Category Archives: politics

a wordy haiku?

Posted on January 20, 2018 by sandstarsblog

word power words are mighty source of both understanding and misunderstanding. © said sadain, jr. 2018

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a crabby haiku

Posted on January 13, 2018 by sandstarsblog

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 | 7 Comments

mt. tumantangis

Posted on November 30, 2017 by sandstarsblog

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 →

Posted in collection: mt. tumantangis and other poems on sulu, photography, poetry, politics | Tagged conscience, mt. tumantangis and other poems on sulu, poetry, soldiers, Sulu, warriors | 8 Comments

arrivals

Posted on November 23, 2017 by sandstarsblog

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 | Leave a comment

the calm

Posted on November 9, 2017 by sandstarsblog

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 →

Posted in collection: mt. tumantangis and other poems on sulu, photography, poetry, politics | Tagged boat, calm, lethargy, mt. tumantangis and other poems on sulu, sea, Simunul Island, soldier, steel, Sulu, wharf | 12 Comments

the damas trees of sitteen

Posted on October 28, 2017 by sandstarsblog

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 | 2 Comments

Circuitry

Posted on September 9, 2017 by sandstarsblog

Circuitry The electric circuitry paces An environmental complex even as The swinging of one’s cradle Accelerates to and fro And to and fro: Finally dislodges me.