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A poem 'for the love of corners' has appeared in Lucky Bug Magazine| April 25, 2024
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A poem 'Trial' has appeared in Small World City Magazine| aug 24, anniversary issue, 2024
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Two poem 'Sadness' and 'Love in Times of Violence' has appeared in The Marbled Sigh| 2024
Two poems 'Free Market Economy', 'Hermeneutics' have appeared Plato's Caves | April 25, 2024
A poem ‘THIS JANUARY IN LAHORE’ has appeared in JMWW| April 12, 2024
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A poem ‘Things far off’ has appeared in Hamilton Stone Review edited by Kevin Stein Poet Laureate of the State of Illinois
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Two poems ‘Vacancy’ and ‘Evolution’ appeared in the magazine ‘Writer's Block’ issue 50 ( Autumn, 2023) housed at the Department of English, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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https://writersblockmagazine.com/2023/11/17/writers-block-50/
A poem 'Dutch East India Company' appeared in the magazine 'Stand' Issue 238, Volume 21 Number 2 July.
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Two poems – ‘Departure’ and ‘L’appel du vide’ appeared in the 'THE BOMBAY REVIEW South Asia's Biggest Literary Magazine' | Estd. 2014| New York & Mumbai.
Five poems 'The Man Who Talked to Trees' 'Ghazal of Pain', 'Nusrat Fatah Ali Praises Muhammad pbuh', 'We Loved October' and 'The Way to Love' appeared in "FLEAS ON THE DOG" AN ONLINE PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Five Poems 'THE WORLD IS NOT SPIRITUAL', 'DEATH OF PRIVACY', 'WINTER’S FIRST RAIN', 'CONFESSIONS OF A DEFERRED MUSE' and 'FOR THE LOVE OF EXAGGERATION' appeared in 'The Antonym Magazine' Feb 20, 2022.
Two Poems 'Behind Birds are Poems' and 'Library' appeared in magazine 'The Broadkill Review' (Spring, Vol 17.2)
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https://www.broadkillreview.com/post/two-poems-by-rizwan-akhtar
A poem 'The Other Side of Lockdown' appeared in 'Bath Magg' A magazine of new poetry.
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A poem 'Pause' appeared in 'ink sweet and tears' by Helen Ivory | Dec 2, 2021.
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A poem 'Demands' appeared in 'ink sweet and tears' by Helen Ivory | March 31, 2022.
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A poem 'Aposiopesis' appeared in 'ink sweet and tears' by Helen Ivory | Jan 06, 2021.
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Five poems 'Homicide Detective', 'A Dyslexic Poet', 'Invasion', 'Birds & Us' and 'Rain amidst Lockdown' appeared in 'Scarlet Leaf Review' |Aug 8, 2021.
A poem 'Shrink' appeared in 'the institutionalized review" |2021.
link to the poem
https://www.theinstitutionalizedreview.com/rizwanakhtar
A poem 'HOMING PIGEON' 'A REQUIEM FOR KASHMIR' & 'GHAZAL: SOUL’S FOOD' appeared in 'Acumen-Poetry', page #64 |2021.
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