I Will Be Silent
...For ‘Karim
“We used to have peace, but now we have only war.”—Halima
I will not speak of the dead
for that is another matter.
I will not speak of those
driven out of their homes
to find sh...
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Categories:
halima, 12th grade, 8th grade,
Form: Free verse
Mothers Day
...9 babies for Halima Cisse
Are not guaranteed to bring bliss
With nine to feed
No time to breed
A Mothers' Day she'll never miss!...
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Categories:
halima, mothers day,
Form: Limerick
A Defeat of a Romantic Poet
...Declaration:
I Samson Josephat Manyala,
The author of
"Salome The Beautiful Princess",
With a subtitle
"A dedication To The US Armed Forces",
An anthology live online today,
Kindle Edition,
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Categories:
halima, bible, christian, islamic, love,
Form: Romanticism
My Dolls
...To My daughters Loubabatoul Koubra, Halima Saadiya and Maryam Jamilah
A knock on the door
Shouts from the inside
All the three running
To swoon over my knees
Laughing my lovely
Daughters
Th...
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Categories:
halima, allah, blessing, love, my
Form: Free verse
The Darfurian Girl
...I enjoyed an almost idyllic childhood. This was marred only at the age of ten by my circumcision, a cruel and primitive custom among my otherwise enlightened people. In my grandmother’s hut, I was he...
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Categories:
halima, bereavement, character,
Form: Prose