Ahmad Poems - Poems about Ahmad

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A reminder to Nigerian current president, Oh ! Uncle president Bola Ahmad Tinubu, One of the  seniors African politicians who could direct the youths well not to hell.  Your honorary doctorate in political science and...Read the rest...

Until the last light, I believe I shall remain, A tune unplayed, in this dreary song. During daylight and throughout the night, A moment does not part from melancholy and I. Should I leave or should I try, I know...Read the rest...

There once was a Tree, Happy as can be. Even though this tree had no teeth, It would still play with its friend Keath. One unfaithful day, Keath never came to play. Tree worried all through the night, Perhaps he'd finally given...Read the rest...

Lifted, I felt the heat of the sun. Falling, I froze, scorched by the cold. I held fast to all I had. Or I tried. I struggle to be thankful, For now, My elevated dreams fulfill me. I can say That you didn't help...Read the rest...

The lights that flare Stain my stare. How deep or true I care, Pales to your new flare. I have proven shallow, Until I can be there....Read the rest...

It wasn't there. But I had it, didn't I? I'd left it, I came back. I let go, and now It's no longer mine. Where do I go from here? Where do I go from here? Where do I go from here....Read the rest...

Within your arms, I feel at home. At last, I can believe, I'm not alone....Read the rest...

I wash my hands with the waves That come from day to day. I look around & I see the sounds Of my love that's come to play. ”It's been too long.” I say As she dances her way To my...Read the rest...

I jumped into a pit of fire Only to find that my legs caught fire. For sure, I thought it'd get my head Where lay this hairy bed. But wait, what's this? At last, this head of hair Went ablaze with...Read the rest...

I traced along the battered spine, But it was not in me To brace along those tattered lines. Much I tried to bare the bines, As straight as I could be, Caught laced, always, in those tangled vines. Until – disarrayed...Read the rest...

Those footsteps that you left at the door, Echo the last words I heard you say. Turning to me, my eyes meet the floor. I needed to prove myself today. Again, it was your hope that I tore. I’ve...Read the rest...

Mirror by Kajal Ahmad, a Kurdish poet loose translation by Michael R. Burch My era's obscuring mirror shattered because it magnified the small and made the great seem insignificant. Dictators and monsters filled its contours. Now when I breathe its jagged shards pierce my...Read the rest...

The Eager Traveler by Ahmad Faraz translation by Michael R. Burch Even in the torture chamber, I was the lucky one; When each lottery was over, unaccountably I had won. And even the mightiest rivers found accessible refuge in me; Though...Read the rest...