The Void Stirs #publication

_{^{© N Nazir 2022}}

The edge of searching is a place that soaks

you in rain, for you would rather get wet

and take the long way to meet your dream than…

…I would be delighted if you would read the rest of the poem here.

_{^{© N Nazir 2022}}

*I am over the moon to have my poem published in the latest issue of Green Ink Poetry! My greatest thanks to this wonderful press for accepting my work ❤ You can also read all other poets work here.

*This poem was first written for NaPoWriMo this year. I decided to use my own name for a change. However, I enjoy being called Sunra, so please continue to do so 🙂

Rain-damp Autumn Blues

_{Untitled, digital photograph, © N. Nazir 2018}

Rain-damp autumn nights
closing in, shadows looming
large, embracing me

Antidote to blues-
go for a walk, don headphones
play music loud, LOUD

keep walking come rain
wind, hail, snow, thunder, tempest
biting skin, holding

me in the moment
sharpening senses, beauty
in the bleak. Shake off

the blues, for I am
fortunate to have shelter
lucky to exist

to have my able
sweet limbs, my handful of kin
my refuge of books

keep moving briskly
till sadness dissipates though
it hangs over the

city like a cloud
until the rain finally
chases it away.

_{Untitled, digital photograph, © N. Nazir 2020}

_{Haiku Sequence ♯19}

© N. Nazir 2020