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Akif Kichloo is a Poet, Doctor of Medicine by profession, and Author of three full length poetry collections: Falling Through Love (Andrews Mcmeel Publishing, 2019), Poems That Lose (Read Out Loud Publishing, 2017) & The Feeling May Remain (Read Out Loud Publishing, 2016). A graduate of JU, Akif holds a bachelor’s degree in medicine and surgery.

Akif Kichloo started writing at an early age, having contributed for publications like The Huffington Post and The Wire. His poems have appeared in Palette Poetry, Glass, Fly Paper Magazine, Obra / Artifact, Sheraza, Nightingale & Sparrow, Homology Lit, Kissing Dynamite, Verse of Silence, and more. In addition, he was invited to speak at the prestigious TEDx stage at Christ University to present his ...more

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Akif Kichloo To the poets, the budding writers: The ones who write of the skin, the ones who go skin deep, and the ones who have the urge to rip out their flesh to…moreTo the poets, the budding writers: The ones who write of the skin, the ones who go skin deep, and the ones who have the urge to rip out their flesh to share with the readers of the world.

1) The quiet time isn't your writing time. It's rather when the wolves in your head start howling to the demons of your fate. Scared and oftentimes full of respite. It is not your duty to bring change but if you must, I hope you bring truth to the table as you slit the turkeys throat before roasting it with unsalted butter and vegetable broth. Chose your ingredients slowly. Test them before you put in your pepper and your salt, for sugar might not go with that roasted turkey you are trying to make. Thank you has to be said in a variety of different ways. Appreciation has to be reciprocated with appropriate words.

2) Write of what you know, where you have been, what all you saw when you were there, and what you inferred from it all.

3) You are not obligated to inspire, but if the mosaic of cynicism lives in your being, shatter it into pieces of glass that glint of nothing but the truth.

4) When you think of bad mouthing a fellow writer, I would say keep it to yourself, and rather use it to dig deep into your own soul. Writers are sensitive beings. They get offended easily. Mostly because they have seen a lot. They have gone through a maze set on fire, and they not only have figured their way out but also have survived. They have burns all over their bodies and I am sure, so do you. Always remember that. You have to understand your own ache in order to remember what pain they are going through. Be empathetic. Diligent in your quest.

5) Sometimes the verity won't come through when you bleed ink onto these white sheets, and sometimes you wouldn't want to share your truth for the fear of being alone in feeling what you feel. Share it any way. If not with the world, then at least to your own self, and read it over and over until you believe in what you wrote.

6) Your truth will change over time. Please don't fight that change.

7) With experience you shall be cursed with the knowledge of knowing exactly what to write for people to like what you wrote. Don't always consider it a blessing. Find the courage to bring your pen to a halt right at that instant and look out your window. There are billions living on this blue marble we call earth and most of them are fast asleep as you sit down to do this. It is not you who chose the pen, it is rather the pen which chose you. That is why you are still awake, hearing the crickets chirp as you take notes at the edges of your writing pad.

Be responsible with your words. There are people who would believe you and that is a burden you better be aware of.

8) Time is the best editor.

9) Choose your words wisely. Even though you might think they are just words, understand that they have the power to bring nations up or tear them down to the ground.

Sincerely yours,
-Akif Kichloo(less)

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Welcome!!

Welcome to my world of words and metaphors. You will find a lot paradoxes in here but a very few contradictions.

Come on a journey with me. A journey with no set destination, no promise of ecstasy or eternal bliss, but simple little moments of laughter, kindness, and inherent good.

Looking forward to see what we have in store for us together in the future.

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“So often we confuse mistakes for soul mates, lessons for
lovers, and at the same time worthy life partners for one-night stands.

It’s an epidemic.”
― Akif Kichloo, The Feeling May Remain

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“The universe on your skin is empty
from all the silence on your tongue.
Forgive yourself. Let your body heal
from all the wounds you did not inflict
on yourself. Drop the sword you carry
on your shoulder for self-defense.
Lower the armor you hold high up
for protection. Those who harmed you
are not going to come back. Those who
have left never intended to return.”
― Akif Kichloo, The Feeling May Remain

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“we were never a match;
always a marvelous misfit.”
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“The tragedy of love is in its ending,
the blessing—everything else.

No love ever deserves to end.”
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“When the night
comes to break my heart,
I think of you.”
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“They came and they left.
You cried, but you stood your ground.
You stayed tethered to hope as well as
committed to dignified dreams
and little victories of day-to-day life.

You felt different.
Then you started to change.
Your smile returned with reticence
before completely taking over your face.

Today, you are no longer afraid to let that smile be there,
and now you understand it was not about them.
It was never about anyone else.
This was about you from the day you were born.
This was about you learning to love yourself—
not letting the inferiority of the external corrupt
the piety of the internal.

This was your personal revolution.
This was the uprising of your lifetime.

And you won.”
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“So often we confuse mistakes for soul mates, lessons for
lovers, and at the same time worthy life partners for one-night stands.

It’s an epidemic.”
― Akif Kichloo, The Feeling May Remain

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