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December 14th, 2025
Weekly Poems Contest #24: First Place
by Zahir Turaj
Today again, I walk –
along the dusty road,
under the naked trees.
Autumn leaves,
wanderers like me,
driven by the wind
from place to place.
The garden
wears a cloak
of brown and gold.
And my heart aches
for the home I lost.
Biography of the Poet
My name is Zahir Turaj.
I was born in Afghanistan in 1961 and studied literary studies at Kabul University.
I have lived in the Netherlands as a refugee since the 1990s.
My poems are originally written in Persian and then translated into English.
Keywords: autumn, wanderers, home, lost
Previously Published in Weekly Poems:
"Dreams Still Unborn" by Clarisse Terblanche
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