Long Qatar Poems

CALL ME THE BLACK GOLD OR THE HANDSOME DEVIL
How did you find me, my undeterred and awesomely daring love?
When I flew away into time years ago like a dove.
And you sat upon the cold rocks...

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absolutely nothing stops the pipeline.

 

it penetrates all ways of life

all borders, all villages & towns---

the pipeline kills everything in its path if it dare stand in the way

of its progress---

with black gold funneling back...

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Home is where the heart is,
Or so the saying goes.
There Is really much more than this,
As everyone, surely, knows.

Home is where you hang your hat,
Is another slogan that Is nifty.
There’s much, much more than that
In...

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A is for Australia, full of weird beasts,
Where even the cute ones can bite you at least.

B is for Brazil, where football is life,
And people dance samba with joy (and no strife).

C is for Canada,...

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You have been running around the world looking for a diamond girl; You have been running around the world making unfair investment and driving the interest right up to heaven. 

 You have stolen the...

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France gave America the Statue of Liberty,
In 1865, from Edouard de Laboulaya, his act;
It begot Joan of Arc who insisted that,
Nationality bet religion as a matter of fact.

The Free French were renown in WW II,...

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FIFA was run by crooks and became the mafia.
They selected the world cup hosts of Qatar and Russia,
but who was corrupt the most, South Africa?

All three countries never qualify but large quantities disguised
in paper envelopes...

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Mo was run over by two vehicles, 
When he was four and in Tunisia, 
Which left him in a 6 month coma, 
And paralysed from waist down. 

He left hospital when he was six, 
And...

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Olivia, or Livvy, is a Sky Academy Sports Scholar, 
Competes in sprint T38 and long jump events F38.
She was born in Guildford, England, to a mother, 
Who is Welsh and to a father who is...

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My name is “Maryam”, the name of the Prophet Jesus’ mother.
Alhamdulillah I’m a wife of a medical doctor.
I was born in Saudi Arabia in nineteen eighty six.
The language I use, since birth, e’en with my...

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Just Stop Oil

" " PROTESTORS " "

Please 

Well go on then

If you are what you would have us believe

You say you are 

So dedicated and passionate about

Just Stoping Oil 

Here is an idea for you...

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America, so vast and the land of the free
Brazil, carnivals and beach beauties

Canada, untouched, with the mighty Niagara Falls
Denmark, with the mermaid, luring sailors with her call

Egypt, under Cleopatra, and her historical power
France, so romantic...

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From Andover to Anaheim
Bangor to Boise
People speak up
Come on, get noisy

From Carteret in Jersey
To Cameroon far away
Speak up everyone
If just for one day

From Detroit to Dallas
Eaton to Ecuador
Come on everyone
Speak up some more

From France and...

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David can often be seen hot on the trail, 
Of Richard Whitehead, sprinter, runner, 
And was reported in Rio de Janero’s mail, 
As the 200m bronze medalist, stunner.

He went to St George Catholic College, 
Located...

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Worldwide Pollution 

 

In Nigeria, in Lagos, in lands far away 

The garbage pile’s growing more and more each new day. 

 

The US is known for throwing trash in the road 

The UK comes...

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A hot day and a smelter

Is it in Qatar, or in Dubai a friendly aluminum 
smelter for sale, the one in the picture on a TV add
looks ok
Now that my wife is on holiday with her...

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Jo was born in Yorkshire, England, 
In 1979, but moved up to Glasgow,
And in 2011 saw a spinal tumor take,
So embraced fully the Spinal Games.

Thrown into wheelchair rugby brutal,
She became the Crushers vice-captain,
And began in...

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He saw a gap in the market,
Knew he'd found a niche
Got the idea at Scarborough
From donkey rides on the beach.
Camel treks from Whitby
Going the scenic way
Following the coastal road
On to Robin Hood's Bay.

The very place...

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Where has America’s decency gone
    Long time passing
  All the folks who support Hamas
   would thrill to Auschwitz’ gassings   

  Hamas rapes, burns and slaughters Jews
...

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For France and Libertè

Bloodbath of hearts, young, old and hard working, 
Pit of despair with anger, death and evil lurking, 
Why France, why that small country? 
Lights cut off, silence punctuated the gunshots, 
Which killed,...

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In seeming innocence		you lie in the warm ochre
in the center of a dust-kicked street,
a remnant of larger issues	crushed to just the right size
	 by killing blows.

Before the mob merged   before catcalls
raised the hairs...

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Your country has laws 
freedom and rights 
that lead to the courts 
who settle up fights 

You think it’s a given 
yet see it unfair 
determined and driven 
but going nowhere 

A victim of racism...

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Just after sunset, the brightest star emerged
With Plethoric distinctions, it reached the sky
No cut-off, 
With an urge,
The destination she reached in record time.

She's carrying wealth from the qatar,
A degree in hand, now deserves a trip...

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Toby comes from London, 
But he trains in Richmond, 
Has a sporting degree from, 
St Mary’s University pond. 

Born on 27 September 1994,
And classed as a T33 sprinter,
He stuck it out at the UK door,
Until...

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poem by :Samira Obaid (Poet From Qatar)

ABSENCE
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Do not wait another cloud in the sea messages,
Absence, like a tinkle Trees fall.
Waiting ,like a pile of smoke,
wind scattered me,
Slapping  my cloud fires.
I wandered in self,
calcified tear.

Absent...

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