Long Karim Poems

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 tents.
It is a story...

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“The songs are casual and careless in a satisfying way, like the used condom your latest lover left lying on your bedroom floor, a souvenir you’re not yet ready to dispose of.” Candy Cotton, Modern...

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student they are
on the wings of knowledge,
on mirthful wings of angel,
on light of inside and outside

smiling touches them purely
fresh mind, fresh eye view to the future
they are frolicsome for acquiring knowledge
together footsteps on the airway...

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One for all, All for one by Kamisah bt Abdul Karim


One for all, all for one, 
Our teacher crooned, on a torrid noon, 
Her sneaky smile stirred a shake, as our senses began to quake,...

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supporting the anti-communists in 
the Soviet Union from
1944 to 1989---
supporting al-Za’im in Syria in
1949---
installing Shah Mohammed Reza 
Pahlevi in 1953 Iran---
supporting Colonel Carlos Castillo 
Armas in 1954 Guatemala---
providing weapons to anti-communist
Tibetans, from the mid-1950’s to...

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Rain, if you were warm I would dance in you, 
I would be like the breeze and whip around you 
Rain, since you are cold I'll stay away from you 
Its such a bummer cause...

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Arabic script doesn't survive PoetrySoup, I hereby rewrite my previous submitted Arabic poem in FrancoArab letters,

laqad kunt fina al-saraj al-munir .... wa kunt alsadiq wa kunt al-khalil
wa kunt rasul al-mahabati fina .... wa kunt shifa'...

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No more poem that has no relevancy to today ! 
Ramzan Karim, Darjeeling. 05.01.2018

I was searching for words for poem
That could satisfy the appetite of reader
But  words go dithering with flaw the regular ease
Inundated...

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Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Ramzan Karim, Darjeeling.
+91-85096549585
A sudden jolt

This is a tale about a cluster of hopes and burgeoning despair
Tossing and toasting flinging blankets
Wiping rolling down tears with his sleeve 
Countless hours flew by this wakeful...

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For ‘Karim

“We used to have peace, but now we have only war.”—Halima

I will not speak of the dead
for that is another matter.
I will not speak of those 
driven out of their homes
to find shelter in...

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Blessings

		By Ayesha Karim

God has blessed me with so much.
A mother who is there for me,
A grandmother and a close knit family who love me,
Friends who I’ve shared my sorrows, successes and trials with;
Friends I can...

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Many thanks to the Three wise men
Who invented You tube
Your Creativity, Ideas, Charisma and Charm
Have created a platform 
Where the world can get paid
While Entertaining and having Fun
Thanks to Chad Hurley
The Co-founder and CEO of...

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My heart swells with anticipation
every time I think of you;
it's overpowering, overwhelming, 
I wonder if you feel it too?

My pulse and mind are racing...
I feel the edge is near, 
I fall deeply and completely
and I...

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