Nostalgia February Poems

Salam wrote a letter, O my beloved motherland
Rafik wrote his letter to you, 
And Barkat did that too
We could not mourn in oblivion, for all,...

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rows and rows of 
candied chocolates and
cardboard heartshapes

flash reminder how
time and again i would say
every single day with you
is valentine’s day

and you’d agree
in every way

can’t...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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happy birthday
my sweet friend
this is a date
i don’t forget
my wishes to you
sent telepathically

you were my highschool 
best forever friend
each year I think of you
it saddens...

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(Dedicated to Folake)

Your eyes, woman
are like twilight rainbow
amorously bearing aloft passions of mine
toward androcytic ecstacy.
They tell of endless lights.

Night skies clarion the warmth of you
keep...

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My feet drag through wet piles of the last leaves,
it's Valentine's Day-but it feels like fall to me.
At early hours of the morning, I can...

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