Long Impossibilities Poems

Here We Shall Remain
by Tawfiq Zayyad
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Like twenty impossibilities
in Lydda, Ramla and Galilee ...
here we shall remain.

Like brick walls braced against your chests;
lodged in your throats
like shards of glass
or prickly cactus...

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Some days and nights
I am terrorized by death,
cold silo ache-echoing fear,
claustrophobic breathless dark
barking inevitable factness and finality
of my decomposing mortality,
and posthumous demise,
probably post-humorous as well,
should we discover any essential difference.

What good is death
if it cannot...

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Gentlemen,  behold, the wild yet curious Laurentia, an unexplored beauty,
Welcome to Utica, Latifundium Africanus Magnus
I am Titus, the overseer of this plantation wherein sweat will pay and you will stay
learn your tasks as a...

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ECHOES OF FEAR
Dreams of greatness awakens you
waking up from the old wooden chair
seeing a future, brighter than light
present situations bring you to a reality
a reality that discourages your ability
present conditions that undermines your will
questioning your...

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Most of my family do not accept me, friends want me to be what they want, and I can't seem to be myself only back in those hills. ~its a real good feeling to finally...

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In a world where dreams are rakish and quixotic,
Where quiddity seems extravagantly chaotic,
A chivalrous soul dares to be different.
With a heart that beats fervently, so magnificent.

Romantic notions dance in their minds.
A visionary quintessence they find,
Chimerical...

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When Impossible becomes Possible

(Bridge)
Turn those No's into a Yes 
Regardless of the situation give your best
No matter if other's say you can't do it
Have a plan and stick to it
Aim for the stars and reach...

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Leaving heavenly throne to reach-out mankind, the Messiah bore the status of condescension: His birth in the Bethlehem manger brought to Earth’s calendar a divine milestone, while glorious angelic choir and awed shepherds welcomed His...

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September 20 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Luke 1

Key Verse – Luke 1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY FULFILLER OF IMPOSSIBILITIES			

Lord God, You are my Fulfiller of...

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January 5 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Genesis 16-18

Key Verse– Genesis 16:13 And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I...

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STAND WITH A FACE OF HUMILITY

Thou curse a great angel to fall 
from the heavens of glory and power,
though let man build towers for himself alone
letting him gaze on earth down.
Daggers are unknown but 
they...

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I claim a sit-spot
in a wildlife sanctuaried forest
just beyond my backyard,

And cycle there
while seeking a primary distinction
between sexual and sensual feelings
filters
frames,

Already peddling toward suggestions
my motivations for this direction
could be impure,
prurient,
certainly less than perfection,

But,
I am not...

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When we die: A war cry
To all people who gave their life for Kashmir in pursuit of justice for suppressed.

We are murdered. Bodies are shattered. Our Jhelum to Euphrates, Our Kashmir to Karbala. 
My eyes...

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Within reason
lies a house full of ordinary
a chest of bland memories. 
 
                      ...

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This (Numerical) Life

I am a number. I know this because you spend all evening asking me my age, as it is my birthday and we dine in lavish style. My name is forgotten; the eccentricities...

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Topsy-Turvy


"I WON'T sleep this side. I'll sleep there tonight!"
Though this demand was chimed with a soft voice,
As she might have thought protection of her right 
He quickly deplored it, calling it some mere noise.

 ...

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Water

Our relationship started by the water – a river.
The current wasn’t always strong but steady at that time
However, we acquired our strength to move on from each other.
Just like the water -- it came and...

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I have tried his patience enough
It started like a wink 
And like a worked up fellow
I slumbered away.

Just like a dream
There were no impossibilities
No limitations whatsoever
Everything seemed easy and likeable

I did not restrain my hands
I...

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It’s quite compelling how the felon becomes the victim expelling any responsibility or failings 
just innocence sailing the calm then encountering harm that false charm preventing any lessons or altered behaviour progressively ascending confidence but...

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Many an angel does wear white,
Though the flawless, blinding, perfect cloth
Is seldom a part of the celestial uniform.

True angelic attire is as often as not
A bloodflecked smock
Inhabited by a cranky, caring cynic
Bent on saving you...

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My pregnant psyche labors over words
and somber fetuses embalmed in ink.
A restless scribble knots my burdened nerves
with these encrypted ciphers I can't grasp.
Interpretations drip from severed tongues,
absurd perceptions form a distant mood.

My prying, inquisition probes...

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Day after day, impossibilities do imprison the world
For many times, what I notice is the world falling apart
Haunted by the pain people ferry around,
Friends trying to grab trending practices to pass the test
But, again and...

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Everyday i have different fantasies

Sometimes it's all i can see

I love to think of it as my world of impossibilities

In  which my adventures are like infinity

I can be whosoever i want to be
...

Without no...

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One Word #8
Word: Astronaut
Astronaut, Noun, A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft

                    ...

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April 20 Scripture Meditations Based on Job 1-6

Key Verse –  Job 1:10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou...

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