Category: – English
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…
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…
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…
Good Morning, Goodbye
by Lameese Badr We straightened our creases and Squinted our eyes As the sun dawned on us. A reminder that this was bound to end Regardless of all the ways we tried to stall. The light illuminated all of our imperfections Which we were blind to last night, Revealing all the reasons of why we couldn’t…
To The leaver in The Mirror
Don’t leave me Believe me The satisfaction you’re after won’t be there.. Stay and gather the fractions of your memory, try to perceive me I know you can’t uphold the traps of disguise anymore I don’t want you to release me Take your time sailing my lore And eventually you’ll see me Then you might…
Monkey Bars & Ice Cream Trucks (Red is Sin)
by Lameese Badr Stop. This is not your wife’s skin which you are caressing, This is a young girl’s hymen that you are tearing. She is young enough to be your daughter, Your granddaughter. Did you think she’ll forget? Don’t you know that ten years later When her friends are gathered around bonfires Reminiscing about childhoods…
Matchbox Blues
by Ahmad Mahmoud I am from The Match Brigade* North Sudan is where I was born and raised. South Kordofan is where I was deployed to engage Infidels who fight for a secular state Brought at a young age, to be filled with rage By bearded men who spoke of heavens full of virgin maids…
I Lost My Soul
by Sadig Gasim Mukhayer You see, I lost my soul. You see I lost my soul in a sea I can’t control. I can’t with hold emotions, my sanity’s over board & life’s at times an overlord, that dictates it’s evil hoards Of situations, karma and weather to cause discord So as I try to…
