Best Wallah Poems

I like Muslims,
Particularly Yemenis
And Pakistanis (in Yemen)—
With whom, as a university don,
I happened to live for six years. 

Arabic vowels render 
A Yemeni voice gruff.
So...

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BeAdab gustakh jab aulad ho jaye
Chain sukh maa'n baap ka barbaad ho jaye

Cheen le budbakht jo walid ka sarmaya
Jeete jee kion baap na barbad ho...

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summer dawn –
the path of cowries
beyond the sea 


summer dream
counting the butterflies
in neighbor’s garden


piercing the 			
breeze, my chute lifts –
summer beach	


summer twilight . . .
the...

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distant hill
a river carrying
the spring
 
waters of spring
father backstrokes
into healthiness
 
spring drizzle
the bipinnate leaves
fold into shyness
 
spring day
spots of rosiness
in the bud
 
spring morning
a rose...

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God gave Moses and his brother Aaron this celestial command:
"I have selected thee to lead My people to The Promised Land!
You'll wander in the wilderness...

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For the daughter I love and miss.

There’s a change that’s like a season that I’ve noticed in the air
I couldn’t tell what niggled me but...

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When it rains, it shines in these radiant beaming eyes of mine.
When it's cold, it's warm in these promised lands I've come afar to farm.
When...

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Folks must be happy in Guatemala

   With tax money frittered by Kamala

      Will she visit the border
 
...

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Some say that our thoughts create our reality;
moods, colors, stars, birds, maps....
everything changing to our minds' will.
You don't need a magical wand or psychic powers
they...

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Every one of you must listen carefully to me.
Time told a story that we all began to mimic.
Each day became the same, losing our Ta...

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Ask me about me and I will tell you about me, ask me about me and I will satisfy your curiosity. You walk around the...

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