Cairo Poems - Poems about Cairo

my third eye whisked my soul to Cairo I had an eagle’s view of the pyramids tasted grittiness of the sand on my tongue camel sat and pondered my arrival old Egypt is mystical and ethereal sand birds accepted me as one of their own we flew together over pharaoh’s tombs I was home! I was home! I was home!...

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Close to a scandalous ten thousand, A reproach to the late Reverend Townsend; All with their advertising megaphones, And big dreams-nursing microphones … In my town of domicile With odds one can’t reconcile Which I had some time walked miles With my job-hunting files That rather handed me victorious counts Of how their number mounts: I tell you: A Religious Harassment, An unendurable embarrassment; Ten thousand, really...

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A lifetime of waiting, stacks of National Geographic half as tall as me, piled on every step. A girl with nothing to do but dream. The yellow-black jackets buzzed, I flowered as I turned the pages. The relics of Tutankhamun fascinated: gold, turquoise, lapis and the slaves in mud-brick houses they live in still. I longed to be the Pharaoh’s daughter; I kohled...

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There was a young writer from Cairo, So proud of his free flowing biro, But he lost it in the sand When a camel knocked his hand, No longer his writing can flow so....

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Lightning flashes across The Egyptian night sky and Standing on my terrace I can see Those ancient pyramids Towering over the city miles Wide, so high they appear To touch the stars and you Feel as though they are gazing Down upon you with an all Seeing Eye... Well and I can feel the cool Desert winds through my Velveteen velour and it feels Good just like the...

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A block off the river Just a step from the gutter A bar that hadn't barred me, yet I walked in for the first time And knew I'd come home A Lucy moment, lucid In Cairo, Illinois River town of bars and churches One on every block Like a chess match from hell A queen in every bar A bishop right next door Pawns on every stool Knights...

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Limerick: Once a Belly-Dancer in Cairo Once a Belly-Dancer in Cairo Tried to wiggle her way through Fado Only thing she had on Was a navel button: (Now) Fado mambo-jambo Oporto. © T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013 Limerick: Once a Belly-Dancer in Cairo Once a Belly-Dancer in Cairo Tried to wiggle her way through Fado Only thing she had on Was a navel button: Now she...

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shrouded eyes glaring menacing pushcarts skirting pyramids hover...

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the solid structures opens a sort of bliss beneath cairo's lessons the hardship of catered gestures above a silver spoon soiled linen long naps depicts the empty soundless notions a gentle force of completion while the withered kindred spirits soar across the sea seeking wasted bread crumbs and folded sheets of racing thoughts captured within a lessor mean...

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Await the zenith of the sun, cross clay courtyard a beckoning barefoot walked, heartstring undone, Oh Lord, there’s love, no reckoning. Soundless clarion of tears fall toward absolution’s bright blessing, within the domed sabil I call... Oh Lord, there’s love, no reckoning. The fountain's dry, but not my eyes sounds of grace rebound, amazing, Amazing Grace, sang such as I Oh Lord, there’s love, no reckoning. We...

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Shall we meet in Cairo, ‘neath the ancient, mystified monuments to forgotten love? Halves rent apart worlds ago, reintroducing first wild desire. To explore scents exotic, a tangible feast upon my tender breast, tasting honeyed hips with sugar-spoken lips ‘neath paled moonlight. Trace silver tongued lines across your dark, rippled chest through blackest of night, and lovely gold-hued thighs peruse – sand...

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Standing in Cairo market streets bustling horns honking children’s laughter ball throwing heat simmering the melting pot. Caught in between ancient and modern sellers market wares and bargain prices over jewels and silks fruits and vegetables. Something about Cairo City Triumphant. Sipping espresso at a near by cafe in the center of the bazaar. Camels traded and sold tips given by the owners. Fine linens and silks bangles and jangles of silver copper, and gold jewelry. Ceramics and glass...

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