Best Bibi Poems

Well, my father was a farmer, just chickens and cows
When it came to raisin' 'em, he really knew how
To milk those bovines for all they were worth
And to keep those chickens from wrasslin' in the dirt
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Khadim Rizvi preaches gore
To his followers rioting in Lahore
He, wears lipstick and ladies dresses
His followers had lobotomies on dirty floors

They wish to murder a young girl of faith
for perceived insults to their petite virility
oh how merciful are these gang of monkeys
oh how merciful are these...

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This subject is too fraught for eloquent poetry
  So please indulge me in a straightforward thought or three

  For the first time in its modern history
  Israel is on the brink of internal catastrophe

  True, there's been bleeding before, sometimes severe
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Here We Shall Remain
by Tawfiq Zayyad
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Like twenty impossibilities
in Lydda, Ramla and Galilee ...
here we shall remain.

Like brick walls braced against your chests;
lodged in your throats
like shards of glass
or prickly cactus thorns;
clouding your eyes
like sandstorms.

Here we shall remain,
like brick walls obstructing...

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Epitaph for a Palestinian Child
by Michael R. Burch

I lived as best I could, and then I died.
Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.

This poem has also been titled "Epitaph for a Child of Gaza" and it has become my most popular poem on...

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AFRICAN WOMAN

Who are you, African woman? 
What’s your identity? 
What do you stand for??
Black is beauty they say but the beauty lies in our core values and virtues.
Look at the African child groomed and nourished with the fresh milk from the breast of an African...

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     On the night of December 2, 1984
a toxic gas leak at a Union Carbide pesticide plant
was a terrible tragedy that continues to evoke 
strong emotions even 30 years later, 
disaster haunts Bhopal survivors.

 

When the sun rose the next morning,...

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First they came for the Muslims

after Martin Niemoller

First they came for the Muslims
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Muslim.

Then they came for the homosexuals
and I did not speak out
because I was not a homosexual.

Then they came for the feminists
and I did...

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Cleansings
by Michael R. Burch

Walk here among the walking specters. Learn
inhuman patience. Flesh can only cleave
to bone this tightly if their hearts believe
that God is good, and never mind the Urn.

A lentil and a bean might plump their skin
with mothers’ bounteous, soft-dimpled fat
(and call it “health”),...

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What is a necktie dangling for?
too stiff, too thin to be a scarf,
        a bibi or apron;

too smooth to be a good hankie,
 too short to be a suicide noose
       to contemplate...

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Dafina catens

 ```He cheated```
He cheated and said im the liar,
Aty me ni elder wa brothel me ni malaya,
Akapack... madem ni wengi akaishia ulaya,
Sina ubaya bro ulinipata kwa choir,

He cheated on me na madem wa campo,
Aty im the main one ka movie za Rambo,
Alinipenda ka his...

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In 2006, Israel pulled out of Gaza
    liberating the Gazans 
  at the behest of noble global statesmen 'round the world ... 

  In a wink, Hamas swooped in and seized all power
    dousing freedom's new-lit flame
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Prime Minister Netanyahu
Present Knesset, Likud Jew
Said Jews have duel capitals:
Jerusalem with armed control
And the city of Tel Aviv.
Who is this ruler called “Bibi”
Who rejects the peace summit talks?
With his constant thwarting and balks
And a recent turn of events
By slating sixteen settlements
On the Palestinians land.
Too long...

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Nina rafiki  I Have A Friend---

Nina rafiki
Nina rafiki
Hapa duniani
Na mbinguni
Nina rafiki
Oh, ndiyo mimi nina rafiki;
Na si wewe tafadhali kuwakaribisha
Jina lake duniani ni .... wewe kujaza tupu
Jina lake duniani ni .... wewe kujaza tupu
Unajaza tupu
Lakini mbinguni rafiki yangu wa milele ni
Yesu, Yesu
Yesu, Yesu

Nina mpenzi;
Nina mpenzi;
Mimi...

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    Bibi exchanges hundreds of murderers
        with blood on their hands

     for a handful of hostage civilians
        fueling Hamas’ evil plans

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