
Cries of a woman coming from a house
A man mercilessly hitting his wife.
I was shaken,
But walked faster at that moment
After a few steps I saw a child in the middle of road
Shivering with cold, tired with hunger
Standing he was in front of a restaurant with shining eyes filled with
hope
Men were eating and throwing meals to dogs
But no one took notice on boy's desperation
My heart was filled with sorrow again
Faster I strode
At some distance I witnessed
A group of people dancing and enjoying
With loud music and songs
But with a single blow everything changed in a fleeting moment
Dead bodies drenched in blood everywhere
No one stopped
My heart wept the tears of blood
I walked faster again
But this time back towards home
That night I witnessed two faces of a single coin
Which really covered the human soul
On a wintry night
I saw the coldness of men
I am a woman
I am a woman with flesh and blood
Not made for your extreme lust
I have emotions, I have dreams
O would it be that you don't forget
That I am also a human just as you
If only my purpose in life
If only my role in the society
Had you realized!
Desires of thirsty eyes
Parched due to the tears of blood
O would it be that you don't forget
Much do I suffer, I am a woman
A human, just as you
A graveyard this world would be
Without me, do not crush me to death
Walking skeletons you would be
Quest for my soul, so pure
Why, oh, why you ignore!
Let us both live and love
Try to win my heart, my core
That is my real grace
Would it be that you are?
Virtuous and sincere
Since I am a woman
With flesh and blood
Oh My Loneliness!
I sat glumly in the dark,
She entered the room secretly.
And pinched me hard,
But I remained silent.
She forced me to welcome her again,
And asked me why I was sad.
So she could get rid of my gloom,
And make me smile like a full moon.
I went out with her,
To the garden to enjoy and laugh.
Like birds chirping and;
Felt the depth of nature.
She remained with me until I,
Completely forgot the anguish inside.
She is my loneliness,
Always with me!
She is my lover, sometimes a savior;
She cares for me like a mother. Oh, what a sweet comrade of mine!
