After “killing time” a thousand times
The poet laureate shall visit soldiers
Wearing a war arsenal shall he look
Morale and repeat Kipling’s “If” if he
Shall the ugliness be transfused more
When not the coincidences in “beautiful her”
With a night vision he shall see the war
As from a gunship the homeless run
Shall not to the poet happen into the doom
The celebrity on the high tide of air in blades
Some new arrows in display this time
His favorite pieces the one “sherry” naught forget
The poet laureate shall chronicle “Homeric odysseys”
Bravery of dead soldiers few tears on way back
He had seen him dying in front he shall tell
To the love of the soldier with poetic fervor
What price is yours for writing my miseries
When you shall recite to the world my wounds
With mock sadness holding your breath
With high colors you shall display the laurels
(On news item that poet Simon Armitage has been engaged by BBC to visit Afghanistan)
27/5/2009
P S: Simon Armitage is a contemporary British writer of verse and prose. He is author of a number of books and is a literary figure.
Sadiqullah Khan
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