Short Caravans Poems

the Thames estuary;
a flock of caravans
and a low sun
that narrows my eyes,

a seawind strong,
that pulls my kite
over the water....

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All the caravans of hope
Have departed from my life's desert
It's just me standing alone
In search of the way to a destination unknown....

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The Sahara is another vast sea
   Of zero-edge horizons
And remote hours of austerity
   For "sailors" upon caravans

And the Sun beams mercilessly
   And seems cruel to patrons
Until the Wind scoffs haggardly
   And reshapes its art of dunes....

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Western wars brought to foreign fields
Bullet barrages blocked by grim guillotines
Petulant petrol fans the flickering flames
Courageous captains solder soldiers together
Teething tigers ripped from mad mothers to 
Carry demented decisions from bribed bullies
All hail the casket caravans of yesterday's youth...

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I ask for refuge to Allah from Satan the exiled evildoer.
In the name of Allah the Kind and the Giver.

For the Qureaish’s welfare,
For the protection of their trading caravans
In winter and summer
They should worship only the Lord of holy Kaba
Who feeds them if they feel hunger
And give them security against fear....

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Hills pull their blankets out
and leave bare their naked spines
permitting Junes and me
to Summer there

Streams must appear to Him
as traveling caravans
The painted leaves like prisms do
with hues of rumpled Persian rugs

All seems Persia has pulled it's banners out
and march off to the sea
Turbaned poplars and lakes like tents
Is it jocosity?...

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Up close, the dove is such a lovely sight,
her eyes down to her beak outlined 
by iridescent tinges of pale purple.

'Neath her wings, day-old chicks snuggle
like clumps of cottony clouds in summer
that has drifted too low in the nest.

Nearby, unseen, a snake coils motionless, 
fangs poised to strike. But caravans of ants
stream out of its rotting eye sockets!


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Let them feel the love that they don't feel
in a boxcar on a train.
Take their hands unsteady as they are.
Let them feel welcome home.

All they've seen is caravans and roads,
so many people on their way,
runnin' scared, their children in their arms,
nowhere safe to pass the night.

So let us please open up a door.
Take them in. It's only right.
Don't say, "Lord, your life was all in vain,"
this year's only Christmas night....

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"Barking Dogs not bite",

But,a reason to bark they cite,

Caravan moving ignoring the Dogs chase,

Not asking the cause the case,

Dogs in dream-

Seeing the caravan as a CAR A VAN,

Barking,Dogs like mad,

Asking a ride like child to dad,

Men know but Camels ignore,

Cars in motion ,Vans in motion in every location today,

Dogs in ride chasing the caravans to a world of dreams,

Why to bark,why to bark Dogs today in Cars and Vans by our side!...

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