Creative Experiments and More

हूँ शुक्रगुज़ार तेरा ऐ दोस्त
कुछ न रखा तूने पास अपने
सारे इलज़ाम अब मेरे हैं ।१।

तुम्हें फुरसत ही कहाँ थी
जो बता पाता तुम्हें कुछ
अनकहे ख्वाब सब मेरे हैं ।२।

बेहयाई से वो लेता है
अपने संग नाम तेरा
सी लिए हैं जो लब मेरे हैं ।३।

क्यों रश्क़ करूँ तुमसे कि
ज़ीनत-ए-महफ़िल हो तुम
तन्हा रोज़-ओ-शब् मेरे हैं ।४।

क्या माज़रा है अमित
नहीं होती कोई दुआ क़ुबूल
लगता है पत्थर के रब मेरे हैं ।५।

In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 64

I have recently launched a book of poetry, together with fellow South African, Kim Blades. In celebration of this achievement which I have been working on for the past five years, I have decided to host a Poetry Readathon on my blog starting on 1 December 2018 and ending on 15 January 2019.

Part 1 of the Poetry Readathon will comprise of reading and reviewing poetry books. I have selected eight books below for you to choose from if you would like to participate.  You can link to my post and I will share your review on my blog and to my Facebook poetry sharing page as well as other social media.

Part 2 of the Poetry Readathon will comprise posts introducing you to some of the poetry bloggers who don’t have books but who write wonderful poetry and share it on their blogs. If you are a poetry blogger and…