• March 17, 2023
  • Naheed Akhtar

Losing Do-or-Die

Here’s a dark poem about love, loss and fear by Naheed – exclusively  for Different Truths.  Seems, an absolute Tug of war is embracing defeat; Weight of the desire...
  • January 30, 2023
  • Naheed Akhtar

Colloquy

An evocative poem by Naheed – exclusively for Different Truths. Can I utter what my heart does? Lub-dub, lub-dub, the palpation sounds; Noising like silent rocks sputter On the...
  • June 3, 2022
  • Naheed Akhtar

Typical Inner Climate

A voyage within, by Naheed, about despair, darkness, and a sliver of hope, exclusively for Different Truths. Like a bird which has lost Her way; in the night’s blind...
  • May 12, 2022
  • Naheed Akhtar

Black Umbrella

An evocative protest poem, by Naheed, exclusively for Different Truths.  The assassination of the heart was obvious And terrible, by the scholars so called Who knew only, the Grammar...