Lost Islamic Poems

Blind in the all-consuming mist without a trace of light 
Blind in the oven’s black smoke that makes all songs to Jesus seem hushed 
A...

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Our wine existed before what you all call the grape and the vine
our rivers flowed before what you knew as rain and water
our gardens bloomed...

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Saviour day

A baby birth in a manger, was God gift to his creation on earth, his life was foretold, he was born with a loving...

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I miss her, Mother Egypt
and those friends I left behind,
timeless history, marvels and mysteries
etched in stone by her own scribes.

Longing for the waters of the...

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The knots of your words have slowly begun opening for me.
Through the sweet scent of your presence.
They have awakened a sleeping bird which rested in...

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The Field
by Rumi 
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Far beyond sermons of right and wrong there's a sunlit field. 
I'll meet you there. 
When the...

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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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I’m at my piano like Mercury

Trying to write a grand sweet song

It’s already painted in the windows

I’m copying off the stars

Don’t give up on us...

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O’Great Nations of the West,
To you I pen my loving best,
A Warning for all Military,
Leviathan that Dragon waits for thee,

When thou thought all is well,
Plotted...

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When Freedom Grows Cold
(not a nice poem)

One day the dogs will not bark. 
I/we will not be ready, 
as they will have failed...
to do all...

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Bound by the Unseen

Straps, and wire, 
cutting ropes…
that make you bleed. 
Not that anyone can see, 
but they are there. 

We all have them. 
Some...

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Let Jonah be a sacrifice to you,
Love is a blessing from Sen to me,
Every word I have since
My heart is with your love!
How does Firaka...

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I never stopped, searching for the sound source of a beautiful melody that kept on singing and crying at the same time, reminding me of...

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First they came for the Muslims

after Martin Niemoller

First they came for the Muslims
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Muslim.

Then they came...

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The Prince Of Gnosis
    Imam Hussain
O Imam without you where would I be?
You are the one who can guide me
When no one...

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