Rosalia
Artwork by Yoojin Shin
By Junaid Khan
Not a
blandishment
red of the roses
is least vivid
than the finest
of her lips
Blossoming red
like an
illicit phenomenon
and me
being the
witness.
Junaid Khan is a graduate in Linguistics from Aligarh Muslim University. Being a fan of poetry—classic or contemporary—it always intrigued him in the most artistic way; and in his opinion, poetry is the best of arts and so are poets the best of artists.