Tag: Poetry
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…
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…
Love a la Soudanaise
I’m the last of 3 kids, 2 of them boys, so I grew up with everything being, “eeeew, that’s so girly!”; and everyone knows that the girliest of all girly things is love. But I was always so fascinated with the concept of love. I was fascinated the same way little boys are fascinated with…
4 O'clock Observing
by Omer Mahjoub It’s 4 O’ clock in the morning I’m contemplating change while I’m yawning At the same time I’m tired of mourning There must be more than unexplainable grief and sad rhymes These sad times help me realize how time flies And how change is the only constant truth In this universe in which…
The Not Yet Men of My Generation
by Qutouf Yahia The not yet men of my generation I don’t like the way you trip when you walk The way you cuss when you talk And I sure as hell don’t condone your comic blasphemy Cursing at your god Cursing at your faith بتسبو في دينكم For your lack of vocabulary The not yet men…
In This Park
by Enas Suleiman In this park. The grass stands erect in the presence of my bare feet It doesn’t bow Nor does it kneel It just…stares then sways in tickle attacks. I submit. I have no choice but to kneel to it as I explode into successive giggles that only children grasp. In this park.…
