Bushra’s poem, dedicated to her grandson, features a vibrant garden filled with crimson blooms and poppies. exclusively for Different Truths.

Come, let’s gaze at the poppies
Swaying gently in the warm breeze
They've created a stunning foreground
For the monument where an emperor sleeps

The garden is all ablaze today
With their bright scarlet bloom
That tell of sunny days ahead
Long past winter’s gloom

Look carefully all around you, dear
A feast, certainly, for your eyes
The majestic flowers are a sight to behold
As they stand tall in their crimson pride

I’ll pick you a bunch of these poppies
Their elegance, that you so adore
You can press them between pages of your book
To admire when the season is no more.

Photo by the poet

Bushra Alvi Razzack

Bushra Alvi Razzack, Founder of Delhi by Verse, loves weaving words, emotions and opinions while creating rhythm and imagery to make sense. Apart from being therapeutic, writing poems is her way of storing memories and recording events. Her articles on culture and society have been widely published. She has also translated short stories from Urdu and Hindi into English. She is the Editor of multilingual anthology, Dilliwali: Celebrating the Woman of Delhi through Poetry.