Best Saladin Poems

Onward Christian Soldiers
(Chivalry Dead)

God’s crusade upon them laid
a stubborn suit of mail brocade.

Knights Templar, Teutonic thugs
Mercenaries out for blood.

In guarantee of resurrection. 
Skull bludgeoning insurrection.

For...

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Mighty oars to take us away from our shores
Our horsemen marshal their men at arms
The trek is long, battles of the blood-soaked 
Our swords we...

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Continuation from previous poem

We reached the footer of a castle steep,
Seven times by walls encircled very tall,
Defended by a river hard to leap.

We overpassed it...

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Within the year crusades began, 
led by the noblest of the land. 
Hugh Vermandois was first to arrive, 
with an huge army at his command....

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Notes:

I was listening to some music, by a famous singer, about this story, can any guess the song? 


I find it interesting in light of...

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A people lost  in time,     in the lands of Saladin.
Trapped in a slow world,  that's spinning faster.
Drowning in their...

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Reading a book, the war between
Saladin and Richard the lion hearted 
their battle went into Allepo
checking Allepo on the web
I found them still at war

Yet...

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you gave your child a toy
taught your child to love
stole the child's toy
blamed other country's

You taught your child to hate
The child grew up 
became a...

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I
There are two ways of being in this world,
the eagle and the serpent, sometimes called:
while one seeks boundless heaven, wings unfurled,
the other through low dirt...

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His skin left saging on the ground
the blistered rank and smells of stink
children run and play with bombs
adults justify themselves

Play with the sword, die 
what...

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I Came To the Medina
Looking for my Palestina
Baby my Baby 
Where are you?
Still under the rubbles?
Still alive my Diva 
Oh my Devina!

The Highways robbers,
The snitch,...

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Fragments of African patriotism
Lie scattered all over Africa and yonder

There are specialists in grabbing the pieces
With no one interested in knitting together

The Arab -phones are...

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the full train
is 5am morning
like a reminder 
like an alarm 
is time to woke up
is another day 
of work 
nowadays we need
not be force anymore
for...

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NON NOBIS DOMINE

Significant, back in the day
Was the Knight Templar cross pattee
Red and stout with its flattened ends
A different message that it sends

Papal directives to...

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