Best Rab Poems

...Thinking back to my teenage years
 my early twenties, falling in love 
was so easy. 

Truth was a tightrope 
of winks and smiles, 
of the promise of tomorrow 
and today was just fine.

Youth......

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...Another morning filled with sun
Beckons the mind to open where,
Clearing the cobwebs has begun,
Dreaming so many words to share.

Enjoy my tea and my muffins
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...The rehearsals are over and now it’s first night
All worked tirelessly for the audience’s delight
It all flows so smoothly – oh what a relief
A fabulous production of ‘Sunshine on Leith’
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...Grab the keys let’s get into the car
Raring to go, we won’t travel too far
Everything’s packed inside the car boot
And I’ve meticulously planned our route
To th......

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...Whatever happens I'll always love you

Cheftik bi nhar kanoun
W tala3et bel sama
Elet ya rab lech sayer majnoun
Hayda 7elem aw hayde 7a2i2a
Njoum el sama kella
Saro yebermo 7awalayke
W hadafo......

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...Thus says He who guards the gate,
The atmosphere is stagnant,
Stagnant with discontented gluttons,
Tangled with tricks and deceptions,
Soaked with indoctrination,
And charged with foul breath. 

Thus......

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...Faint stillness of the night falls swiftly down 
and masked raccoons now pillage darkest night. 
Fluffed owls with sparkling eyes are flying free 
and rabbits, gently moving, sniff the air... 
Th......

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...I went and bought me some rabbits,
And built a rabbit coop.
Like that Cadbury Bunny has,
‘Cept I got me a group!

And they all’s gonna lay some eggs,
With nice milk chocolate shells!
But they ......

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...We take care of the tenants in the buildings where we work everyday
but the owners can't seem to comprehend that we don't make enough pay
as porters, handymen, supers and those who man the front do......

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Emerald shiny baubles
attract wizard eyes ...
Balaam al-Oz
Assyrian acquisitions
be kryptonite-colored vanity
Ownership is an Alexandrian transaction,
a Grecian war rhetoric reaction......

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...Tere liye jo barshe wo barish hu mai
Hr pal jo tu kre wo guzarish hu mai
Mangii jo rab se wo dua hoo mai
Dekha jo khwab tune wo haqikat hu mai
Tere hr swal ka jwab hoo mai
Tere chehre ki rangat ......

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...My dearest Mama who is now in heaven,
       
       God be praised and thanked for giving you to me; and yes, to our family. 
Your partnership with Daddy in rearing and nurturing us, your dear ch......

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...A nticipation ruins the fun of surprises
B etter to wait for destiny to run its course
C ast your eyes on the platter of life's flavors before you
D ecide to taste and savor first, not feast raven......

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...R-ise of the sun begins, 
U-sing its light by dawn; 
T-wilight has disappeared, 
H-aze is already gone.

D-ay two in March morn, dusk is nowhere in sight; 
E-vening shadows fade into the dark o......

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...I look down from heaven and what do I see?                                *(THIS IS BASED ON A TRUE STORY,) 
A body on the battlefield who looks just like me'
Body parts are missing; there is blood......

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