Untouched
the moment left
untouched
like a blink
unseen
by the eye
paintings
in the air
limbless percussionists
mute singers
deaf listeners
footprints
on froth
bodies clasped
unclasped
in-visible
fantasies
food on plate
a tableau
worship
candle burns
untouched
by flame
~FV
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Image: Rudimentary sketch by me
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She writes with anguish and pessimism, a journey into hearts of darkness with no light at the end of that distorted prism, mainly because as she astutely observes, “every few years Pakistan writes a new fiction” to keep the embers alive. ”
—India Today
About Farzana
To be categorised is near-death. It would be nice to say that one is a literary vagabond, but it just does not convey fully the sense of rootlessness and ruthlessness one strives for constantly.
Have written opinion pieces, feature articles and interviews for...
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Farzana’s Favorite Books
Every writer, besides the ones I have listed, who has had something to convey that leaves me with the taste of bitter chocolate...that I like.
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long
slim
beautiful
sparse
m
A twig, M... ~F
A twig, M...
~F
I suspect...
a metaphor for life.
Sometimes, life feels like a
Sometimes, life feels like a metaphor, Rosy.
~F
It is ~f, it is!
It is ~f, it is!