Waking Up In a Stranger’s Flat
...I open my eyes.
All around me,
everything is unfamiliar:
unfamiliar wallpaper,
unfamiliar white leather sofa,
unfamiliar country.
I moved here to teach,
and here I am learning
that I’m underp...
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Categories:
azerbaijan, adventure, drink, journey, travel,
Form: Free verse
Does the Gog and Magog war of Ezekiel 38-39 happen during the tribulation part one Q and A
...Q: Who actually begins the Gog and Magog war in Ezekiel 38:1-3
A: The word of the Lord came to me. "Son of Man, set your face against Gog,
of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshec...
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Categories:
azerbaijan, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose
Ramble Around the Foundry
...It’s been a day, brother, it’s been a day.
I’m ridiculous for lack of content,
All my plot holes are on display.
Am I doing OK? Am I having a day?
I can’t get a call back. I sat on a thumb tack.
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Categories:
azerbaijan, allegory, extended metaphor,
Form: Burlesque
O Member States of Un: Nations That Begin With O - Surprise Surprise Indeed
...LORD, I humbly greet Thee who got me up, gifted me another DAY
God in THREE PERSONS: Father, Son, Spirit, I love Thee as YOU first loved me
I have a prayer list, and "O" countries, for YOU alone ar...
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Categories:
azerbaijan, bangla, education, encouraging, environment,
Form: Sonnet
A Letter From Azerbaijan
...She used to write letters to mother
She used to write from Azerbaijan.
She was learning to stich ‘koblan’
She was raising my little niece.
She had the sharpest face of us all.
Mother used to t...
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Categories:
azerbaijan, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse
Mail Order Brides - Let the Buyer Beware
...Ted hunted high and low when trying to find the perfect wife
She must be subservient and fit in with his mundane life
The Internet looked promising to find a mail order bride,
and so...
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Categories:
azerbaijan, confusion, funny love, humorous,
Form: Couplet
Quddrillon-Part Ii
...This is Part-II
Yes, I tell the truth even if you throw stones, but I have to keep my headgear clean. I am going to Princess Anne’s marriage. Princess Anne, you know, the queen of Liechtenstein ha...
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Categories:
azerbaijan, satire,
Form: Prose
The Pipeline
...absolutely nothing stops the pipeline.
it penetrates all ways of life
all borders, all villages & towns---
the pipeline kills everything in its path if it dare stand in the way
of its progress...
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Categories:
azerbaijan, life,
Form: Free verse
The Twelve Kisses of *saturn - Part 4
...* (Saturn is esoterically associated with the twelfth month of December)
… raining, raining! – disrobed heaven’s
chain of glittering tears
washing our earthen face, and
I raise ...
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Categories:
azerbaijan, love
Form: Free verse