Kabul Poems - Poems about Kabul

Kabul

All decisions are made
at a desk in another country. 

They pass through 
‘in’ and ‘out’ trays, 
collecting signatures along the way. 

Then, one day, 
they become a concrete wall, 

where once a few 
tired weeds grew. 


Afghanistan, 2017


First published in Blue Minaret

Categories: kabul, depression, international,
Form: Free verse

The Fall of Kabul

End of the War

And so, it came to past
The end of the longest war
In U.S. history

The war was fought
As all wars are
Based on illusions,
Delusions and greed 

Delusions that this time
We would get it right
Successfully build-up
A vibrant, peaceful prosperous 
Democratic nation

Forgetting that there had never been
A peaceful prosperous country
In the land of Afghanistan

Forgetting at our peril
The

Categories: kabul, america, angst, anxiety, war,
Form: Free verse

Kabul Threnody

Bent wire horizon,
the day is a broken perimeter.
There is light
between the barbs
but you have to squint,
pretend the fence still holds.
People flee,
their knees are bruised
by each narrowing dawn.
The fool on the hill
blames the sun
in his eyes.

Categories: kabul, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

In Kabul

Tonight in Kabul
there will be terror or death.
All other choices
flew away yesterday
on a plane crowded
with last hopes.

Categories: kabul, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Kabul Has Fallen

Kabul Has Fallen

Kabul has fallen
The news screams 
Kabul has fallen
In less than two weeks

The intel officers
Got it so wrong
Everyone said
That Kabul would not fall
That the center would hold

Yet Kabul fell
Faster than anyone thought 
It would

The right-wing media
Are having a field day
Screaming
Who lost Afghanistan

As if it was ours 
To begin with

The Taliban
Are playing it cool
Taking control
Letting

Categories: kabul, allusion, america, anger, angst,
Form: Free verse

Siege of Kabul

Kaboom! goes Kabul
Kabul!
Oh! It Kabooms
The Taliban's rule

Categories: kabul, conflict, grief, pain, sorrow,
Form: Rhyme

The Road To Kabul

The hustle of the
Khyber pass
Dusty 
Dirty
Traffic chaotic 
Pori’s border
Like the ground
Soaking up my foot prints
We move beyond
The bus is silent
In this barren landscape
I look upon the discarded
Shells of war
Interesting
I identify shells
From many wars
Like a walk
Along a beach
After a storm
An high tide
But the storm 
Still thundering
The vision scape
Has pockets of green
So many gums
I could be back
In

Categories: kabul, destiny, imagery, war,
Form: Free verse

Kabul

faint hues arose from a distance
as i follied beyond the grave gestures
of a calming mirage

faintly showers began
to sprinkle over the seasonal earth
thee past time frawned above it all
shattering sound near a mustered seed patch

coarse branches crawled over soiled nest
tampering with the birds homeland 
twigs fell to the ground draw string hung
cracked eggs settled underneath the

Categories: kabul, adventure, time,
Form: Dramatic Verse

A Cry From Kabul

(Written During The American Attacks On Afghanistan From The Arabian Sea) 

O! The heartless callous warriors, 
The children of the crowning age, 
You do not see the havoc, 
For you stand at the distant spot, 
More than two thousand miles away, 
Planning against the weaponless; 
But your lacerating missiles and shells, 
Miss not the targets,

Categories: kabul, death, sad, war, Grandson,
Form: Prose Poetry