Women's Day: Waheeda Hussain

Waheeda Hussain

Waheeda Hussain is a blogger and a bilingual poet from Jabalpur, India. She is a Senior School teacher by profession. She has a passion for writing short stories and poetry. She has co-authored 25 national and international anthologies and authored two poetry books. Mend My Broken Wings and Echoes of Eternity. She is also the editor of two poetry collections "Shajar Ke Chaon Tale- The Poets Scribbles" and " Breaking the Shackles,”. 

Holding Back

What holds you back?

What holds you back dear girl?

Is it the fear of the crumbling walls,

By the ferocious winds hounding?

What holds you back dear girl?

Is it the fear of filling your entire spirit with dry spell,

By stormy dust raging?

What holds you back dear girl?

Is it the fear of breaking your inner self,

With volcanoes erupting?

What holds you back dear girl?

Is it the fear of freezing your heart 

By the snowsquall awaiting?

Soon the wind will calm down 

The stormy dust will subside.

The oceans will come to its original demeanour.

The snowsquall will give way to a sunny day.

Before your fear takes root and manifest itself,

Rise up and march ahead,

Do not hold yourself dear girl.

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Setu, March 2025

Waheeda Hussain (Children's World)

Waheeda Hussain

Limericks

"A zebra married a doe,

And wanted her to wear stripes for a show.

She did not yield to his demand,

And refused his command.

And ran away with her deer Joe.”

"On the day the queen lost her crown

Her brow wrinkled into a permanent frown

In a fit of anger

With a clangour

She ran in her chamber and had a breakdown. 

“There was a donkey

Who was swanky.

He walked the aisle

With grace and poise.

And allured his bride, Jenny.”

“An Elephant married an Ant

And they chose to live in a tent.

A storm came down one morn

And their abode was all gone.

Now poor Elephant lives with in- laws and laments day and 

night.”

“There was a jolly good fellow in New Jersey

Who lived on his wife's mercy.

Earning he had none

Never any work for living he had done.

He was known by the name Hen pecked Percy.”

BIO Note: Waheeda Hussain

Waheeda Hussain is a Blogger, an Editor and a Poet from Jabalpur, India. She is a Senior School teacher by profession and her experience of teaching in school spans over twenty-three years.  She has a passion for writing short stories and poetry. She is also very active on different social media platforms and had  won many awards and appreciation certificates. She has co-authored 14 National and International Anthologies and her poems have been published in many ezines. She is an editor of e- magazine Brahmand and Editor of Collection of poems Shajar ke Chaon Tale - The Poets Scribbles' and गूँज- Breaking the Shackles.

 

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Setu, December 2022 :: Children's World 2023