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  • Depression

    Depression

    by Mustafa Eltinay Depression is a state of mind in which the sheitan tricks us into believing that we are at loss, we have nothing, and that we are good for nothing…the benni Adam is very weak and vulnerable. We rarely appreciate what we have, we take advantage of what we do have and when…

  • I Come in Peace, Take Me to your Leader

    I Come in Peace, Take Me to your Leader

    by Ayat Khidir Twenty two years old and I still somehow managed to be the new kid in class, Mondays approaching got to whip me up something fast, Want to make me an impression here, So maybe I should take about relatable things like emotions Happiness, sadness and fear. Maybe I should talk about something…

  • Depleted

    Depleted

    by Ethar Eltinay Depleted.. Like branches subsequent to facing a Storm.. Post-traumatic.. Eyes fixated on its, Crestfallen Leaves.. Shoulders Bent, from Strength.. Withholding its Core.. Deeply rooted, Soul to Soil.. That’s how it stands.. Through the Seasons.. But this season.. This fall.. Its back arched more.. Trunk ached.. Stiffness spread through, to its Fingers.. Leaving…

  • Dark

    Dark

    by Jane Doe Color me anew, for I seek to be born again.. All of them shattered hopes and murdered dreams, I owe that to you.. Walking in the dark road of regret, with shoes of self pity and hatred.. Where am I walking to? Am I looking for a sea of salvation to drown…

  • Love Poem

    Love Poem

    by Sara Elhassan This poem is a response to a complaint that I “don’t write about important things, like love” Sugar lump, honey pie Do save me from my critical mind I long to write you love sonnets But I just keep getting sidetracked by this pesky world and its problems Like that day I…

  • Weeping Voices to Masked Choices

    Weeping Voices to Masked Choices

    by Ali Guduf Hints causing hesitance Decisive distractions newly born Running away a runaway To comfortable circumstance A sad, sad day A decision To what it’d rather be For be it clear round the edges It would’nt be a dream A passion Lost on change Full of a maybe For be me coward Submitting my…

  • Community Poem – Book of 2013, Chapter 2

    Community Poem – Book of 2013, Chapter 2

    Not the impression I hoped for tonight Well… no one cares and I’ll say… This Life!!! Mostly about not getting what you want Whatever! We stand together, garlic bread. Because making sense is too mainstream and things That are senseless give us hope to dream Words and talents designed to inspire Heat up every soul…

  • Layers

    Layers

    by Tasneem Nagi A baby kicks Against the womb of his mother Despite the warmth it gives him He’s a sun behind a cloud As we move on from a cage to another We attempt to fit in but long to stand out Further and farther I try to reach out Against the thick matter…

  • The Platonic Pledge

    The Platonic Pledge

    by Maabad Said I’ve got a petty poet’s pretty pretentious, Poetic poems and plenty of poetry to tell, Words overturning words, overturning Worlds Gushing in Spasmodic Hurls Rushing Luscious Lyrics of Metaphysics Raging Rhymes of Reason and Simple Symbolistic Sonnets Still, I stand distilled, unwilling as to pause it Flushing as I turn, the Vocalistic…

  • Community Poem – Book of 2013, Chapter 1

    Community Poem – Book of 2013, Chapter 1

    I am numb, the cold eats at my heart without mercy And I am left with the flattery of your empty love At the gulf of life, I come to shore And like breaking waves make no change to the beach Devious logic makes no change to a speech Eyes heavy, feeling sweaty, fan’s broken.…