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Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistan

Muhammad Iqbal is an English Instructor in Government Vocational Training Institute Narowal, Pakistan working for poverty alleviation and rehabilitation of the poor in Punjab. He holds a masters degree in English Language and Literature from Punjab University Lahore, Bachelor of Education and a Certificate in French. Writes poetry in Urdu, Punjabe, Persian and English. After the earthquake in Pakistan he started to write poetry for humanising children because he felt the world direly needs humanistic generations when disasters are increasing double and triple in the world. He is also a membership officer of IATEFL GISIG Committee. E-mail: muhammadiqbal722@hotmail.com

Tented Hospital

Though tented are thee
Yet better than me
I hate and cheat
You serve and treat
I haven't such might
You awake at night
I with them fight
You give people sight
Medication and care
I love thy affair

Tuberculosis

TB's crossed African wall
Children found a dangerous fall
TB crawled 'n global roads
From North America to Antipodes
TB 's found mummies bone
It spreads like the poor loan

Editorial
These two poems were written after reading an article about a TB doctor and researcher who has his tented hospital in Scotland, in the free magazine "Development" (DFID).

My Mom

Oh, my mom
Earth dot com
You have trees
Giving me breeze
Feed me grain
Nourish my brain
Thy milk is green
I can't wean
We are one
Move around sun
You are me
Do you 'gree?
We ain,t two
I am you

Species in Danger

Some species wild
Have no child
'Help, oh, help' crying
They are dieing
Love them all
On this Ball
The fact is to face
Save their race
They should survive
Keep them alive

Editorial
The poem was written after reading a lesson on environmental protection by Zakia Serwer in a SPELT newsletter

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