POETRY
We Need to Invent an Utter Profanity
โ And 2 Other POEMS by Ahmed Naeem
(Translated from Urdu by Bush Ahmed)
We Need to Invent an Utter Profanity
I need to invent a filthy word
that does not mock or insult
any human gender
their body parts or shape.
I need to invent a swearing word
that bears no detest,
nor disgust,
nor intention to hurt.
Can we change the alphabet of the abuses
that has been going on for centuries?
I need to invent an ultimate foul-mouthed word
spilling from oneโs tongue
that insults no body parts.
I am still on a journey
of words evolving.
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(Translated from Urdu by Bush Ahmed)
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A Cosmological Poem
Believe it!
Believe it!
I am ahead of you.
Though not much, but a little bit.
Oh, but the agony
Reaching into the light
my torrents of tears blind me,
realizing โ yet still you are behind me
in the dark.
I wish you had kept pace with me.
You could have beenย
a ray of this light
to give me back my sight .ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
Your gloom makes my eyes murky.
I wish you had come into the light
to see the darkness you left behind.
The gloom of our separation
makes me dream
that you are ahead.
But these are dreams of blindness.
Would you give sight to my eyes?
Would you leave me behind?
Your darkness makes me sightless
Would youโฆ?
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We Need to Invent an Utter Profanity
I need to invent a filthy word
that does not mock or insult
any human gender
their body parts or shape.
I need to invent a swearing word
that bears no detest,
nor disgust,
nor intention to hurt.
Can we change the alphabet of the abuses
that has been going on for centuries?
I need to invent an ultimate foul-mouthed word
spilling from oneโs tongue
that insults no body parts.
I am still on a journey
of words evolving.
โฆ.
(Translated from Urdu by Bush Ahmed)
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Ahmed Naeem
Ahmed Naeem was born as Naeem Akhtar on
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Bush Ahmed
Dr. Mubashar Ahmed writes under the pen name Bush Ahmed. He was born in Krishan Nagar, Lahore, Pakistan. He obtained a Masters in Physics from the University of Sindh, Pakistan and a PhD from The University of Adelaide, South Australia. Bush Ahmed worked as high school teacher, university lecturer, and coal mining research officer. He also managed design and development of electronic equipment in Pakistan, manufacturing of gold nugget detectors in Australia, and established a high tech computer-based engineering solutions business in Pakistan. In 1998 Bush moved permanently to Australia. In 2019, Bush started writing in Urdu. His stories, articles and commentaries have appeared on various Urdu forums.
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Excellent poems. Bravo Ahmad Naeem
Nice poems
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Great Read.
Awesome