The End of Islam
...THE END OF ISLAM
On the bay beach at Belyounech
Just east of Tangier
From the old whaling Station
You can see Algeciras and Gibraltar
And there on the beach look up
And see the Rif of t...
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Categories:
muezzins, imagery, metaphor,
Form: Imagism
The Great Escape
...The Great Escape
Perched on a rooftop terrace in glorious sunshine he watches ahead
Floats on his sky looks inwards and ponders the magic path unravel
~ A J...
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Categories:
muezzins, faith, fate, freedom, life,
Form: Free verse
Stray Wind
...The wind is too frail to carry across oceans
the echoes of distant bells,
too wayward to traverse the wild plains
to deliver wolves’ howls
and the hoots of owls,
too headstrong not to t...
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Categories:
muezzins, city, earth, international, journey,
Form: Free verse
Samsara
...Clawed clouds descend upon us!
Like Adam so Eve.
Naked we wait…
What gods we are?
As for creation, we End.
In his image, we conceive.
Forests of masonry stand tall,
Chariots of death we ride...
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Categories:
muezzins, age, allusion, anger, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Whit'Ll Ye Dae
...Whit'll ye dae when the Muslims come
If they bring thur minarets,mosques and imams
An' ower the city sound the muezzins' prayer alarms
An' they mak great play o' daein' Ramadan
An' profit frae se...
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Categories:
muezzins, satire,
Form: Rhyme
Akbar, the Great 1542 - 1605
...Can a man – all alone - foist a god upon his fellows
Even if it’s only himself
And they his subjects
G.. is Akbar!
Does the muezzin from the minaret of Qoutoub-Minar
look up or
down to the illitera...
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Categories:
muezzins, adventure, , atheist,
Form: Free verse
Soldier
...In a bright, hot blue bath of air
The waning day's thick mantle spreads.
Palms rear their green, effulgent heads;
Muezzins call the flocks to prayer.
The sun, in this mid-eastern place,
Is rou...
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Categories:
muezzins, love, romance, sad, war,
Form: Rhyme
The Storm
...The Storm
Early in the morning mist
When the iridescent sun-rays aglow,
Pencil pierced through the dark cloud,
Touching the earth in places;
A gold like revelation,
Suddenly! the ...
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Categories:
muezzins, seasons
Form: Free verse