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the semicolon
unfinished business the semicolon is unfinished business; don’t use it if you are not willing to deal with unfinished businesses; an invitation you cannot refuse to take a leap beyond the known to explore what lies ahead; a separation that … Continue reading
Posted in about me, general, poetry
Tagged blogging, bonding, cecelia watson, home, kurt vonnegut, lewis thomas, life and death, Project Semicolon, punctuation, quest, semicolon, sentence, separation, thoughtflow, unfinished business
20 Comments
ramadan
ramadan my world cannot sleep with the tinnitus of silence,my 3 am soaked in the rousing scent of lemon drops and apple cider vinegar that dress up the onion and watercress salad for the suhūr meal waiting in the kitchen, … Continue reading
Posted in general, poetry, politics, religion, science & technology
Tagged backward causality, dawn, destiny, drones, fasting, fate, imam, Islam, Laylatul Qadr, masjid, masque, missiles, mosque, Muslim, news, night, Night of Decree, peace, prayers, Qur'an, Ramadan, social media, suhur, supplications
5 Comments
scoria
scoria oh, to bless the meek, to inherit the earth,to drown our hearts in the raging sea. to teach a man how to beg and he will learn how to smile.to teach a man how to fish and he will … Continue reading
Posted in poetry, politics, religion
Tagged extremist, fear, intolerance, rage, religion, scum of the earth, sufferings, terrorism, the meek shall inherit the earth
8 Comments
An invitation to a place of more understanding and less fear
An invitation to a place of more understanding and less fear A Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta (UUCA) talk about Islam by Rev Dr. M’ellen Kennedy “…We are being whipped up into fear of Muslims. And when we are afraid…. … Continue reading
Posted in general, politics, religion
Tagged Al-Fatihah, charity, fasting, fear, Islam, Oneness, pilgrimage, pillars of Islam, prayers, purpose, Qur'an, religion, Rev Dr. M'ellen Kennedy, The Opening, understanding, Unitarian Universalist
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dissection
dissection come brother and feel this pulse rhyming with the flowing red. its presence is evidence that i have a heart like yours. reach closer now and feel me breathe: this chest heaves with the warmth of the sunshine in … Continue reading
Posted in poetry, politics
Tagged change, chemistry, death, differences, dissection, energy, flow, flux, identity, imagination, life, sameness, separation, similarities, unity
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the seeds
the seeds the world is shrinking as we shake from all the swelling and the aches the hours are shorter, distances near for all the borders we hold dear, and as the world shrinks and squeezes us in its membranes … Continue reading
Posted in general, poetry, politics, religion
Tagged Al Noor Mosque Christchurch NZ, haka, Islamophobia, love & hate, terrorism, white supremacy
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talking to the sun
talking to the sun the cars stop at red, a momentary block, as the gaunt but big-boned man — with sun-baked face and arms, hair and beard dangling wiry, crinkled like loose threads of his faded-violet duffel bag slung on … Continue reading
Posted in poetry
Tagged graven cup, hobo, journey, poem, pointy finger of doom, rant, red-eye, street scene, sun, talking to the sun, tensions, traffic light
13 Comments
enchanted
‘nice to see, nice to hold, once broken, considered sold.’ — anonymously printed on a signboard at a borders store spells to sell modern magic spells, flasks of fortune to dispense ancient human greed stir up the cauldron, lift … Continue reading
Posted in haiku, poetry
Tagged 5-7-5, appetite, borders, consumerism, enchantment, greed, modernity, sale, spells
6 Comments
still lost in time at the 10:10
when the 10:10 strikes the public is normally a band of toy soldiers for mainstream and social media to play with. what will you be when at 10:10 the clock strikes? © ssj 2018 Notes: Lifted from a postcard … Continue reading
Posted in photography, poetry
Tagged 10:10, advertising, binary code, clock, consumerism, holiday wish, mainstream media, multiverse, social media, Suria KLCC, time, toy soldiers, whimsical
9 Comments
splitting seconds
splitting seconds this is what a WTD moment on 71st Sinaiyah at my 10: 10:00 AM looks like from the driver’s seat: narrow asphalt lanes no longer than a mile going and coming empty but for the single file of … Continue reading
Posted in poetry
Tagged arabian horse, Gaussian, near event, speed, split second, WTD, yellow lines
15 Comments