Poetry

An excellent Urdu / Raikhta master piece by Amir Khurso in my urdu blog.

Here at Next Estate, we have very talented folks; Likes of Rob Walling, Calvin Park et al. However, technology is not their only talent.  Following is the series of limericks came into being when some bagels were brought…classical pieces of IT-Poetry.  

Since the move we are not able
We thought we would set the table
There are bagels galore
Cream cheese and much more
And for Joon’s 1 year we are now stable  

Since we are doing limericks this time
They say that each should be five lines
From all we expect
Each to do their best
And everybody to add a new line
-Dean Nedelman  

These bagels are so fine
And just in the Nick of time
Though I fought my poor will
I’ve taken my fill
Working here I can not whine.
-Nick DeNicholas

Dr. Atkins said carbs take their toll
So I need to exercise self control
I’d sure like to try it
But, on that crazy diet
Can I eat half or just eat the hole?
-Greg Cannon

Thanks for going out of your way
To create a great start of day
For it’s acts like this
That make others wish
They were a part of a team like this!

© 2005 Gus Lira. All rights reserved. Patent Pending

My eyes have grown quite weary.
My heart, a little heavy.
For each week, without fail
Arrives an email
With another *#?+#* poem.
————————–
Peter Kerr
Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld

When work becomes a dull routine,
You surprise us with treats and cuisine
For your great attitude,
Please accept our gratitude;
From DEV: Thank you, Nick. Thank you, Dean.
-Greg Cannon

I bring a yogurt to work each day to avoid starvation
But today I arrive and see “bagels in the usual location”
With all this food I begin to think
I guess I’m going to need some drink
Another water bottle joins the earthquake rations
-Joanne Siegel

Rashid Kamran started a decent urdu blog website and has posted some very interesting articles in his blog. Imatator that I am, also signed up for one and got my urdu ramblings blog up and running, however not very sure what I’ll be posting in it.

And last but not least, when I mentioned the current wave of events, Ismail Siddiqi also published his urdu blog.

I’m now typing up an Ahmed Faraz’s poem to post…

ميرے غنيم نے مجھ كو پيام بھيجا ہے
كہ حلقہ زن ہيں ميرے گرد عسكري اسكے
…..

ميرا قلم تو امانت  ہے ميرے لوگوں كي
اسي ليے تو جو لكھا تپا كہ جان سے لكھا
تمام عمر كي ايذا نصيبيوں كي قسم
ميرے قلم كا سفر رايگاں نہ جايگا

zulmat ko zia , sarsar ko saba banday ko khuda kya likhna
deewar ko dar, pathar ko gohar, jugnoo ko diya kya likhna
ek hashr bapa hay ghar ghar main, dam ghutaa hay gunbad-e-bay dar main
ek shakhs kay haathoN muddat say, ruswa hay watan dunya bhar maiN
ey deeda waro is zillat ko qismat ka likha kya likhna

Taqdeer ke qazi ka yeh fatwa hai azal se
jurm-e-Zaifi ki saza marg-e-mafajaat

[Humor]
meray karawaN main shamil koi kam nazar nahee hay
kay khushi say mar na jatay agar aitbaar hota

meray karawaN main shamil koi kam nazar nahee hay
jo na mit sakay watan par , mera ham safar nahee hay


dar-e-ghair par hamesha , thumhaiN sajda raiz dekha
aisa koi dagh-e-sajda meray naam par nahee hay

meray haath main qalam hay , meray zehan main ujala
mujhay kya daba sakay ga, koi zulmatoN ka pala
mujhay fikre amn-e-aalam , tujhay apnee zaat ka gham
main tulu horaha hooN  , too ghuroob honay wala

kehtay hay kay gosht na khata tha muarree
phal phool par karta tha apnee guzar auqat
ek dost nay bhoona hua teetar usay bheja
shayed is tadbeer say us shatir ko ho maat
afsos sad afsos shaheeN na bana na too
Taqdeer ke qazi ka yeh fatwa hai azal se
jurm-e-Zaifi ki saza marg-e-mafajaat