A Crossroads for Iran
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When missiles fly
The Mullahs lie
They bide their time
To turn the tide
Their constant bluster
Now short of luster
For why we ask
No God sent task
To build a bomb
With feigned aplomb
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Categories:
iranians, america, arabic, bullying, conflict,
Form: Rhyme
Changing world
...Changing world?
In Peru, they import potatoes
In Guatemala, they plant thousands of trees
drink cacao, sit in groups, and sing
think they are new agers
the new war in The Middle East began
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Categories:
iranians, adventure, break up, color,
Form: ABC
Mutually Assured Distruction
...Mutually Assured Destruction
Air-raid drills in the hallway,
air-raid shelters in the backyard,
neither would have worked.
If us and the Russians would have
gotten MAD at each other
the Co...
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Categories:
iranians, war,
Form: Free verse
Gunter Grass 'What Must Be Said' translation
...“Was gesagt werden muss” (“What must be said”)
by Gunter Grass
translation by Michael R. Burch
Why have I remained silent, so long,
failing to mention something openly practiced
in war games w...
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Categories:
iranians, international, islamic, jewish, silence,
Form: Free verse
My Lord Jesus, You mean Everything to me from Sea to Shining
...O My beloved Lord Jesus,
You mean everything to me
From sea to shining sea,
To my beloved homeland,
that waves the Star spangled
Banner, our American flag,
Sometimes it's called 'Old Glory!'
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Categories:
iranians, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Lyric
April 3 Look at the sky!
...April 3—Look at the sky!
One day the world woke up
To the impending end
As a new asteroid.
Quickly dubbed
The doomsday asteroid
Headed to Earth.
Everyone looked up
At the doomsday as...
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Categories:
iranians, nature,
Form: Free verse
Smartest Thing Obama Ever Said
...PREAMBLE
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What I witnessed on October 7 was indefensible. Just to be clear, Hamas are not militants or freedom fighters as many in the mainstream media would have you believe - they...
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Categories:
iranians, evil, hate, islamic, war,
Form: Political Verse
Souls In Heaven
...Souls in Heaven.
First, was Neda, then Sahar, now Mahsa.
She was forced to bend her soul.
Once again, a woman died.
The government's sordid role.
Mahsa's death in custody,
Must be steadfast...
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Categories:
iranians, angel,
Form: Quatern
Fighting For a New Iran
...Fighting for a New Iran.
Marg Bar they shout
At those they hate,
Iranians want changes
They are brave, they are great.
They must call for rebellion
So freedom voices say,
But when they nee...
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Categories:
iranians, anger,
Form: Quatern
An Ode To a People Who Are Suffering
...An Ode to a People Who Are Suffering.
First came the war
Iranians had to fight
Eight years of suffering
Warlords hardly are right.
The war was over
Many souls were lost
No more soldiers, n...
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Categories:
iranians, anger,
Form: Quatern
Once Upon a Time
...Two of the greatest gifts that God ever gave to mankind were the gifts of TIME AND SPACE. He requires that we use ...
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Categories:
iranians, age, time,
Form: Prose Poetry
3m
...learned nothing from the past
by faces drawn in a smile
we're spinning over it like on a carousel
and again, each time it makes us vomit, we remain stunned
we're leisurely starting to resemble ...
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Categories:
iranians, earth, hope, humanity,
Form: Free verse
Haibun
...HAIBUN
You are electron microscopic size, but you possess infinitesimal power. Just a single strand of encapsulated RNA, yet you and your brothers SARS and MERS ca...
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Categories:
iranians, environment,
Form: Haibun
Truth, Justice, and Reassurance
...In his never-ending quest for Truth, Justice and the American Way
Our President, Mr. Donald Trump, reassured us about Iran yesterday
First, of course, if Iran does not develop the bomb
We ...
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Categories:
iranians, america, leadership, political, relationship,
Form: Rhyme
Kalam E Iqbal Part 1
...(Bang-e-Dra-114), Khitab Ba Jawanan-e-Islam.
These are Golden words by Dr Allama Iqbal.
Khatab Ba Jawanan-e-Islam
Address To The Muslim Youth.
https://youtu.be/AwSNPEDGIrw
Sir Muhammad Iqbal (9...
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Categories:
iranians, freedom, passion, patriotic, peace,
Form: Heroic Couplet
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