The Weight of Elsewhere 'Part Three'
...To: The Country of Absence
Date: January 8th, 2025
Subject: Application for Residence
Focus: Tentative hope
Dear Canada,
Here, in your vast territories of snow and possibility,
I draw...
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Categories:
prayer beads, political,
Form: Free verse
Hiku: souk, smoke and prayer beads
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souk cloaked in perfume—
s m o k e sways through the hanging
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Categories:
prayer beads, africa, arabic, community, culture,
Form: Haiku
Mirza Ghalib English Translations 4
...MIRZA GHALIB ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
Urdu poems about speech and to speak, the spoken word, thoughts, roses, life, secrets, joy, pain, vows, critics, the heart.
Hearing my speech, accomplished cri...
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Categories:
prayer beads, heart, joy, life, longing,
Form: Free verse
Fall Inspiration
...A righteous reward harvesting,
one mind in accord gathering,
the autumn seasoning succeeds,
as Promise holds the prayer beads.
Induced to wake and chase the sun
as day's light trim will soon o...
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Categories:
prayer beads, appreciation, beautiful, devotion, family,
Form: Kyrielle
St Kabeer Couplets 15: Prayer Is No Ritual
...For ages man turns prayer beads,
Mind roams the ritual as proceeds,
From fingers turning prayer bead,
O let your mind lead, not recede.
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Mala pherata juga bhay...
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Categories:
prayer beads, prayer,
Form: Rhyme
Gossip
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They grin and sneer, then turn away quickly
Following their lead, my heart slowly recedes
Never without their tales, some quite sickly
They listen to many stories, gossiping thic...
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Categories:
prayer beads, angst, conflict, confusion, sad,
Form: Villanelle
Time
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TIME
of grains
numbered sum
each grain that's consumed
the sum of words and deeds
prayer beads of redemption
"what's done is done with none undone"
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Clarity ...
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Categories:
prayer beads, dark, imagery, introspection,
Form: Verse
The World of Sight When Goes
...The world of sight is when taken
Away, let of vision waken,
Let world of sound sharply shaken.
Way laid gets when my wander lust,
Let me hear time’s footsteps in dust,
Dawn’s birds wake me w...
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Categories:
prayer beads, dark,
Form: Terza Rima
Desert Mother
...I see the destruction
Flashing flames on the TV screen
It’s 2003 a time marked in history
A fiery storm rains on a city—Bagdad
Buildings aflamed that make a fiery grave
No discretion implementin...
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Categories:
prayer beads, mother, soldier, war,
Form: Free verse
Memories of Youth and Nature, Were a True Blast, In Collaboration With Riabi Dziri, Besma
...Memories Of Youth And Nature, Were A True Blast,
In collaboration with Riabi Dziri, Besma
Beautiful dawn a Nature walk would do one good
Across the flower filled pond, into the woods
With heart...
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Categories:
prayer beads, art, family, farm, home,
Form: Rhyme
Memories of Youth and Nature, Were a True Blast, In Collaboration With Robert Lindley
...Memories Of Youth And Nature, Were A True Blast
In collaboration with Robert Lindley
Beautiful dawn a Nature walk would do one good
Across the flower filled pond, into the woods
With hearty bre...
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Categories:
prayer beads, creation, dedication, deep, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Spices of Life
...Divine decorum in dealings,
Dearly feelings;
Deep prayer beads,
Daring good deeds...
Eagerly expectant pure heart,
Evils apart;
Exuberance,
Effervescence...
Love beyond all settled found...
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Categories:
prayer beads, god, life, love,
Form: Rhyme
Spring Seeds
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The snow is melting quickly now, drip, drip,
and I am getting ready to plant seeds;
I must read up for some have extra needs,
(on a bare branch two birds dance in courtship;
I fear...
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Categories:
prayer beads, spring,
Form: Verse
Where Faith and Hope Have a Try
...The 2021 calendar, on the wall,
Days are yet to arrive.
The bedside lamp is dimmed now,
And another night to survive.
I didn't greet an angel in my dream,
Never learned to do so.
Prayer bea...
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Categories:
prayer beads, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Hoodwinked
...blindfolded he came close to the edge of the cliff
that he was sure of because vertigo taunted him
decision time sprung open like a grandfather watch
on his knees he felt the spray of a...
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Categories:
prayer beads, angst,
Form: Free verse
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