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Shams Poems - Poems about Shams


Revenge Kisses and Afternoon Shams
Have I failed you as a man? Our only communication was what washed up on shore But there's so much space between the ocean floor and the sand One cascades and the other crystalizes But you can either be the one drowning or the helping hand And thank god I know which one I am Would you rather...

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Categories: shams, emotions, extended metaphor, fear,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Agreements Are Shams
Agreements are Shams! Agreements are shams that the wise call a shakedown, the wisest trust conflict, will work what’s at hand. Agreements exist when folks (forced to) are civil. Identical twins have mutations, evolve! What miracles might stop, experience kicks off - inclines some to ‘free,’ doppelgängers to ‘rhyme’ whose hearts aren’t a prison sans shotgun engagement, unfortunate wedlock (“Love’s loved!” all opine). Conflict...

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Categories: shams, faith, family, life,
Form: Rhyme



Lament For Shams
1. Shall I narrate you a tale or may be a thousand stories, Of a lost love and fervent devotion? Or chronicles of longing and separation? Mayhap I, relate both as you wish, open your eyes and give me your ears. 2. For I hear no serenade and diversion no more, I dwell in evanescence of poetry and free verses,...

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Categories: shams, best friend, blessing, care,
Form: Qawwali
The Dream
It came from a beloved book; the dream Long lost, or so I thought, which told: Go to your Turkey and meet the Rumi in your dreams; to complete his story; if I were the story teller,destined, for love comes from the strangest of places. I hoped to make the dream come true. 'The Poet'* told me: Find the deserts that hide within...

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Categories: shams, adventure, destiny, dream, journey,
Form: Free verse
Colors and Shams
There is no race there is peace in time we see harmony the race that you know is a sham breed to lie too invite anger to shed blood over colors yet their are no colors and nature intended us all as one and two be true to the truth of life though your eyes i gain strength and the forefather lies LMG3...

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Categories: shams, race, racism,
Form: Free verse



Further Perfection To Shame Most of You Shams By Free Cee
A COFFER OR A COFFIN “Rage on,” my friend said unto me “Guard what’s yours with urgency For walls can be scaled by scoundrels and enter your domain So keep a steady eye on what treasures you were blessed to own Small trinkets of gold or a large diamond ring never allow a stranger to lodge with you or retract...

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Categories: shams, angst, may, universe,
Form: Ekphrasis
Shams and Mevlana
Shams was laughing when he composed Mevlana was turning and dancing one laughs external, one internal All speaking the same language passing out Pearl Knowledge to the rest of the vast ocean reminding us that we can only bear a jug full, a small glass so we shouldn't rush don't bet on the horse-race just...

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Categories: shams, life
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things