Poetry – Page 2 – Short Stories

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Mulaqaat | Sher | Urdu poetry

Posted on Aug 22, 2025Aug 22, 2025 by Shaily Agrawal

Milti nahi thi ghadiya jinhe ashique se milne ke liye,

Rote hain ghanto se wahi intezar me dafeene ke liye.

…

In rukhsar ke moti kafan pe chamak chhod jayenge.

Chali ja! Zamaana haazir hai ilzam dene ke liye.

Translation:

Who couldn’t find seconds for love,

Is here crying for hours at my funeral.

…

Pearls from your cheeks will leave a sheen on my shroud.

Go away! For the world will see it and blame you aloud.

Author’s note: Sher in Urdu poetry is a couplet with a central idea that can standalone as a separate piece.

It also requires a certain word balance, somewhat like syllables in English poetry but much more complicated since each letter has its own weight. It is clearly outside my range of abilities. 😊 I just try to balance syllables where I can.

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Mooning

Posted on Aug 20, 2025Feb 16, 2026 by Shaily Agrawal

Midnight. At the windowsill,

Moon reminds me.

Sprinkling silver pixie dust,

Lighting up the path

For Words to find me.

…

Sleep spreads its blanket

On the neighbouring bed.

Enraged Jealousy urges me

To shake awake

The Sleepyhead.

…

Muse nudges the

Story hiding within.

Spying the pen, she retreats,

Fearful of the ever-

judging Punctuation.

…

Sleep warns Desperation–

Inching towards her patrons

to seek help.

Sense prevails.

Who wants grumbly audience?

…

Responsibility cautions

To wait for the first light.

Unacceptable though,

I watch Moon sitting on the windowsill,

Sprinkling moonlight.

Author’s note: I have not learnt writing poetry, but I dabble with it sometimes.

I have tried a 1-2, 1-2-3 dancing style here.
Personification is meant to build a crowd on an otherwise quiet, lonely night.
I have also tried shape-writing to bring a sense of repetition where you return from where you start.

Please let me know which part of it worked and what sucked. :)

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Bijli | Urdu Sher | Poetry

Posted on Jul 30, 2024Jul 30, 2024 by Shaily Agrawal

Bijli giri jaha par, us zakhm se barish risti hai.

Teri bewafai mere asman ka dil cheer kar gayi.

Translation:

Rains bleed from the wounds where the lightning struck;

Your betrayal tore through the heart of my sky.

Fiction, Poetry

I’ll be along | Poetry

Posted on Jun 25, 2024Jan 15, 2026 by Shaily Agrawal

Been too lost to speak;

Been too lost to quiet;

Been too long I could think of what to say besides.

…

Feels like forever;

When you were by my side,

Been too long ever since I felt the pain subside.

…

Wait for me, won’t you?

I will be along

Wait for me, won’t you?

You won’t be alone…

…

Been too far away

On the other side of the sun.

Too long since I touched the fresh earth

and didn’t feel the burn.

…

Lost in space forever,

I didn’t see until you were gone;

Now there’s nothing but to wonder

When I’ll be along…

…

Wait for me

there, my love;

I’ll be along…

Wait for me

won’t you?

I will be along…

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Author’s note: Not sure where this one came up from. I am not a song writer, but I was singing it as I wrote it. I could hear my brother’s guitar in my mind, strumming a quick beat as I sang it. And for some reason, it feels like a piece of my heart.

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