Kleinburgh, Ontario, Canada

yaqoob ghaznavi

 

The poet yaqoob ghaznavi lives in Kleinburgh, Ontario. Through all of his life, he has been an avid reader and traveler. Only few years ago, in his sixties, he started to write. As he says, "I have been a happier person since."

Another interest that yaqoob has pursued with a passion since he reached his 60s is Marathon racing.

yaqoob was the Guest Poet reader in November 2005 at Poetry Café and a number of his poems were printed in their November 2005 issue. He is also published in the Favorite Poems Anthology published by Craigleigh Press, Cambridge, Ontario in December 2005.

In addition, he has read for the ‘open microphone’ at Poetry Café in Oakville,as well as the Renaissance Café and The Art Bar in Toronto.

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Don Quixote

 

 

Don Quixote sees

gray charcoal lines

on the jagged rock face

 

I said admit no one

so why

these invading lances

 

do not cover them

with some hot yellow

twist them gently

into the shape of love

bend them

into an intricate filigree

fashion the most intimate

rope of flowers

 

riders were here yesterday

surely, they would take the rope

knot it

with the scent of rainbow

seal it

with drops of morning dew

create the most exotic

the most beautiful whips

to urge

their shy Arabian mares

over the chasm

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Autumn Sonata

 

 

the apricot moon

suspended

in the nakedness

of maple trees

 

in a night

that is not mine anymore

fog

void of breath

calls from the lake

 

a slowing heartbeat

blends

with shadow of light

 

migrating season starts

come

walk to the edge of the shore with me

 

there will be no goodbyes

just different roads

 

journeying towards yesterday