Author Archives: Shubnum Khan
The shadow of the shape of me
Continue readingHeavy (a poem by Mary Oliver)
That timeI thought I could notgo any closer to griefwithout dyingI went closer,and I did not die.Surely Godhad his hand in this,as well as friends.Still, I was bent,and my laughter,as the poet said,was nowhere to be found.Then said my friend Daniel,(brave even among lions),“It’s not the weight you carrybut how […]
Sunset Walks
Continue readingThe Journey (a poem by David Whyte)
Above the mountainsthe geese turn intothe light again Painting theirblack silhouetteson an open sky. Sometimes everythinghas to beinscribed acrossthe heavens so you can findthe one linealready writteninside you. Sometimes it takesa great skyto find that first, brightand indescribablewedge of freedomin your own heart. Sometimes withthe bones of the blacksticks left […]
Always
Continue readingThe nervous clutching
Continue readingNYC
Continue readingMy song is love
My song has always been love.
All those places I got found
I am standing in Time Square, in a side street, looking up. The tops of the buildings are sitting in clouds; they rise up and disappear, their outlines like jagged glass against smoke. All that noise, and all that sound,All those places I got foundAnd birds go flying at the […]
