Idiosyncrasies
...Stranded with lost love, the idiosyncrasies connect, like constellations in galaxies yet to be seen, deprived, deranged, disembodied emotions drift disconcertingly into each others night. Fasting on ...
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Categories:
oman, graduate,
Form: Free verse
On a Transgender Child
...A transgender child
does not not exist
just because a white man
says that that is so
as two spirited
third genders
and others
(eight in the Talmud! that I didn’t know)
exist around the glo...
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Categories:
oman, anti bullying, gender, world,
Form: List
The A to Z of Countries
...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 Ca...
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Categories:
oman, appreciation, funny, games, history,
Form: List
GONZO STATION, Gulf of Oman, Northern Zone, 1980
...It had something to do with American hostages in Iran was all I knew.
Some political complication that required a showing of the flag.
But Iran had been our ally? I’d seen their sailors train at ou...
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Categories:
oman, allegory, america,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Darbat Valley
...so amazing sight
valley Darbat in Oman
so neat shade of greens...
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Categories:
oman, adventure, beautiful, green,
Form: Haiku
Unbridgeable Chasm
...A small hair-thin gap; this got widened like the Oman Gulf;
Life, as though within the mouth of a ghost, did get engulf;
No look; no smile; no speech; deadly movements performed like plays,
Physi...
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Categories:
oman, life, relationship, soulmate,
Form: Rhyme
Song For a Soldier No Solace For a Vet
...A noble trade a soldier made
To fight and serve my country
The cradle fix indoctrinates
A nationalistic junkie
As in Oman true colours shown
A philanthropic lie
Semper fi, death before dishonor...
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Categories:
oman, angst, conflict, corruption, discrimination,
Form: Rhyme
100 Years On
...One hundred years ago in 1921
The 15th of May a new charity begun
Amalgamating charities of which there were 4
The Royal British Legion set up to aid those from the great war.
Earl Haig and T...
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Categories:
oman, history, memorial, military, remembrance
Form: Free verse
Tunisian Winds -- Song Lyric --
...Mohamed Bouazizi,
a poor man
who sold produce from a cart,
in a country bleeding from the open wound of corruption,
got up that morning
expecting to do nothing more
than support his family with...
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Categories:
oman, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Star of Oman
...The Star of Oman
By Joji Varghese Kuncheria
The star that dawned the horizon,
For five decades is gone for ever,
But the legacy is going to remain,
As a beacon to lead generations.
The p...
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Categories:
oman, bereavement, celebrity, death, feelings,
Form: Elegy
The Star of Oman
...The Star of Oman
By Joji Varghese Kuncheria
The star that dawned the horizon,
For five decades is gone for ever,
But the legacy is going to remain,
As a beacon to lead generations.
The peo...
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Categories:
oman, 12th grade, hero, obituary,
Form: Elegy
O Member States of Un: Nations That Begin With O - Surprise Surprise Indeed
...LORD, I humbly greet Thee who got me up, gifted me another DAY
God in THREE PERSONS: Father, Son, Spirit, I love Thee as YOU first loved me
I have a prayer list, and "O" countries, for YOU alone ar...
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Categories:
oman, bangla, education, encouraging, environment,
Form: Sonnet
Inspirational Blessings and Greetings For the New Year
...Greetings to each of you my dearly beloved brothers and sisters. Please read these seventeen blessings rendered for you in God's grace:
I. May God’s love for the new year grant you joy and inspira...
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Categories:
oman, bible, blessing, devotion, inspirational,
Form: Pastoral
Earnest Religiosity
...W-oman
I-mmediately
F-ollows
E-ach
O-rder
F-rom
M-aker
I-n
N-icely
I-mplementing
S-tatutes
T-hrough
E-arnest
R-eligiosity
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...
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Categories:
oman, faith,
Form: Acrostic
Time and Tide Wait For No Man
...Or Woman, Or Child, Or...
The following elucidated
conjecture actually can
(reed best) be taken with a grain
of salt, and no re ban
nah nah split 'ope ya 'ere me
cloud and lea...
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Categories:
oman, 11th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
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