Author: naswithnotepads
A Tribute to Nas With Notepads
by Enas Suleiman It’s been a year Of words forming from the depth of the two Niles Flowing to merge into a poem. A poem of tribes originating from East, North and West A poem of identities stamped in foreign land That are here, in this space, as one Nile. To Sara Elhassan, whose creativity…
Ups and Downs
by Ahmed Gihad No matter what I do darkness always follows me It’s like a rain cloud trying to swallow me I’m so close to just giving up and calling quits Only because im tired of a life that’s filled with shit If there’s one thing that I’ve learned in my days There no point…
We Are…?
by Qutouf Yahia We are every unspoken word because it was needless to say that with each given day we crash and we burn then we rise from the ashes Action. Camera light flashes and we hide our stashes of fermented thoughts compressed in a brewer because there are too many out spoken notions to…
Palestinian Kid
by Omar Mahjoub I’m a Palestinian kid An infinite war is what I inherited.. I fight death until I die, I must fight to live Therefore, I’m a natural born a soldier amongst my peers And my weapons are quiet fierce.. Rocks, sling shots, and what not.. I face tanks and confront gun barrels on…
Pretentious Propaganda
by Ahmed Kamal You’re not fooling anyone We know your pizza is just a publicity stunt And more times than not your in as a front Corruption is a cash crop, it’s how you get your funds Whether it’s campaigns or cocaine Fear of flames, leaving the land crippled and maimed Writhing in rhetoric but…
Thingz
by Ahmed Salah Bob Marley Erykah Badu Ms. Dynamite Boonaa Mohammed Yall know what’s common between them ?? All of them asked what u gonna do when they come for you ? Well I aint gone be scared when they come Coz that day they been talking about iz already here And I have no…
Africa the Abused
by Najla Salih Africa the land of darkness inhabited by people of darkness with the blackest of intentions Africa where the natives are the definition of backwardness, and each is entitled to a spear, two loin-cloths, mud hut and a pet monkey or elephant depending on their preference Africa where disease is customary, each contaminated…
In the Custody of Your Care
by Harum Gasim Mukhayer A thought reflected in your name, A parallel stance of a mutual claim. The undefined precision Of a chosen circumstance, The outlined definition Of prospective glance; – A glance- fixedly determined to maintain; What has once been established, Shall forever remain the same. Thus, rendering the choices between each passing instance.…
Tree
by Andy Jarjour Lonely Sad Solitary is what I am. All my friends cut down, When I was just a tiny seedling, so small no one noticed me. Man came along. Clever to solve problems, stupid to cut trees. with their razor-sharp, jagged, spiky chainsaws, they cut all of us down. Stamped and squashed me…
