Short Rif Poems

Teacher’s malcontent
With Legislators dissent
Ground breaking event

By Robb A. Kopp...

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Oklahoma State
Reduction in teaching force
Legalized gambling

By Robb A. Kopp
All Rights Reserved © MMX...

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Happy birthday, Rif Bolante, 
Words that are better left unsaid 
Are oftentimes heard from many, 
As those expressions are quite bad. 

Topic: Birthday of Rif Bolante (March 29)...

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Trump Should Give Us A Break

Trump should try giving us a break;
Not have to do things for his sake;
On horizon a gift,
And him must RIF;
He definitely is nuttier than a fruitcake.

Jim Horn...

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Rabat is a black pearl
   Of cellophanic rainbow
Gazing upon waves that curl
   And lick a shore little known.

Gibraltar is the dock
   Where it steadfast moors –
Enjoying sailboats that flock
   The Mediterranean course

Yet Barbary lions live
   Not far, in the Rif Mountains –
Golden, assertive –
   Their kasbah amid the grass....

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THE END OF ISLAM 



On the bay beach at Belyounech
Just east of Tangier
From the old whaling Station 
You can see Algeciras and Gibraltar
And there on the beach look up
And see the Rif of the Atlas 
With beyond them ten thousand miles 
Of Sahara sand and muezzins on minarets.
The northern horizon exudes
The smells of hot-dogs 
And the sounds of Pink Floyd.
The south shore on the beach
Is the end of Islam....

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Lust seeping through the veins
Bleeding out great dreams
Earth halts her endless spin
To take a short repose 

A hundred rivers, A thousand mirrors 
Set the world ablaze 
casting devoted gaze
With death conveying life’s plight

Stillness battles restless wind
Forcing noise through her ears
Images on waning paint
Shroud the light of her fate 

Cracks keep widening
Battle's fury finds no peace
Men burdened to think
Drowning in heart’s dark rif...

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