Category: – English
Discrimination
by Sadig Gasim Mukhayer My fingers discriminate against my little pinky They say he doesn’t seem to do much He’s independent doesn’t care what the other fingers are thinking & most the time it seems his energy is used up When I type I rarely use him My middle finger claims I abuse him &…
Nothing Has Changed
by Asmara Adanis Picked up from the street on her way to buy colors All she wanted was to paint her dreams free They tortured her and raped her without a bother For freedom of expression she was thrown on the street Broken yet strong she came out with a message Let this make a…
Waiting in Vain
by Sara Elhassan I could cry, but what good would it do It won’t bring you home sooner Won’t bridge the widening gap between us Won’t change the fact that time and time again You Insist on taking the car when you know full well that I have somewhere to go. I was really looking…
Dream and Live
by Enas Suleiman Samia Yusuf Omar was a young Somali athlete who participated in the 2008 African Championships, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and was hoping to prepare in time to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She drowned earlier this year trying to reach Italy to search for a coach. …
Release
by Maabad Said In the end of days of the greatest fallacy In a world consumed by majesties and dynasties Death would be a release from this travesty Release me… Please, Wake me up from this nightmare I wish for a dreamless sleep And the day that I long for Is when my life passes…
Chocolate Delight
by Mustafa Eltinay You got that Chocolate delight grl u wirelessly ignite serotinin releasing hormonal sensations, your tall with those curves and hips that persuade a mass parade to drool and wait for u to just walk on by…IM not even embarrassed or shy to say you probably taste better then most chocolate encounters ive…
Zombie Apocalypse
by Abubakr Elbasha Let it be known to all that the fallacy has been wrongfully preceived, The prophecies foretold to us through movie theaters and T.V screens About a zombie apocalypse filed under ‘myths’ in our minds are all too true, They have infiltrated our societies and took over the media to project these lies…
Letter to Lujayne
Tamalaki, Tamalaki Because love is carved In even the toughest parts of your heart Tamalaki Even if you refuse to see it now You are the reason for someone’s smile The end of someone’s turmoil And someone’s hope for a new beginning Tamalaki Hold your head up higher than that of those Who think that…
Untitled
by Tarig Omar Originally, this was a prodigy; an adonic mythology This was the mystical spiritual addition to the regular biology Originally… This was a poem, Eminently great, written in the language of epic poetry, Heroic hexameters and such incorporated in classical antiquity, stanziac artistry, Ottava rima, terza rima, a pièce de résistance French, English,…
Pick Up Line
by Abubakar Elbasha Allow me to break tradition for a second and skip the regular cliches of silent stares, Subliminal glares and bankrupt metaphors sewn into poor pick up lines. Because I’m trying to overlook the looks and see past the thick mask of wonder powder, And mascara to reach into the not-so-physical make-up of…
