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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
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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
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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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the significance of being black or white
the significance of being black or white black, some people believe, is the murder of colors and white, their liberation while others claim black is the acceptance of colors and white, their rejection but neither black nor white can tell the … Continue reading
Posted in poetry, politics
Tagged absence, absorbed, acceptance, black, colors, extreme measures, justice, presence, reflected, rejection, transformation, white
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elon’s basilisk
elon’s basilisk elon musk’s kid-size submarine is a no go it’s quite too late for the rescue, he could have been a roadster hero instead he’s nursing a bruised ego. he shrugs and smiles at any rate, the world is … Continue reading
Posted in poetry, politics, science & technology
Tagged basilisk, Elon Musk, PowerPack, Roadster, SpaceX, useful narcissist, Wild Boar mini-submarine
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revolution
revolution has it come to this? a world that wobbles on its heels and stands still to try a futile balancing act.
Posted in poetry, politics
Tagged climate change, ecowaste, global warming, mantra, plastics, point / counterpoint, pollution, revolution
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Abdul, on the eve of an ambush
Abdul, on the eve of an ambush a rifle rests in my arms for now steel chilling the bones which ache for the children and the wife in my mind and the maddening smell of morning rice as in a … Continue reading
Posted in book, poetry, politics
Tagged ambush, Ateneo de Manila University Press, jolo, Mindanao, Ricardo de Ungria, Sulu
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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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