Son Rubaiyat Poems

The seeker of a rapid rise
By such desire, self-blocks surprise 
Thoughts separating soul from source
As each impulse, mind does apprise

Love cannot be secured by force
Certainly...

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Marvelous scenes of wondrous existence
amidst the Lord’s loving omnipotence!!!
Such would joyously flash before my eyes…
there am I in God’s blessed competence.

Basking in the grace of...

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Arise, my son and seize the day.
May winds and sun make light your way
To carry you each day anew.
But if not so, these things I...

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Is it today now or yesterday still?
Is it time already for morning pill?
hazy light filters in through the window,
as crimson gathers over distant hill!

Can’t tell...

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Met at supermarket, disguised under
masks illuminating our crisis.
“Haven't we met before?”
She laughed, wanted to know where
the dairy section was.  “Just follow me,” 
as if...

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The hour is late, 
And it's clear that my date
Will not be showing
So I accept my fate

The park lamps begin glowing 
The murky sunset forfeits,...

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I always thought I’d hold that baby boy to adore, 
but it looks like having a son just wasn’t in store. 
The one that I...

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Summer releases my inner child, 
 with days spent freely running wild.
Basking on sun kissed beaches
 and building castles with sand I've piled.

Wetting a hook...

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A circumhorizontal arc
Ice halo's distinctive hallmark
Cirrus clouds' plate shaped ice crystals
Rainbow colors markedly stark  

Scientists have explained riddle
Some may have received a metal
For setting...

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The Ruba’iyat of Créteil Lake – Part Thirty-One

The Tent-Vendor’s son kept whining and wailing on the road
Such that none could even hear their own thoughts...

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The Ruba’iyat of Créteil Lake – Part Thirty

While the Mullah versed in the Hadith and fiqh harangued his flock
All over the milling crowds outside plastic...

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The Ruba’iyat of Créteil Lake – Part Twenty-Six

Soon all the rooms at trysting hotel were for years booked through
By pilgrims from Mindanao and Minangkabau to...

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The Ruba’iyat of Créteil Lake – Part Twenty-Four

A chill-marrow scowling wind rushed up abysms of the South
Rumpled Lady Lake’s sparse dripping tresses splashing up Her...

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Cool and crisp eve lighted by exposed stars
A nearly full moon; a quiet that's ours
Through dark  bare limbs of silhouetted oak
Moments shared thinking of...

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A Crude Visit
(Rubiyat)

Standing out front with shopping cart
Disrespecting mother not smart
Telling her that she is now dead
Words piercing deep breaking her heart

To him I’m just...

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