Review of Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah Reviewed by Fiza Pathan I actually reread this marvellous autobiography for a book club meeting and I am glad I did. The first time I read Adeline Yen Mah’s autobiography was when I was twelve years old way back in 2001. The story of the so called ‘unwanted Chinese daughter’ made me think of my own state in life, as the child who … [Read more...] about Review of Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah
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#Poetry ‘Old Love Follows The Lover’ by Fiza Pathan
Old Love Follows The Lover By Fiza Pathan I’ve fallen in love with the prince of verse, and we pen our words together on the parchment of our young lives. But even in the dark nights of the poet’s fantasy, when I’m in his arms-I still see your face, the face of old love. Old love will not leave me be, to ink my cauldron of magical words with happiness and gaiety. Old … [Read more...] about #Poetry ‘Old Love Follows The Lover’ by Fiza Pathan
#Poetry ‘The Frozen Lover’ by Fiza Pathan
The Frozen Lover By Fiza Pathan It’s a cold morning after the winters break, But there is no warmth flowing from my heart, like a river in mid-spring. My soul is the land of the eternal now, and my heart has frozen in time. The chill runs up my spine, so cold-your words of hate however were colder to the bone. What was my crime, but to love you with all my heart and … [Read more...] about #Poetry ‘The Frozen Lover’ by Fiza Pathan
#Poetry ‘Last Night I Drank Too Much Wine’ by Fiza Pathan
Last Night I Drank Too Much Wine by Fiza Pathan Last night I drank too much wine. To not think about you, and your insane excuse. That you couldn’t marry me now, nor ever after. Now that your away I can refute, I cannot believe you rejected me. You felt I wasn’t enough. I feel filthy like a muddy animal. Now that I am refused. So let me drink to my humiliated … [Read more...] about #Poetry ‘Last Night I Drank Too Much Wine’ by Fiza Pathan