UNNEWSWORTHY
It’s as if the cameras have gone blind
the inks bled dry on every page
young souls grow up knowing only war
their cries muted though echoes rage.
The crisis in Yemen slips from view
no longer fit for breaking news
their names consigned to dusty files
their suffering ignored.
What truly happened to this land?
No press to trace its haunted streets
no orbiting
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Categories:
yemen, 12th grade, war, world,
Form: Free verse
Jinxed
Screams, Screeches, groans and wails
Let me tell you Agonies’ tales
And of bullets, bombs and pellet guns
For a person with Heart must know these pains
Here somewhere, kids are blinded; men are jailed
Women are molested; the old are tortured
Lucky, You have a home and a steak to fry
Billions starve and sleep under the frigid Sky
The wild
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Categories:
yemen, dark, earth, evil, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Human Rights Watch and Yemen
oh human rights watch
aren't you tired of watching
the
roasted Yemeni children
is conscious haunting
an illiterate Emirati pilot
got his finger on the trigger
next to him a Saudi shylock
in his helmet bragging
my thumb is bigger
the Queen and her middle finger
mistaking the hole of the red white and blue's
president for the holy trigger
what do you expect
a
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Categories:
yemen, child abuse, conflict, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Loving Yemen
The Greek philosopher Ptolemy described Yemen as “happy Arabia”.
Understanding her beauty during ancient days.
Some have changed this to “Fortunate Arabia”.
Both names enlighten her in positive ways.
One of the oldest centers of civilization in the near East
Yemen is rich in culture, a historical significant, a well-known beast.
Yemenis developed the south Arabian alphabet by century number eight.
She
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Categories:
yemen, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
A Man From Sweden
A Man from Sweden
There was a man from Sweden,
Who married a Yemeni maiden,
He had to wear the futah,
And daily eat the Saltah,
So he could lead a happy life in Aden.
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Categories:
yemen, marriage, men,
Form: Limerick
Yemen Slaughter August 9, 2018
If one is hungry
And bored
Of watching over Mecca,
What better place
To steal an apple
Than from another country’s orchards,
With fighter jets
Twanged in the sky
Like flying bottle openers,
Diving down
And peeling back a tin can roof
Of a school bus
Loaded with 40 children,
Whose shoulders are all
Strapped
With blue and red back packs
That look like little lunch boxes,
One of them
Surely containing
The sweet
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Categories:
yemen, evil, grief, international, political,
Form: Free verse
For the Children of Yemen
Who'll speak for the children?
I see the images
emaciated bodies
skin on bones
hopeless eyes
ravaged souls
Who'll speak for the children?
while super powers play
the death toll speeds ahead
nobody speaks
third world souls
not so important
mass shootings are grieved
as they should be
as they should be
but...a soul is a soul
who'll speaks for the children of Yemen?
who speaks for those poor children
are third world
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Categories:
yemen, war,
Form: Dramatic Monologue