Short Afghan Poems

Daisy-flux
Pashtun kickboxing
Blank stares
Cut-off
Free life
Classy travel
Super kamarati...

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afghan hound dogs are
the oldest dog species and
fast than a racehorse


2019 September 17...

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Afghan fields of prairie wheat
Wave their flaxen heads
Like flirtatious blondes
Beneath a sea of ocean sky...

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wiseacres worked out
                      wishy-washy withdrawals
                       worth the worst wording...

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The Afghan’s a dog groomer’s joy 
The definitive Lord Fauntleroy 
But with all that coiffure
One is never quite sure 
If the “she” is a girl or a boy...

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Vladimir was looking for a car pet
  He saw an Afghan he just had to get
    How clear could Vladimir be
    But the salesman didn't see
  The hound's picture tucked in Vlad P.'s wallet...

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me and my Afghan Hound
drink coffee by the pound
she'll put other dogs to shame
for she could play any game
more than a pretty face
she could win any race
my best friend is a Hound
best one I ever found...

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Crescent moon was a tiny bit chilly on pink clouds tonight
He got his warm cozy crocheted afghan and turned on the light.
Sweet baby star Dory stopped by to listen to a good story.
Crescent was happy to accommodate sweet little Dory....

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Hearing of a sitting mouse is as rare as a sock without a hole.
But today we have a knitting mouse, an afghan is her goal.
She has already made one for a fox, a frog and a foal.
This one is for her crotchety great uncle named mean Joel....

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The red double-decker, is not crowded,
A late night and I am riding home dog tired.
She's sitting two rows ahead of me,
but I can see her reflection in the window,
it's easy to see that she is as cute as hell
but of course, she's an Afghan
and well groomed....

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                   Crying tears, what to do.
                   Americans, in the Afghan zoo.
                   Please, say a prayer or two.

                              8/30/2021
                               ~1~    


                            Rhymed Senryu

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(H)olding a cup
(O)f hot chocolate
(T)oasty warm inside

(C)omforting peace
(H)aving quiet time
(O)n the recliner
(C)overed with an afghan
(O)utside, blustery bouts of snow
(L)iving room woodstove heat is cozy
(A)ll sweet taste
(T)o keep me going
(E)ach sip, I take

Heidi Sands...

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Darling Afghan grandmother, your weary hands narrates a somber tale
Your bowed head discloses your day by day yearning ail
You have masked your happiness deep under your time-honored veil
Oblivious-- that your offspring’s will follow your footprints-- and abide by this wretched 
trail.
Anosha Zereh...

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Fear slithers in.
The snake in my belly
uncoils.
Wrestling restlessness
gives way
to unnerving unease.

I watch and wait.
The snake silences its strike
for now.
I begin to pace.
Anguished anxiety anticipates
as yearning’s yellow yarn
wraps me in the afghan of fear
and the future bites me again....

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The girl of a thousand voices
The girl of green eyes
The girl making her dreams happen
The life of joy
Cooks at her every need
Life of opportunity
No more destruction
No more fighting
No more issues for women in the homeland
All her dreams come true
All her brothers love her dearly
Happy Joy
For the Afghan Princess...

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Poisonous laburnum hang downwards,
These dusty streets,
Hot as herbs and spices,
Touching deep buttery Panjshir Valley,
The Great Highland Bagpipes.

Sweaty, I will tell you,
About hegira-state,
Our rugged landscape,
Our legendary generosity,
The children of Afghan.

Dad, Valley of the Five Lions?
The legend of five spiritual guardians?...

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     We saw a side of Trump that too few people know
     For six hours, grieving parents he consoled

     of those killed leaving Afghan(istan)
     Trump restored their hope once again
      
       ~ that America cares about her servicemen




     ______________________________________  
      RNC = Republican National Convention
...

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Eyes. Face. 
Cries. Voice.
Hopes. Dreams.
Fear. Tears.
Lost. Love.
Real. Pain.
Scared. Drained.

Life. Death.

They are a…

People who trusted us.
People who looked to us.
People that need us.
People that love us.

Are we a…

People who turn our backs
People who break the tracks
People who betray their trust
People who say: 

don’t count on us?...

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Dot To Dot
Join the dots all in a line
Where do they all lead?
Afghanistan 
Land of failed empires
Defeated armies
Opium production
Terrorism central
Forget Lebanon
Afghan is number one
Ever since the 70s
The Soviets started it
All the rest added to it
You know the nations
Shall we bet who’s next?


from LIZARD SNAIL 124K
Nick Armbrister and other writers...

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Swaddled 
in an Afghan 
woven by my step grandmother's 
thin spindly fingers, 
I am 
warmer than the womb 
then the 
pale yellow grey 
wall paper 
that 
seems to surround 
and wobble 
like the water globe 
on my dresser. 

Above, 
I see 
my mothers face, 
round, 
soft, 
tallow cheeks, 
I want to squeeze them 
pull the rosiness, 
into my small palms 
and eat it up....

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Angel on a hill

You made me feel special
like a shiny apple in a basket.
An old penny worth more than a cent.
A beautiful afghan to keep me warm.
A moon bow in a night storm.
A standing, loving, angel on a hill.
You made me feel special
when the tyrant came after me.
Battering me with haunting words.
Telling me I shouldn't have been born.

Heidi Sands

*Placed 3rd in Contest: A response to......

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A cabin in the woods, just you and I
Big white fluffy snowflakes falling from the sky
The morning lasts all day, the clock is standing still
The fireplace is roaring, removing any chill
A big, soft cozy bed, fresh coffee in the cup
A homemade woolen afghan, in it we're snuggled up 
With books to read and a guitar to play, this scene is one of bliss
And as long as I'm with you it can't get better than this...

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I feel like Afghanistan
All the friends who helped me through my depression 
Have left
I want to leave this body I call home
Rather than wage war with my demons 
Strong and mighty
Smiling is equivalent to holding a plane at Kabul. 
I fly for a minute 
And drop back down into the abyss
Depression you restrict me like the Afghan woman now. 
But I will learn to love my body
And I will find my home some day...

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when I die I will send you a sign
this was from my grandma who was eighty-nine
I will send you a bird that looks like an afghan, okay?
I thought this was hilarious, on a warm summer Tuesday

she died within the month and a bird came to me
it was a loud ugly thing, with a ruffled beak you could see
looked like an alien bird with a crocheted neck and face
by crackee, grandma had done it, and she’d done it with grace...

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It's time for is to do what we've been doing and that time is every day
~Vice President Kamala Harris

Everyday we wake up
And do the same old thing,
Been that way since January 2021.

Doing the same old thing 
Has created:
     open border
     inflation
     supply crisis
     energy dependence
     Afghan disaster
To name a few.

Let's lock up the unvaccinated,
Because that will fix everything!...

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