Lebanese Poems - Poems about Lebanese

When the bathroom calls your name

...I had cycled to Upper Montclair
It was humid, hot, smoke in the air.
I was sweaty, and smelled of Deet
circles under my eyes, and I was beat.

It was Sunday, I'm agnostic, or I'd be in church
A...

From the Mouth Of a Lebanese Child

...I'm scared to close my eyes tonight
I ask my mom to hold me tight
To tell me it will be alright,
and rock me close till morning light

I hear my auntie start to cry,
and no one wants to tell me...

A Woman

...Persian
Phoenician
Armenian
Lebanese
worldly
lovely
my flattery needs fuel
one more glass of wine
grapes and olives  building humanity
more beauty, my eyes crave it so
plus infinite wisdom
...

Rewriting History

...
   
   The renowned Columbia professor, Edward Sa’id
   influenced many thousands in thought and in deed

   Pre-1970, Edward told us he was Lebanese Christian, interestingly
   Post-1970, he ...

Perplexed

...A weird feeling is crawling up and down in my chest and it leaves me grasping for breath, it crawls like a man walking along a corridor in heavy boots and sacks mounted on his shoulders. 

 The bir...

Smartest Thing Obama Ever Said

...PREAMBLE
------------
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...

Translation of 'The Story' By Kama Nasser

...The Story
by Kamal Nasser
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

I will tell you a story ...
a story that lived in the dreams of my people,
a story that comes from the world of t...

Man Who Ran Nissan

...Carlos Ghosn makes a daring escape
It has now become Japan vs Lebanon 

CEO had to literally think- Out of Box
This whodunnit as good as Mr Bond
In Japan he was in house arrest
Darling of Leban...

Wars One and All

...War at Kurukshetra (Bharat) was great,
Where human and divine face to face met;
Arjuna and Pandavas won the tough war,
Arrogant powers of Gauravas brunt bore;
Could this be compared to Goliath-Da...

George Soros Vs the World

...



A great gaggle of phony truths on Facebook!
But never our God do we read!
For as you know, pornographic words fill Rap 
and movie screens.
We get off on such immoral chicanery!

God ...

Somewhere In the Middle of a Desert

...In the bleached whitish sky
I am flying on a bellied pelican,
contemplating from above
a pastoral landscape
and I’m writing these lines.

Below are small people
on the slopes of a small hill
...

Farewell To Mustafa Badreddine

...Farewell to Mustafa Bad reddine

We salute you
Murderer of humanity
You have received your just rewards
Zulfiqar has sliced you to pieces
Mohamed spits on your body parts
On examination...

Boomerang Bullets

...A cosmic river
of boomerang bullets
fired decades ago ripping through
Indian flesh Black bodies 
Vietnamese heads
Lebanese souls and millions more
of assorted uncounted Others each
little lead...

The World Right Now

...[21/09/2015 9:18:41 PM] P.c: while i stand on this stage
talking to you and the rest of the race
you see the cloths you wear
the places you live
the friends you have
the parents who love you all...

Waiting For Her To Come Home

...Everything around me is still
The soft lights ward off the cold
My worried heart is unsettled
Every minute makes me old

Time seems to drag on and on
Not sure I can take much more
I’m waiting ...

• Short Lebanese Poems
• Famous Lebanese Poems
• Best Lebanese Poems
• Read Lebanese Poems
• Long Lebanese Poems
• Lebanese Quotes