'Give Peace a Chance' 55 Years Later
...
~ To the tune of John Lennon and Yoko
Ono's 1969 song, 'All We are Saying is
Give Peace a Chance' ~
Diversity and equity
Nothing but green energy
Elect...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
imams, humor, satire, song,
Form: Lyric
worth fighting for
...Worth a Fight.
It is no longer about right or wrong. it is about taking a stand
Against those who came to this country
to escape poverty and tyranny, and now want to end democracy
The unwritt...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
imams, art, break up, corruption,
Form: ABC
Don't Come To My Funeral
...Don't come, do not come
Do not come to my funeral
Do not come to my burial
Stay home in a quiet room
To read my God-given poems
Be inspired and turn them into songs.
You were absent in my lif...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
imams, betrayal, funeral, goodbye, grave,
Form: Rhyme
All in a Days Work
...Rabbis, Preachers, and Priests
Imams and Monks from the East
Each bow to a higher power
But some gets paid by the hour
They vow to love thy neighbor
But profit from all their labor
...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
imams, religion,
Form: Rhyme
Three Secrets
...One of the many secrets of life:
There is no true freedom.
Man is slave to his own ignorance
And to his own personal sense of reality.
This, in turn, leads to another secret:
The only true sin i...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
imams, death, life, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
The Drift
...I had the opportunity to observe the transformation of men into women.
I had the opportunity to witness the transition of women becoming men.
I have seen the Republic of Enlightenment allow minor...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
imams, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
A Solace For My Southern Land
...A flaming circle alighted on
fertile soils near a fig tree and
harbour of hope to savour
Struggles for freedom
Love here was arrowed
steadfast...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
imams, color, emotions, feelings, heart,
Form: Free verse
Should a Woman Put On Trousers
...Should a woman put on trousers?
Yep: ones that don’t men make browsers:
That let Top Secrets remain secret;
Documents eyes should not just meet:
Trousers that won’t hatch Internets,
Lust cause t...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
imams, character, clothes, fashion, woman,
Form: Rhyme
Lockdown Fidgeting Mood
...Moon isn't different; same do sun.
But we all for peace get the streets shun.
Weather caress us so well.
Should earth not be healed; won't all wish hell?
The pleasure taken indoor is off beas...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
imams, age, art, bereavement, blue,
Form: Rhyme
A Faith Worse Than Death
...Afghanistan! would anybody give a damn
perhaps had a chance, under Uncle Sam
They gave them weapons, to fight Talibans
enslavers of women, for pleasures of man
Kabul was thriving, the west bro...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
imams, allusion, america, islamic, war,
Form: Monorhyme
Long Before Isis
...Thirty years ago, long before ISIS started executing Kurds, Muslims and Christians, I hired a Pakistani Muslim as an art director in Chicago. I was an Irish Catholic editor putting out a small nation...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
imams, friendship,
Form: Prose
Abu Nuwas
...Abu Nuwas
He proclaimed to the caliphate
In the dark hours of the evening
Rejoice! These splendid virgins are a bleeding
Drink our youth, and let not harm come our way
Peace is the brother...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
imams, allah, arabic, inspirational, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Silent Lies and Deception
...Silent Lies and Deception
In the silence of murky waters
There slithers oily snakes of the night
Wearing masks of deception
Beware of fools singing with Stalin’s tongue
The KGB shall set y...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
imams, corruption, evil, history, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Whit'Ll Ye Dae
...Whit'll ye dae when the Muslims come
If they bring thur minarets,mosques and imams
An' ower the city sound the muezzins' prayer alarms
An' they mak great play o' daein' Ramadan
An' profit frae se...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
imams, satire,
Form: Rhyme
The 734 That Died At Mecca
...It is disgusting that 734 people died at Mecca,
Last Thursday, when so many lives were lost,
Needlessly, for want of crowd control officials,
To restrain the 1.4 million who’s emotions cost.
Re...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
imams, anger, death, god, leadership,
Form: Rhyme
Related Poems