Sonnet Arabic Poems

Wedding in Paris

Coming out of the church after the wedding
smiles and cameras clicked.
From the steps, I saw a tramp in the park looking for 
something...

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9/ 11 the cruel aftermath


Dented western hubris, the mirror cracked
self believes shocked the vanity foundation.
How dare they we are the top predators
our rage will be...

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Such Tenderness
by Michael R. Burch

for the mothers of Gaza

There was, in your touch, such tenderness—as
only the dove on her mildest day has,
when she shelters downed...

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The oppressed 

It was twilight mist hung over the valley when I saw the big horse 
on a knoll was a warrior, a charger, looking...

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The Hummock
There is a hill behind the houses rounded and soft
I call it a -mother hill- and it welcome you and softly
Murmur, how do you...

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Tyrkia 
Bosporus 1955 the old tanker where I was
A galley boy had anchored waiting for orders 
To proceed into the Black Sea rowing boat came...

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DEATH OF KING HUSSEIN  
      February 7, 1999 Amman, Jordan
Uncertain wings, Hawk of the Qureish fly
out of the night...

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Love in a Name.

Crystal Falls, I saw this name on the net 
I could so easily fall in love with a woman like her
Her name...

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Goalkeeper
When there is a football match on the TV I switch it
On the last ten minutes of the match my boredom threshold 
Is low and...

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Saragossa Sonnet  
There is a place in the mid-Atlantic an island made of sea tare 
and the mist never lifts sea and storm avoid...

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Big Rabbit Sonnet 
 Giant rabbits are not cute as you think when they 
are in a group then they sneer at us and make...

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The Horsemen
War's aim is not destruction coming true
nor is it death, with which we cannot cope,
but all it is, is bringing on the new;
restoring what...

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A Vision
Eifel tower the old whore is lit up again
her wide open legs still drip blood, and
her hips are white and slim and she ...

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RAKS AL-ASAYA
Most certainly, the world could not agree
With how the dies were cast, that fateful day,
If not for love, 'twould never come to me
the reason...

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She is the bravest my eyes have ever seen
A lion bows, in shiver and fear
I am on my knees for I can not believe
A woman...

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