Long Khalil Poems

"Inside the Winter Wild"

Inside the Wild, 

Winter races 
towards Time 
like a runnaway train

it’s shadowy 
and dark,
yet, inside Winter, 

the wild keeps
without fail
its burning light, 

a passion play

for everything 
and all, 
along the way

discovered 
in...

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A Search, A Quest For A Lost Paradise - 
a collaboration with Susan Ashley


I will take flight, into another zone
how far off to wander 'tis now not known
no regret, as dear point is to be...

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I will take flight, into another zone
how far off to wander 'tis now not known
no regret, as dear point is to be free
beyond sadness, into a joyful sea
to a purple land, a paradise realm
I hopeful...

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And a woman who held a babe against her bosom said: Speak to us of children

And he said:

Oh multitudes of children 
Sensually sensitive 

(1)
O piece of my liver - my dewy hair,
My day - my...

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A morning bustles with activity. Folks go about their day, including a Siamese cat creeping past the sidewalk. But appearances are deceiving. This place isn't Disney World. Every day is a struggle for survival. A...

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"Yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream. By Khalil Gibran"

I'm going over yesterday for meaning.
Due to the wind, the tall grass may be leaning. 
A ray of light shone through the shadow.
Some...

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A man came here to speak today,
students did not like him at all,
egged of by professors, quite enraged,
with no decency at all.
They claim we should ‘hear all sides,’
but when this man dared to speak,
they rioted...

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DOUBT ME IF YOU WILL
_______________________

Sun will cease to shine.

Twlight she looses her blush.

Moon she losses her sheen.

Stars have lost their glitter.

My face has lost its smile.

Hope elopes with darkness.

I have no where to hide.

My vision...

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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 for my angel
to...

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“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.”
Khalil Gibran

In days of darkness,
sad stars shimmer like somber souls.
Upon the return of solitude,
whilst shaping strings of silence,
a troubled tongue...

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“Some of us are like ink and some like paper. And if it were not for the blackness of some of us, some of us would be dumb; And if it were not for the...

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Islam Burning


In deep purple flame
Stapled to the cross
While the peasants yell below
Demon demon demon
Black flags rise
Hearts fail to beat
Humanity has lost this score
The axe swings in the air
Freedom at last
From Islam’s beasts
My head tumbles into...

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"Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which 
the grass of indecisiveness does not grow."
~ words of Khalil Gibran


Musings of this poet often run wild
with a zeal burning like a roaring flame. 
The idyllic rhymes...

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“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” - Khalil Gibran

I am a delicate deck of cards,
alabaster roots, tossed
across time’s yard
from foolish patterns
of poker promises,
like the days
when...

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The other day, in a new town and with some time to kill,
I wandered into a used book store. It smelled wonderful..
dusty and well loved.  The proprietor was more than happy 
to lead me...

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by Khalil "The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind." 

The teacher I remember as the...

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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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quot: "The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.".. Khalil

I met him at a square dance,...

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I do not know what work there is as many feel
I have always worked with love and taste
In my teens my second home was Library
Reading Gulliver travels and one-act plays.

After getting my master’s degree in...

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Love has no other desire but to fulfil itself."
                          ...

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with your permission my lady
i will take my leave
has your heart spoken it all
do not tarry here
do not let quiet pervade
it will destroy the silence of love
where galaxies meld
a thorn in the side
hidden burr in...

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Quote: “Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.” ~ Khalil Gibran

In the stillness of a pond, pure and clear,
The lilies dance, their beauty sincere.
Each petal reflected, every detail near,
In the mirror of water,...

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Quote:  I know faces, because I look through the fabric my own eye weaves, and behold the reality beneath.” – Khalil Gibran

Faces, like pages in an unwritten book,
Each line, a story untold, waiting to...

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It is not fair to day nor night
That I should call your name without delight
Of you smiling upon my sight
Memory calls to you in frequent flight
Leaving behind only a line
Of Khalil Gilbran where I pine

And...

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It is not fair to day nor night
That I should call your name without delight
Of you smiling upon my sight
Memory calls to you in frequent flight
Leaving behind only a line
Of Khalil Gilbran where I pine

And...

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