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?utm_source=medium&utm_medium=referral">Geoffrey Crofte</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><p id="04e5" type="7">Her memory ingrained in my mind like a wax seal, firmly pressed into my brain, she lives</p><figure id="3aac"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*0bPBUNr14IqFJQZq"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@universaleye?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Universal Eye</a> on <a href="https://unsplash.com?utm_source=medium&amp;utm_medium=referral">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><p id="3da8" type="7">I, like a flower, too bright and bold was robbed of my petals but not my will to survive</p><p id="a431">Thank you <a href="undefined">Neera Handa Dr</a> for introducing me to landay poems. She wrote a beautiful landay and informed us about the history behind this style of poetry. According to <a href="undefined">Neera Handa Dr</a></p><blockquote id="3e5d"><p><a href="https://static.poetryfoundation.org/o/media/landays.html">“A landay is a folk couplet</a> — an oral and often anonymous scrap of song

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created by and for mostly illiterate people: [for] more than twenty million Pashtun women who span the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.[it is a way to express their emotions, and] truth about war, separation, homeland, grief, or love”.</p></blockquote><p id="a3f2">Please read her poem below and be sure to join in and write a landay as well.</p><div id="4c81" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-beauty-of-the-beloved-3c6cc2af9098"> <div> <div> <h2>The Beauty of The Beloved</h2> <div><h3>a poem</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*NNfiY7dfW3x6rKEH)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><p id="dc39"><b>Thank you for reading! Your time is always appreciated</b></p><p id="319c">Upgrade your medium membership by clicking <a href="https://alist12.medium.com/membership">here</a>. A part of your membership fee will be used to support me.</p></article></body>

Landay Poems

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Your love made for the perfect tinder It sparked a flame in me that continues to grow wild

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You have two eyes, and yet you can’t see Becoming blind when other people are suffering

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Her memory ingrained in my mind like a wax seal, firmly pressed into my brain, she lives

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I, like a flower, too bright and bold was robbed of my petals but not my will to survive

Thank you Neera Handa Dr for introducing me to landay poems. She wrote a beautiful landay and informed us about the history behind this style of poetry. According to Neera Handa Dr

“A landay is a folk couplet — an oral and often anonymous scrap of song created by and for mostly illiterate people: [for] more than twenty million Pashtun women who span the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.[it is a way to express their emotions, and] truth about war, separation, homeland, grief, or love”.

Please read her poem below and be sure to join in and write a landay as well.

Thank you for reading! Your time is always appreciated

Upgrade your medium membership by clicking here. A part of your membership fee will be used to support me.

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