Long Qawwali Poems

The many blessings taking classes at Saint Marks Catholic Church safe guarding gods children arch dioceses of Milwaukee raising my granddaughter from walking my pre schooler to our lady of mount Carmel kindergarten St Theresa...

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BEING A CONFIDENTIAL HUMAN SOURCE SURVIVOR OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WEARING WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS FROM CORRUPTION FOR THE FBI GOING INTO HOSTAGE SITUATIONS THERE ARE SOMETIMES CASULTIES
MY...

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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
INTO CORRUPT OFFICERS SELLING 
DRUGS LED TO MY WEARING WIRES 
PREGNANT BEGAN 1985 ONGOING 1988 
REVISED  NON REDACTED INTO 1994 BUYING 
WEAPONS AND DRUGS FOR THE FBI THIS 
LED TO...

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Holy Mary mother of God the many blessings of the little flower saint Theresa the many miracles the hardship struggles of Mary Magdalene I’m reminded of my traumatic brain injury my falling off a flight...

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Unquotabe quotes: Dancers - XXIII

Dance like Cassius Clay, Sting like Muhammad Ali.
The dancing Dervish’s ethereal trip makes the Sufi’s Qawwali breathlessness sound like the radio-astral waves dashing on the beaches of their consciousness.
The only unlicensed...

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Nakuja
Kwa wito, NINAENDELEA – I COME I PRAISE--

I come
To the calling
I stand at this gathering
I stand
At my calling
With lifted hands—praising
I praise to the All Father
My Father-God
I come to the calling
To the calling of my Lord
I...

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That day that way we met 
the nightingale sang while 
whooping cranes bowed 
their heads the sun danced 
between the blue skies as 
the clouds rushed by I 
remember that day that 
way you walked...

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Word for word your obituary was read 
everyone was there just like you said 
mostly enemies they weren't happy 
glancing at the photo you chose for 

the viewing ma was so brave too 
knowing full...

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1.	Shall I narrate you a tale or may be a thousand stories,
Of a lost love and fervent devotion?
Or chronicles of longing and separation? 
Mayhap I, relate both as you wish, open your eyes and give...

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Why Am I here do you Need me Lord
The reason why we are here,
Worship
The reason why, we’re here,
To give praise
The reason why we’re here
God DOESN’T need us
Why Am I here do you Need me Lord
Yet,...

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Being from Florida 
after a severe nervous 
breakdown I suffered 
social phobias anxieties 
fear panic isolated raising 
my children witness 
protection I collected 
every Disney movie 
every Disney book 
I wasn’t able to watch 
regular...

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Spelunking inside her mind,
searching for the answer she cannot find.
She keeps looking, draped in fear
as she asks, why am I here? 
No one is guiding her path
she only exists as an aftermath
of two drifting, lost...

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I never understood this condition 
that continued to invade my writing 
skills at first I would write then go 
back to put the punctuation in this
 
made my poems end abruptly when 
I needed my...

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He prowl very still across 
the calm merky waters 
I can see him and he can 
see me with his big yellow 
eyes his pupils are lime 
green slowly he crawls not 
even shooing the...

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Dancing with the Devil
Hand we hand we danced the night away.
For I was your queen... or so you had made it seem.
But I knew the truth 
You had another lover.
You gazed upon my body but...

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I shall remember you when 
night crawls under day 
dressed up in sunshine and 
colorful hues I shall remember 
you in every single book I 
read catering to the fundamental 
findings craving thought like 
Langston...

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1-934 on license plates 
Ciro Gargano 
obsession to my life 
actually hacking into 
tele health calls hidden 
cameras in ceiling fans 
ac vents smoke detectors 
sadly arson murder of 9 
people Ciro Gargano 
12-3-1934 unauthorised...

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the reasoning the fishing in the trenches
beyond tire swings and monkey wrenches 
follies crawl behind the hanging logos 
of unseen filth across 124th street 

tassels dangled above an oasis 
of fine dining and soiled linen...

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I do not know the different forms of poetry
To be honest I have no desire to ascertain
So many forms and so complicated
To much confusion for my lazy brain!

I just like to write my thoughts down
A...

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I do not know the different forms of poetry
To be honest I have no desire to ascertain
So many forms and so complicated
To much confusion for my lazy brain!

I just like to write my thoughts down
A...

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The wind did blow the ground 
shook the sky opened grace 
removing all doubt as my mere 
flesh unaged unharmed asencends 
into the midst with him my mind 
opened relieving all tampered 
thought confusion and...

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Pyar Nahin Hai Sursey Jishko
A Qawwali by Ustad Bade Amanat Ali Khan
Inspired by Rabindranath Tagore 

Translated by Snehendu Kar

If one does not love music,
That fool is not fully human.
If there were no music,
There would be...

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Express I warm approval or admiration of, HIM
We can’t praise HIM enough, burning is my emotions for HIM
My body moves in HIS breath
Admiration I applaud pay tribute to HIM
Speaking to the surroundings, toward the skies...

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