Riyadh is a Quiet Knife
...The sun here burns without speaking.
In *Sta. Magdalena, even the wind gossips,
even the silence sits beside you
and calls you **"padaba."
But Riyadh?
Riyadh listens too much.
And when I spea...
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Categories:
riyadh, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Snow Lepard Ii
...SNOW LEOPARD II
My name is Asa!
I am a conjured spirit and an evolving
reality in the frigid taiga landscape between
Angaraland to the north and the Kazakh Steppes
to the south! The indigenou...
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Categories:
riyadh, magic,
Form: Free verse
The Butcher Shop
...Mohamed and Khaled
The best butcher shop in town
In the deception of silence
they butcher those with sound
Voices against their Kingdom
they fear and do not like
Raping their women with moder...
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Categories:
riyadh, allah, america, arabic, evil,
Form: Quatrain
The Admirals Sun
...The Admiral’s Sun 5th draft – 6-11-2014
A pedestal for your glory and the ego’s your command,
your shadow darkens the people you demand.
Your rusting medals are demanding ...
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Categories:
riyadh, farewell, father, military, son,
Form: Didactic
The World After Thousand Dawns
...The world after thousand dawns
(To an Isis fighter )
A poem by :Ali Riyadh (Iraqi Poet)
Translated by: Laith Seher
O who woke up after thousand dawn ago,
The dawns burned ,the ashes became a ni...
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Categories:
riyadh, symbolism,
Form: Prose Poetry
Life
...Life
Arabic Poem by: Riyadh Al-Ghareeb*
Translated into English by:
Inaam Al-Hashimi (Gold_N_Silk)
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It was not his idea
He did not wave to the sundown of his li...
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Categories:
riyadh, arabic, deep, grief, poets,
Form: Narrative
Final Wishes of a Poet
...Final Wishes of a Poet
Arabic poem By: Rukn-al-Din Yunus
Translated into English By:
Inaam Al-Hashimi (Gold_N_Silk)
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(Part 1 of 3)
Lend me a handful of earth
So tha...
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Categories:
riyadh, death, deep, emotions, family,
Form: Prose Poetry
Dissecting Saudi
...Nineteen months has passed since I did a step..
A step to attain one of my dreams..
Rumored as the land of "Just dime or penny"..
Talked as a land of so much strict Rules..
Rials their stable curren...
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Categories:
riyadh, angst, care, feelings, inspiration,
Form: Ballad
Riyadh: Haven of Life
...RIYADH: HAVEN OF LIFE
R - Riyadh, a city and capital of Saudi Arabia
R - "Raining Men" as lots of scattered everywhere..
R - Raging from other Arabs to Caucasians
R - Real masculine, maybe yes and m...
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Categories:
riyadh, absence, angst, desire, dream,
Form: Imagism
On Crossing the Street With No Street Lights
...I have waited for the cars to part like the way Moses did
I am no Moses.
I am just a sloth waiting for a moment to cross the street.
I was the first who stood and waited
On my both sides came two f...
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Categories:
riyadh, journey,
Form: Blank verse