Устозим Жамол Камол хотирасига *** Ҳақгўй шоир узоққа эмас, Зулжалоли Аллоҳга кетди! Ҳар замонда бўлмиш ҳамнафас Оввора халқ – фаллоҳга кетди! Деманг, шоир бунда йўқ энди, Ҳар жойда бор Аллоҳга етди! Ул пок, анвор дилларга қўнди… На олчоқ, на суллоҳга[…]
A Woman in the Cotton Field One woman in the field – Looks like she’s been forgotten. Her hopes and dreams are spilled Over dusty cotton. The cotton’s like her hair; She bends, then picks and speaks — Words[…]
Dear Azam, Your poems are published on the 6th issue World Poetry. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they can’t send you mail and I send you the PDF file firstly, along with the cover and contents of it. I expect to read[…]
I am not with those folks Who see the world In the color of praise, Who put themselves Higher than their ego. Amongst them I feel Like a proud martin On the window Of a Sufi’s mausoleum. As if it[…]
A local publishing house called “Mashrab” (actually this is the name of a 17th century classical Uzbek poet) has published this new book of mine, which consists of poems I wrote in both Uzbek and English. Here I post an[…]
At the entrance An 8-year-old cute schoolboy Full of tin soldiers in his backpack A middle-aged man On his artificial limbs A one-eyed old woman With her stick Want to join the military. None of them say they came To[…]
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Zombie Hostage With basic education This handsome Russian soldier Has no clear idea Why he was sent to border And then to Ukraine As he answers questions Truth flies far above Someone Shoot me on my heart – I want[…]
Relations in Wartime The black eye of an Uzbekistani schoolboy who got injured for his support Some pensioners from a remote Uzbek village Wanting to send their pensions to Kyiv Sharing conflict stories or “Recognize your son’s dead body” posts[…]