Sweet Bird

By Saqib Hussain

A book of inspirational poetry on a variety of topics promoting positivity, awareness and enjoyment, please read and share.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Saqib Hussain
• Release date: Aug 4, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310380426

Saqib Hussain

Dear readers, hello! I have been writing for many years including poetry on various topics, including those areas not often written about, all work trying to spread something inspirational and motivating. I hope you like the work and please share with others : )

Book preview

Author’s introduction

Why have I written this collection of poetry?

The poems in this book are on a range of topics such as love, prejudice, oppression, habits and others and I hope that they can help raise awareness as well as promote positivity in all of us. I have enjoyed writing and reading them myself and hope the readers also get a sense of enjoyment from reading them too.

As with my other published book of poetry, "Contemplate", available for free from https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/571344 , if this book provokes contemplation and improvement in anyone it will be a success, and, to end with the same words as I ended the authors introduction with in Contemplate:

In these lives of ours, so temporary

Let’s leave something which is permanent:

Goodness.

Saqib Hussain

Copyright © 2015 Saqib Hussain

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Contents

LOVE

Afsheen’s mother

Afsheen’s father

Love eternal

Love! Not hate!

On a drip

Rose essence

Since you died, Mrs Parker

Sweet bird

Toast

LIFE

Grow, dear children

In box

Mother

Office talk

Table of life

Traveller

PREJUDICE

Barbershop

Connotations

Right wing party

The racist and the United fan

OPPRESSION

Gaza burns

My name is Saddam

GRATITUDE

I wish that could be me!

Jealous? Who, me?

Thankful

Thank-you

Tools

HABITS

Agitated, so agitated

All talk

Hungry ears

Mr Too Risk Averse

Please read gently

Show me some weakness

Staring at some screen

Sugar! Sugar!

That look

What’s your poison?

RELIGIOUS

Ashura

Beautiful Bilal (RA)

Hazrat Muslim Ibn Aqeel

Ramadhan

Take benefit of five before five

UNITY

Islam – peace not hate

What do you think?

Where is our unity?

KIDS

Frog school

Lemon and poppy seed cake

Little ant

Little Squirrel

Some friends

OTHER

Conceive her beauty

Innocence

Iron out the creases

Still, so still

Strength

The carpenter

Waterfall

----------------------------------------LOVE------------------------------------------------------

Afsheen’s mother

My sweet, dear little Afsheen, since you departed from me

Everything is quiet now, and so lonely is my knee

On which you would sit and play, free of any cares and stress

I would comb your hair gently, and so lovingly caress

When I watched my princess play, in her palace, on her throne

Your innocent