We cannot say a word
Against some evil-doers We cannot say a word We will give them an award Thus we feel relaxed – At least three million of our compatriots Filling the hole of poverty with their remittances Will breathe easily In the[…]
Category: Poems
Russian mobilization
Russian mobilization No tickets No queues No wings Only A-bombs Waiting for their turn A sign at the counter: Might Does Not Make Right! Good people of the world Be ready to embrace Millions of orphans Photo from the Internet
Ҳам жамол, ҳам камоли бордур!
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[…]
Two poems of mine edited by Steve Rushton
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[…]
My poems in World Poetry magazine 6th issue
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 a deep well
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[…]
My New Book of Poems in Uzbek and English
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[…]
Peaceful fragrant faith over Ukraine
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[…]
‘No war’ poetry reading
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