Long Saladin Poems

Mighty oars to take us away from our shores
Our horsemen marshal their men at arms
The trek is long, battles of the blood-soaked 
Our swords we hold high
Above our heads, the cross guides us to righteousness
For...

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I
There are two ways of being in this world,
the eagle and the serpent, sometimes called:
while one seeks boundless heaven, wings unfurled,
the other through low dirt has always crawled,
and seeks to crush or poison.  Naked,...

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Within the year crusades began, 
led by the noblest of the land. 
Hugh Vermandois was first to arrive, 
with an huge army at his command. 

Godfrey and Baldwin arrived next, 
as well as Robert of...

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Continuation from previous poem

We reached the footer of a castle steep,
Seven times by walls encircled very tall,
Defended by a river hard to leap.

We overpassed it as hard ground at all;
Through seven doors I entered with...

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His skin left saging on the ground
the blistered rank and smells of stink
children run and play with bombs
adults justify themselves

Play with the sword, die 
what you do is what you get
His skin left saging on...

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Notes:

I was listening to some music, by a famous singer, about this story, can any guess the song? 


I find it interesting in light of what is happening now in the middle east, that 
If...

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the full train
is 5am morning
like a reminder 
like an alarm 
is time to woke up
is another day 
of work 
nowadays we need
not be force anymore
for work 
the bills are the force 
they are the Cain
they...

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you gave your child a toy
taught your child to love
stole the child's toy
blamed other country's

You taught your child to hate
The child grew up 
became a soldier
died crippled in the war

You blame other country's
yet who taught...

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I Came To the Medina
Looking for my Palestina
Baby my Baby 
Where are you?
Still under the rubbles?
Still alive my Diva 
Oh my Devina!

The Highways robbers,
The snitch, the pimps of the Dollar, 
And of the Shekel,
Still abusing...

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A people lost  in time,     in the lands of Saladin.
Trapped in a slow world,  that's spinning faster.
Drowning in their confusion, they cry out,   
none are heard, ...

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Fragments of African patriotism
Lie scattered all over Africa and yonder

There are specialists in grabbing the pieces
With no one interested in knitting together

The Arab -phones are picked, cooked, eaten
By the swords of Saladin

Anglo-phones are picked, cooked,...

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Reading a book, the war between
Saladin and Richard the lion hearted 
their battle went into Allepo
checking Allepo on the web
I found them still at war

Yet how stupid are we 
one thousand years 
and we have...

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Onward Christian Soldiers
(Chivalry Dead)

God’s crusade upon them laid
a stubborn suit of mail brocade.

Knights Templar, Teutonic thugs
Mercenaries out for blood.

In guarantee of resurrection. 
Skull bludgeoning insurrection.

For every heathen to the cemetery
Pope so grants indulgence plenary. ...

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NON NOBIS DOMINE

Significant, back in the day
Was the Knight Templar cross pattee
Red and stout with its flattened ends
A different message that it sends

Papal directives to obey
Significant, back in the day
A secretive knightly order
Sent to the...

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