Analysis of Western Civilized Terror



What to say?
Who will dare to say?
On the killing of Muslims
At Mosques in New Zealand
City of Christchurch
On Friday, 15 March 2019
By just a terrorist
Or civilized terrorist
Or a religious terrorist
In a civilized society?
If it happened by a Muslim
Upon them
The civilized media would have
Toned as Muslim
Or Islamic terrorist,
Blaming the entire Islamic world
Oh, civilized society
Only your sorry can neither
Bring back the dead ones
Nor it is a remedy of hatred
That injected into the minds
Through your media and evil ones
Muslims have lost their identity
Their religion, moral values
Their rights and fair justice
They breathe
In the atmosphere of hatred
And fear
Since a tragic result of that
We are human, with everything
But empty of humanity
You have ashamed, Jesus
Peace Be Upon Him
Muslims have ashamed Muhammad
Peace Be Upon Him
Cry; cry, how much you can
God may forgive you and us.


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Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 862
Words 162
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 37
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 725
Words per stanza (avg) 162
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Ehsan Sehgal

Ehsan Sehgal is a Pakistani-Dutch poet and writer. He moved to the Netherlands in 1978 to avoid persecution during the General Zia era in Pakistan and has lived in the Netherlands since. Ehsan Sehgal began his literary career in 1967. His first publication was a novel, but his consequent books were all collections of poetry. He writes mostly in the poetic form called ghazal but has also written Ruba'i, Nazm, Qataa, and Naat. He also writes in the meter called Beher and is well versed in poetry meter of the Urdu language. Zarb-e-Sukhan is a collection of the collections, and he is famous as of that book. Besides the novel and books of poetry, he published a collection of quotes and articles in 1999. In 2010, having lived in the Netherlands for over three decades, he also published a collection of aphorisms in Dutch and having the desire to share his ideas with a Dutch audience. The book, in Dutch De Wijze Weg ("The Wise Way"), was translated by Naeem Arif. The Wise Way is also published in both the English and Urdu languages. Daily Dawn mentioned him, one of those a few Pakistani English poets, whom poetry, has been traveled, and acknowledged abroad and homeland as well. His latest collection of English prose poems is Breathing Words. Various Pakistan singers have sung his ghazals and naats. He has been praised by many Urdu writers and poets, especially by Ibn-e-Insha who has appreciated Sehgal's literary work in his weekly written columns in Akhbar-e-Jahan Karachi. An author writes, "As far as the poetic justice in Sehgal's writing is considered, it is debatable. In spite of some shortcomings, he keeps on writing which is good. His work over a period of time has been acknowledged." A journalist of English newspaper The News International wrote in an interview that "Going through Sehgal's poetry one is instantly aware of a strong message, an intellectual depth, and a sharp poetic sensibility." A famous poet of India Nida Fazli and Pakistani journalist and writer Sultana Mehr compared his poetry with the style of Ghalib and Allama Iqbal. Sehgal has received awards of Molana Maher-ul-Qadri Award in 2001 from Urdu Trust London, U.K, Allama Shariq Jamal Award in 2005 from Bazm-e-Shaoor-e-Adab in Jaipur, India, and Faiz Ahmad Faiz Award in 2011 from Urdu Tahreek Aalmi London, U.K, in recognition of his best poetry works. He has also received Pride of Performance by Maraqaba Hal Holland, The Hague, Netherlands in December 2013. He also writes prose poetry in English. More here -https://www.conservapedia.com/Ehsan_Sehgal more…

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