Long Syed Poems

This is for you, Mystic Rose,
The closest cyber encounter family tree, my spree
Harry Horsman, Sara K, summer's gone, let's haiku and play.
Achoo contest, butterflies, Parise Pariku, and the awesomeness of Michael J. 
Andrea Dietrich, Debbie...

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You split yourselves in countless sects, In classes high and low;
Think you the world its gifts will still on such as you bestow?
Who now forgetfully neglect My Rasool’s Law sublime?
And whose lives write them clearly...

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What Happened to Them?
by Nasir Kazmi
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Those who came ashore, what happened to them?
Those who sailed away, what happened to them?

Those who were coming at dawn, when dawn never arrived ...
Those...

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This pleasant morning I began
my retiring day as usual
with more reflective readings,
today from “Pronoia is the Antidote for Paranoia”
Rob Brezsny.

“In January 2003, 
a Muslim gas station attendant saved a New York synagogue from arson
with his...

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Once I was thinking of building a shopping plaza just along the Gaza strip
But the Israeli's being what they are; I thought my sales could take a dip

So I thought I'd build a set of...

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Raqs Zangeer Pehen Kar Bhi Kiya Jata Hay.
“I love you. I can’t live without you. I am sorry.”
She is bleeding from her nose.
She frowns at him and run outside.
He follows her, “Please stop, don’t worry....

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After so many countries, now in Syria,
Increasing is the western bacteria,

The bacteria of hypocrisy and lies,
Which is in a dangerous disguise,

Under the banner of help and peace,
They seems like a white fleece,

They do things very...

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Little mud with thatched hut
Many were in this hut from my forefathers
All are passed away

I saw there was an old banyan tree on the corner of home yard
A tamarind tree was there on the east...

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Defenders Endangered

Citizens unite spirits; choose the better part!
Life, God given, stolen by greed’s black-heart.  
Industry progressed far beyond the pushcart.
Thus, setting some selves apart as better…smart.

The endangered protecting the endangered –
Compassion fettered by solutions...

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Landon Carter- The Walk To Remember by Nicholas Sparks


I sit right in front of her and watch her lovely smile,
Can’t stand to let her go out of my sight, even for a while..

I was a...

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I am a mage in a rage with extreme power
     I escape from this cage looking to devour!
Determined to be victorious
     Poetry Soup has labeled me notorious!
Not...

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She was walking on the footpath uneven,
The tiles, at places, jagged and broken
Making the pedestrians walk with care
Stuffed in her head a question not fair.

Meandering not to knock a sleeping beggar
With a battered bowl, a...

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Inspired by Syed Wakil Ahmed

by Michaelw1two

 Blissful peace; verses instability, violence, and disorder,
 harmonious relations intervene, wicked minded interloper;
 world's jactation spreads, amidst deflexion by war's aper,
 segmentation of life hosts, exemplifies mind's distemper.

 Grant...

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As an inmate, holidays are very difficult, being away from family and loved ones, and the 
smell of food from the kitchen. This will be my last Thanksgiving and Christmas in this awful 
place. ...

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Story of a boy.....

I was to go to bed at 8 that night
When there was firing at the door,
Heard mom gasp,"God save my son."
I had no idea of what was in store.
We ran to the...

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HOT AND SUNNY 
SUMMER, 
SWEATS RUNNING 
DOWN .
SITTING AND 
STUUDYING IN 
SCHOOL ,
WE GOT A GIFT .
A GIFT OF 
EDUCATION , A GIFT 
OF MANNERS,
A GIFT OF 
KNOWLEDGE , A GIFT 
OF DISCIPLINE.
 THAT GIFT...

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The wild blackberry villain
Fell in love with my sweet rose.
I found them in the garden
All entangled in love's throes.

I took a hoe and hit him hard
With all the strength I had.
How could my hybrid beauty...

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"What Makes Me a Woman?"
Sitting in my bed, 
One idle afternoon.
 Looking in the mirror.
I asked myself,
 For a millionth time, 
What makes me a woman?
Is it the role of a daughter? 
Mother, wife and...

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I ran at the sight of the petals
Which swiftly flew past me,
In my little shoes I chased it
Thinking that an adventure this will be.

They floated,all purple against the sky
With no obstacles to block their way,
I...

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Beware of Syed Adam Ahmed
When you take a flight.
Yes evil Syed Adam Ahmed
Is sure to cause a fright! 

When he was born, he never cried, 
Which people thought was weird.
He creepily just looked and spied.
'He's...

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On this tropical island,on an alone night
With you,filled my heart with delight.

Felt on top of the world when you hugged me,
In your eyes never-ending love I could see.

Then you said that in the water you'd...

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Divine Message

If you are able, help the disable
This is the message of Koran & Bible,
This action of helping is very noble,
That's how society will always be stable.

Where every one cares about others,
Not only friends and...

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Secrets are not told and kept intact
Because we are not sure how others will react.
Secrets are meant to be unknown
Shackled,chained and all alone.
Pulled away from everyone's sight,
Into the chamber of darkness where there is no...

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His life became part of mine.
His story became my story.
I felt the pain he endured
With great compassion.
I understood his reasons;
Why vengeance became an
Integral part of his life.
Why he couldn’t let it go
How it sustained him--
Kept...

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Hijab
Hijab, niqab, jilbab, or chador of ridah.
Draping eloquently the notion of obscurity with expressions so holy.
Living an invisible existence on screen of life.
Suffering in silence; and protecting honor of riwayaat daily.
Should I surrender the will...

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