Author: naswithnotepads
I Gots Ta Have Him
by Najla Salih Avoiding the stark beauty of you I lower my gaze. Walking into this Technicolor commotion of firehot candy, toub wearing transitionally young ladies, these porcelain beauties: painted eyes, angled brows, listless skin, spun silk, cherry lips, and a gaze outlined with kohl, finely entwined with a longing. I smirk at the constant…
Grab a Pen and a Pad
by Ahmed Salah Grab a pen & a pad, Idreesy dont get mad This iz Nas With Notepads Words without borders to light ya dome rhymez The dope that they are selling iz the best in town Knowledge lightning horrizons & lyrics rehab If you can’t write for ish, NWN iz so ligit Dos Sara’s…
Bombs Away
by Musaab Omar Yousif Tick tock… gunshot The end is near Its descent, we fear Religions lost, faith silenced The masses paralyzed, their hopes in darkness The hand of the grandfather clock inches ever so slowly to fate unknown Softly, slowly, yet swiftly to the drone of an expectant and terrified hush and roar A…
Humanity vs. Life
by Ahmed Salah and Maabad Said (Maabad) Bailiff : ALL RISE… The honorable judge now resides… (Ahmed Salah) Judge : please be seated… (Maabad) Bailiff : The case : Humanity vs. Life with the charges of oppression This court is now in session Prosecution (Humanity) ******************************* (Ahmed Salah) I wanna make a resolution against life just…
Choice of Stake
by Harum Mukhayer A fine configuration of time and place A closing distance of open space Not knowing when the end began We do, knowing only that we can An error on the choice of stake They live to conquer and give to take. Proclaimed transparent, To speak true, Concealed apparent, That wretched hue. Yet,…
غرفتي الصغيرة
by Maya Noor أنا لي حكاية … اردت أن ا رويها لكنني خفت الحضور… فحكايتي ساذجة مامن بداية ولا نهاية ولا حدث يدور… حكاية فتاة كانت أنا واليوم لست هي … و غدا لن اكون !!!! ******** كانت لي غرفة ضيقة كذاك الافق .. كانت هي وجودي وما غيرها عدم ماغادرتها يوما .. مع…
How to Teach to Change the World
by Rasha Hamid Read them Langston Maya El Tayyib Polacco Wrap them in the promise and power of words Call them Writers Mathematicians Dancers Dreamers give them tools to make them a world Elicit their questions But withhold answers that they might seek their own truths Allow them their names Your tongue will not break…
Nowadays
by Rayan Fareed In a way I have became cynical…. but I guess nowadays its just a pass code To a life where the past has been set to explode In the face of the cluelessley unforgiving present You see nowadays I’d rather get-out than stay … there ain’t much to live or die for…
Composition
by Sadig Gasim Mukhayer Day 1: We have been invaded Evaded, the stayed shots that made it Past the walls I barricaded Forced to face this occupation That I unwillingly part take in A force that foresees the fall of all in haste when Its rise it sees as necessary action To fractions from the…
Sleep Attempt
by Ahmed Al-Idreesy Adil Wake me up.. Wake me up when all the struggle ends and everything is sky high beautiful.. and all the sufferings are never worn as dresses on the shoulders of the oppressors or the government Wake me up.. When everybody knows the real meaning of confidence and no one mistakes my…
