Shafkat Aziz Hajam’s two poems


If All Were Virtuous


If all were virtuous, nothing would be unfair .

None would be rapacious, none would take lion’s share.

There would be no witch , there would be no wizard.

There would be no guile , slaying or any fraud .

Your joys would be mine , my woes would be yours .

You’d enjoy my success, at your failure I’d shed tears .

No one’s expectancy would be ever hurt .

All would venerate each other, none would spread dirt.

If it were really so ,the well off would have built my nest,

Where being knackered at forty, with my fam,

I would be taking rest.

Does A Caste Matter?


Show me the caste with the colour black .

Show me the caste with the colour white .

Which caste spreads darkness?

Which caste spreads light ?

Which caste is virtuous?

And which caste is vicious?

What makes your caste high ?

What makes my caste low ?

If honour were in the caste,

You didn’t need to do right

If dishonour were in the caste,

What if I spread the light ?



Shafkat Aziz Hajam is a poet, reviewer and co-author. He is the author of two books titled as The cuckoo’s voice and one adults poetry book titled as The Unknown Wounded Heart. His poems have appeared in international magazines and anthologies like Wheel song anthology (UK based), Prodigy, Digital Literary Magazine of USA, Inner Child Press International USA, PLOTS CREATIVES (online literary magazine USA), ILA Magazine USA, AZAHAR anthology Spain, SAARC anthology etc.

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