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the unshining
the unshining there were these smart crows who picked open the house locks, and watched late night shows. © said sadain, jr. 2018 Author’s Note: If you’ve seen that 1980 movie of Stanley Kubrick, The Shining, then you would already … Continue reading
Posted in haiku, poetry, politics
Tagged 5-7-5, crows, dumb, dumbing down, late night shows, smart, stanley kubrick, television, the shining, the unshining
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a wordy haiku?
word power words are mighty source of both understanding and misunderstanding. © said sadain, jr. 2018
Posted in haiku, poetry, politics
Tagged 5-7-5, haiku, mighty, misunderstanding, nuances, poem, power, responsibility, understanding, words
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a crabby haiku
of crabs and mentalities why do you get blamed for their own mentalities? o crab, you’re just fine. © said sadain, jr. 2018
Posted in haiku, nature, poetry, politics
Tagged 5-7-5, crab, crab mentality, haiku, poem
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the wind will have its purpose
the wind will have its purpose the wind ruffles my thoughts that cling like leaves to branches, a tree takes root, a bird must fly and leaves will whisper to the wind
Posted in nature, poetry
Tagged bird, build, Cat Stevens, consciousness, creativity, leaves, purpose, reality, sky, thoughts, tree, wind, Yusuf Islam
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mt. tumantangis
mt. tumantangis (from the collection: Mt. Tumantangis and Other Poems on Sulu) she lays open the breast to the sea and crouches low enough to ward off the winds, her brows impose the wisdom of the time harder than the jutting … Continue reading
arrivals
arrivals (from the collection: Mt. Tumantangis and Other Poems on Sulu) the wharf is like the season’s face it marks the time, the coming and the going witness the breeze dive to kiss the expectant waves, or the wind howl … Continue reading
Posted in collection: mt. tumantangis and other poems on sulu, photography, poetry, politics
Tagged arrivals, authority, breeze, drones, hometown, justice, law, military presence, mt. tumantangis and other poems on sulu, naval boats, peace, poem, soldiers, steel, Sulu, waves, wharf, yearning
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Devora de Bris
Devora de Bris, she breaks her fast with dwindling hydrogen thrust, toasted titanium and a cracked cranium,
the calm
the calm (from the collection: Mt. Tumantangis and Other Poems on Sulu) it haunts the people’s dream of comfort too. the cozy rooms, the furnished halls drive the cold out into the night and into the poor man’s house, it … Continue reading
the waves of sulu
(All photos are courtesy of Harly Limlingan Marcuap of http://www.akrosdayunibers.com) the waves of sulu a boy contemplates the nipa huts beneath the coconut trees as a patch firewoods for the sacrificial pyre and the land heaves beside the waves. … Continue reading
Posted in collection: mt. tumantangis and other poems on sulu, photography, poetry
Tagged beach, boat, coconut, collection, Harly Limlingan Marcuap, jolo, mangrove, mt. tumantangis and other poems on sulu, peek, sea, shores, stilt houses, Sulu, travel advisories, waves, white sand, www.akrosdayunibers.com
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the damas trees of sitteen
the damas trees of sitteen green conocarpus dinosaurs lined up in mid island of sitteen silent witnesses to the flow of red-tailed worms this side of the world
Posted in essay, haiku, photography, poetry, politics
Tagged 5-7-5, conocarpus lancifolius, damas tree, dinosaurs, driving, Godzillas, greening, jeddah, landscape, road, Saudi Arabia, Sitteen Road, street, surreal, traffic
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