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"lebanese" poems
No matter how much our country has suffered No matter how many wars there will be We will always rise above those difficulties Because we are Lebanese and NO ONE can steal our identity <3 Happy independence day to all the Lebanese people out there
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Nov 20, 2014
Nov 20, 2014 at 10:17 AM UTC
Happy Lebanese Independence Day
"Stoner's Poem" I see your snapstories, I see your ask profile. I see how you comment and reply and flaunt your English skills. Trust me, I love your rebuttals, More than Biryani and the Lebanese pornstar. I see your Facebook posts, I see your WordPress, And I see, how you craft your poems flamboyantly, And then, and then, Pilfer my breath, And rob my me. Sometimes, just sometimes, Your deportment bewilders me, More than Lowry-Bronsted's theory. I see how you dance in the rain, Like "All, sin, tan, cos", do in my brain. I see how you frequent every segment of my cardiac muscle, And then desert it, like it's one of the many dilapidated constructions. My reminiscences about your thingness, Escalate me to a higher spiritual level, More than **** does. Oh, that smile, Oh, that look, Oh, the mystique in you. And again, I am writing of Love. And the pen doesn't seem to stop soon, For I have taken a greater risk, Than asking my friend about cathodes and anodes and electrolysis, while I took my last chemistry exam, When the invigilator was around.
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May 14, 2016
May 14, 2016 at 3:55 AM UTC
Stoner's poem
The Story by Kamal Nasser translation by Michael R. Burch I will tell you a story ... a story that lived in the dreams of my people, a story that comes from the world of tents. It is a story inspired by hunger and embellished by dark nights of terror. It is the story of my country, a handful of refugees. Every twenty of them have a pound of flour between them and a few promises of relief ... gifts and parcels. It is the story of the suffering ones who stood waiting in line ten years, in hunger, in tears and agony, in hardship and yearning. It is a story of a people who were misled, who were thrown into the mazes of the years. And yet they stood defiant, disrobed yet united as they trudged from the light to their tents: the revolution of return into the world of darkness. Kamal Nasser was a much-admired Palestinian poet and Palestinian Christian, who due to his renowned integrity was known as "The Conscience." He was a member of Jordan's parliament in 1956. He was murdered in 1973 by an Israeli death squad whose most notorious member was future Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Barak (born Ehud Brog) later ruled as Israel’s tenth Prime Minister from 1999 to 2001. His adopted Hebrew name Barak means "lightning." As a younger man, Brog/Barak was a member of a secret assassination unit that liquidated Palestinians in Lebanon and the occupied territories. In the 1973 covert mission Operation Spring of Youth in Beirut, which was part of the larger Operation Wrath of God, he disguised himself as a woman in order to assassinate Palestinians. The raid resulted in the deaths of two women, one of them an elderly Italian. Two Lebanese policemen were also killed, along with the poet Kamal Nasser. Nasser was the PLO's most prominent Christian and he enjoyed "great appeal" in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq "both as a distinguished poet and likeable personality." He was the “conscience of the Palestinian revolution,” according to Nazih Abul-Nidal, who worked with him on the magazine Filastin al-Thawra. Nasser “had the most democratic outlook of all Palestinian leaders at the time,” he recalls. He respected opposing views, admired the commitment of young people, and was a major recruitment asset for the Palestinian revolution. “That is why he was put high on the hit-list.” The previous year, the Israelis had murdered another renowned Palestinian writer and activist in Beirut, Ghassan Kanafani, by booby-trapping his car. Nasser’s successor, Majed Abu Sharar, was also assassinated by Israelis, in Rome in 1981 while attending a conference in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Keywords/Tags: Kamal Nasser, Palestinian, Palestine, PLO, Conscience, Ramallah, Christian, religion, poet, Arab, Arabic, Arab Spring, betrayal, conflict, courage, devotion
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Dec 9, 2021
Dec 9, 2021 at 7:55 AM UTC
Translation of "The Story" by the Palestinian poet Kamal Nasser
The Story by Kamal Nasser translation by Michael R. Burch I will tell you a story ... a story that lived in the dreams of my people, a story that comes from the world of tents. It is a story inspired by hunger and embellished by dark nights of terror. It is the story of my country, a handful of refugees. Every twenty of them have a pound of flour between them and a few promises of relief ... gifts and parcels. It is the story of the suffering ones who stood waiting in line ten years, in hunger, in tears and agony, in hardship and yearning. It is a story of a people who were misled, who were thrown into the mazes of the years. And yet they stood defiant, disrobed yet united as they trudged from the light to their tents: the revolution of return into the world of darkness. Kamal Nasser was a much-admired Palestinian poet and Palestinian Christian, who due to his renowned integrity was known as "The Conscience." He was a member of Jordan's parliament in 1956. He was murdered in 1973 by an Israeli death squad whose most notorious member was future Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Barak (born Ehud Brog) later ruled as Israel’s tenth Prime Minister from 1999 to 2001. His adopted Hebrew name Barak means "lightning." As a younger man, Brog/Barak was a member of a secret assassination unit that liquidated Palestinians in Lebanon and the occupied territories. In the 1973 covert mission Operation Spring of Youth in Beirut, which was part of the larger Operation Wrath of God, he disguised himself as a woman in order to assassinate Palestinians. The raid resulted in the deaths of two women, one of them an elderly Italian. Two Lebanese policemen were also killed, along with the poet Kamal Nasser. Nasser was the PLO's most prominent Christian and he enjoyed "great appeal" in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq "both as a distinguished poet and likeable personality." He was the “conscience of the Palestinian revolution,” according to Nazih Abul-Nidal, who worked with him on the magazine Filastin al-Thawra. Nasser “had the most democratic outlook of all Palestinian leaders at the time,” he recalls. He respected opposing views, admired the commitment of young people, and was a major recruitment asset for the Palestinian revolution. “That is why he was put high on the hit-list.” The previous year, the Israelis had murdered another renowned Palestinian writer and activist in Beirut, Ghassan Kanafani, by booby-trapping his car. Nasser’s successor, Majed Abu Sharar, was also assassinated by Israelis, in Rome in 1981 while attending a conference in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Keywords/Tags: Kamal Nasser, Palestinian, Palestine, PLO, Conscience, Ramallah, Christian, religion, poet, Arab, Arabic, Arab Spring, betrayal, conflict, courage, devotion
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i can not even write this because it will be anti american unpatriotic and an insult to the land of freedom i was born in. I can not even write this because I am the first generation daughter child born in the land of freedom. I can not write this because my abuela will tell me that I am lebanese cuban and i was born in the land of freedom. i can not even write this because my Tio who came to America at the age of 6 and had “adjustment” issues will remind me that I Am American. Tio will tell me that I am privileged. because I was born in the land of freedom. Abuela will remind me that CUBA is dead. Abuie will remind me to hush about all things Arabic and Lebanese because I am American born in the land of freedom. She reminds to hush about the black eyes that see past this land to the past of other places that whisper my name. They remind me that I am American and not a communist not a terrorist not a girl who hears her name sung in the winds of other lands which i have not wandered. Abuela reminds me to not yearn for white sandy beaches with waves that break on a rock laiden wall. Abuie reminds me to ignore the need for hot sand beneath my feet and wafting smell of foreign spices that are unknown to those born in the land of freedom. In the land of freedom?
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Jul 17, 2014
Jul 17, 2014 at 4:09 AM UTC
Cubanese but technically AMERICAN
The scuff of sneakers, boots and flats form the solid and stable beat. Add in the chuckles, silences and brief interruptions to create the varying and rhythm. All that remains is what goes unsaid but is speeding around in your mind. That man from Uzbekistan, He was telling us how peace and non-violence starts with us, With middle-schools, with teens, with future leaders To all those who laugh, when I say violence is never the answer, You're the ones I worry about That man from Uzbekistan, He was speaking to us about how the kids had a parliament in Uzbekistan Those kids had a say in what their fate would be Believe it or not, But adults are not the only things to make up our society... Infants, toddlers, 5th graders, 8th graders, 11th graders, seniors, the diseases make up us, us.. So maybe parents shelter us too much, or not at all. And kids throw fits in the grocery store While teenagers attempt to jump off the nearest bridge This is our society.. But we're like those kids in Uzbekistan We have a say in what our fate will be That man from Uzbekistan, He was sharing out how blessed he was to be living here in the United States Even though he could live in a much more peaceful and welcoming society. I have no idea how many years i will be, Or what has to happen before we get the message across.. That's what's played out isn't acceptable The American people, Were baffled, devastated, overwhelmed That all those stereotypes really were mixed within us. Obama stood up in that room With a shaky camera man, staring while he slumped and grieved He addressed our nation, Homeland, Country Community Family About Newtown, Clackamas Town Center No leader should ever be forced to speak about children dying long before there time was up Or about average people ducking and diving from bullets Gun Control is only a little layer And that's the start of our restoration to end up being a peaceful, safe country It begins with how youth are shown how to solve problems. I'm willing to reach my hand out to every single state in this country And if that means devoting everything I've got to making our restoration successful, Then so be it.. No leader or person should be raising candles to the sky for little kids to see that they are missed. And I took all of this in at a Lebanese Luncheon
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Mar 8, 2013
Mar 8, 2013 at 11:58 PM UTC
Lebanese Luncheon
The scuff of sneakers, boots and flats form the solid and stable beat. Add in the chuckles, silences and brief interruptions to create the varying and rhythm. All that remains is what goes unsaid but is speeding around in your mind. That man from Uzbekistan, He was telling us how peace and non-violence starts with us, With middle-schools, with teens, with future leaders To all those who laugh, when I say violence is never the answer, You're the ones I worry about That man from Uzbekistan, He was speaking to us about how the kids had a parliament in Uzbekistan Those kids had a say in what their fate would be Believe it or not, But adults are not the only things to make up our society... Infants, toddlers, 5th graders, 8th graders, 11th graders, seniors, the diseases make up us, us.. So maybe parents shelter us too much, or not at all. And kids throw fits in the grocery store While teenagers attempt to jump off the nearest bridge This is our society.. But we're like those kids in Uzbekistan We have a say in what our fate will be That man from Uzbekistan, He was sharing out how blessed he was to be living here in the United States Even though he could live in a much more peaceful and welcoming society. I have no idea how many years i will be, Or what has to happen before we get the message across.. That's what's played out isn't acceptable The American people, Were baffled, devastated, overwhelmed That all those stereotypes really were mixed within us. Obama stood up in that room With a shaky camera man, staring while he slumped and grieved He addressed our nation, Homeland, Country Community Family About Newtown, Clackamas Town Center No leader should ever be forced to speak about children dying long before there time was up Or about average people ducking and diving from bullets Gun Control is only a little layer And that's the start of our restoration to end up being a peaceful, safe country It begins with how youth are shown how to solve problems. I'm willing to reach my hand out to every single state in this country And if that means devoting everything I've got to making our restoration successful, Then so be it.. No leader or person should be raising candles to the sky for little kids to see that they are missed. And I took all of this in at a Lebanese Luncheon
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I have developed the need to rely on dramatic events to find a purpose
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Oct 9, 2020
Oct 9, 2020 at 9:04 AM UTC
Lebanese 2020
Corporations **** the core Cuts the soul to ribbons Takes all the labor And pays back in paltry paychecks That barely covers our debts Whilst doling out pain and exhaustion But the people are good Hardworking and smiling Straining to maintain That spark of heart That remains While paying their bills And feeding their family The shift starts And tired bodies Stumble in Factory already Rumbling Like last night’s thunder People laughing and chatting Lebanese dude calls me Habibie Grinning and patting me on the back Brown brother give me a knuckle bust As he passes by with a playful gleam in his eyes One guy doesn’t high five but bumps elbows The Congo girls speak another language Beautiful flowing and musically rhythmical The Janitor sings Motown In this factory town these are good people The generators hum The machine sings Doing their thing Hoses circulate water Like life’s blood Taking in the heat And sending it away Bringing back more cool water That does the same Cooling the loud and hot equipment While the employees are stressed and sweating Wearing muscle fatigue and sleep deprivation Like it’s their second skin The machines drums ch, ch, crack Ch, ch crack like a musical number While the workers hustle A smoke break and a popsicle Then back to work A lunch break and a conversation Then back to work Last smoke break and a phone call Then back to work Leaving the factory body hurting But still coming off The assembly line a good person
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Dec 28, 2015
Dec 28, 2015 at 12:47 PM UTC
Corporate Factory
Summer air Slight breeze I feel her angst Amongst my knees As I free   Within my trees So enveloped I become with ease But still remains a simple disbelief She had gone back to Lebanese
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Jul 10, 2014
Jul 10, 2014 at 9:00 AM UTC
No knees
I’m crucified on the cross roads of doubt; My heart is in the middle of all this, My head Is tilted downwards, My eyes are shut; Inverted, So as to look upon my past Because some time Some where There is a missing link, That if I find All this would be clear. I’m in a Jerusalem of my own In it, There is no, wide spaces of sand And camel-descending romans Trying to stab me with nails; Instead, There’s real people, With real nails; There is hope, Now lighter than sand granules, And sand castles Crumbling down, Leaving enough space For a flower to emerge In an Arab spring Fertilized with corps And watered with blood; For Lebanon is running out of water Like the Lebanese are running out of faith- Running into walls. Jumping over obstacles, Over explosion debris, Jumping way in over our heads. I’m in a Jerusalem of my own, One I call home, With windows that open To reshuffle the air particles In a room that has enclosed upon itself, With doors that creek For the scars of the past Still haunt them, With walls Painted with portraits Protecting the memory Of the ones I loved, With walls painted with portraits Picturing poetic illusions- Ones that never left my brains, Ones that tell me, Every night I lose myself In her pictures, That we are getting back together, One day, Somehow, Somewhere, There is a missing link That if I find All this would be clear. I’m strumming out of tune questions On guitars that carry my stories, With strings that need to be changed And necks that grow long As the path I still have in front of me; And though this is not a problem For a Hendrix and a joint, I’m just an ordinary man With a pen- I wear ordinary clothes, I feed up on Ordinary capitalism, I ***** up my notes Of which I never took any; Jerusalem fell apart, But my Jerusalem did not fall yet. On my crucifix, There’s a writing that says “There’s always a piece of you in people, As much as there’s a piece of them in you.” I’m just a man on a crucifix But writers can never be tamed, For they live through the people that learn from them; And those people, Maintain they live forever.
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Feb 24, 2014
Feb 24, 2014 at 6:16 PM UTC
Inner Jerusalem:
I’m crucified on the cross roads of doubt; My heart is in the middle of all this, My head Is tilted downwards, My eyes are shut; Inverted, So as to look upon my past Because some time Some where There is a missing link, That if I find All this would be clear. I’m in a Jerusalem of my own In it, There is no, wide spaces of sand And camel-descending romans Trying to stab me with nails; Instead, There’s real people, With real nails; There is hope, Now lighter than sand granules, And sand castles Crumbling down, Leaving enough space For a flower to emerge In an Arab spring Fertilized with corps And watered with blood; For Lebanon is running out of water Like the Lebanese are running out of faith- Running into walls. Jumping over obstacles, Over explosion debris, Jumping way in over our heads. I’m in a Jerusalem of my own, One I call home, With windows that open To reshuffle the air particles In a room that has enclosed upon itself, With doors that creek For the scars of the past Still haunt them, With walls Painted with portraits Protecting the memory Of the ones I loved, With walls painted with portraits Picturing poetic illusions- Ones that never left my brains, Ones that tell me, Every night I lose myself In her pictures, That we are getting back together, One day, Somehow, Somewhere, There is a missing link That if I find All this would be clear. I’m strumming out of tune questions On guitars that carry my stories, With strings that need to be changed And necks that grow long As the path I still have in front of me; And though this is not a problem For a Hendrix and a joint, I’m just an ordinary man With a pen- I wear ordinary clothes, I feed up on Ordinary capitalism, I ***** up my notes Of which I never took any; Jerusalem fell apart, But my Jerusalem did not fall yet. On my crucifix, There’s a writing that says “There’s always a piece of you in people, As much as there’s a piece of them in you.” I’m just a man on a crucifix But writers can never be tamed, For they live through the people that learn from them; And those people, Maintain they live forever.
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I want to come up with amendments, But my brains cannot function Because I have spent the last 8 hours Trying to memorize the 2 “I’s” of Lebanese history Irony and Ignorance. I want to fix the world But I was never the handy man; I once broke my mother’s phone Trying to wipe the screen; And frankly, I don’t really know what’s wrong with it. I want to patch my mother’s heart. The bullet in her son’s temple Burnt a hole in her arteries, So every time she inhales She could taste the lead Between her husband’s eyes; Because before the stars collapsed They were just scanning the shelves for skimmed milk; His daughter suffered from diabetes, And before the sun exploded At the bend of a thumb She was hanging from his arms, Jane trying to swing her way But in this movie She never meets Tarzan. His daughter was only 3. A car bomb Can conflagrate From 9,000 up to 27,000 feet per second Both are multiples of 3. A wired van Can carry up to 12,000 pounds Of explosives Also a multiple of 3. On her 3rd birthday She blew 3 candles, And 3 candles were lit- Every night, In between the white roses- Over her grave. I want to breathe Burning tires, I want to bask In blood, I want to think In exchange rates, I want to feel numb; If this is the only way… Is this the only way To survive?
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Jun 24, 2014
Jun 24, 2014 at 6:49 AM UTC
Blaze:
The world has changed and so have we, United we would never be. Consumed by selfish greed our leaders fall, The propaganda war blinds us all. Unless we change for a new tomorrow, The Lebanese soil will cry in sorrow, Recalling the days we Lebanese stood firm, Against all odds, fighting by our own terms. In the land of the strong, the generous and the wise Conducted disorder reduced our proud size Us divided so is the ground under our feet All alone the road becomes too steep All that we need is to look at history Read what was there and compare to what we see The wise knows the brain, the warrior knows the heart Carriers of blood hide not your origins, unleash your mark. But what land do I speak of? Was it the land of the free and brave? But haven’t they all fled off? For their future they must save. To seek new opportunities they have gone, Beyond the seven seas and the western stars, Where they can bloom safely, save their sons From where lies corruption and wars. Yet under the dreaded shade of corruption Still runs a silent whisper of light, unsold So raise your heads and shout out this resolution Let the whistle turn into anthems of hope One day the whole world will hear our shout That day we will have learnt to use our might We did not think or let our spirit show But today on the big black wall, we pierced a beam of light. So Rise mighty phoenix and spread your wings wide. Scorch the earth and awaken the spirits, the everlasting fire. Light a candle, for those gone, Light a fire, the new dawn.
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Dec 30, 2014
Dec 30, 2014 at 6:06 AM UTC
The Phoenix Awakens
The world has changed and so have we, United we would never be. Consumed by selfish greed our leaders fall, The propaganda war blinds us all. Unless we change for a new tomorrow, The Lebanese soil will cry in sorrow, Recalling the days we Lebanese stood firm, Against all odds, fighting by our own terms. In the land of the strong, the generous and the wise Conducted disorder reduced our proud size Us divided so is the ground under our feet All alone the road becomes too steep All that we need is to look at history Read what was there and compare to what we see The wise knows the brain, the warrior knows the heart Carriers of blood hide not your origins, unleash your mark. But what land do I speak of? Was it the land of the free and brave? But haven’t they all fled off? For their future they must save. To seek new opportunities they have gone, Beyond the seven seas and the western stars, Where they can bloom safely, save their sons From where lies corruption and wars. Yet under the dreaded shade of corruption Still runs a silent whisper of light, unsold So raise your heads and shout out this resolution Let the whistle turn into anthems of hope One day the whole world will hear our shout That day we will have learnt to use our might We did not think or let our spirit show But today on the big black wall, we pierced a beam of light. So Rise mighty phoenix and spread your wings wide. Scorch the earth and awaken the spirits, the everlasting fire. Light a candle, for those gone, Light a fire, the new dawn.
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I made the trip north, used my Eurail pass with dope-orders burning in my pocket & a stack of some cold hard cash to purchase a stash. In fact, it was a secret clandestine mission, a paid commission to find the highest-quality. And I did score, several grams of Lebanese brick did the trick. The whole school called in sick for a week, hungover on the highest-quality, smoked out on pins & cups. After I got back from that one trip to Amsterdam, they called me "The Smuggler" & I became a legend amongst my peers.
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Mar 18, 2014
Mar 18, 2014 at 9:26 PM UTC
The Smuggler (I Became A Legend)
oh inherited hair, why do you kink and twirl straight is in, smooth the curl your twists and turns are rare with the popular, you'll never compare Thanks to you, I look like a little girl humidity helps the whirl never mind the cut or care Lebanese in pedigree no reason to change yourself in shame textured, strong, full, wavy, and dark don't wait for vision and reality to agree owning it will make a mark let it shine - the real you - don't tame
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Apr 19, 2015
Apr 19, 2015 at 3:36 PM UTC
written on the throne
Two Maronite schoolchildren practice their English… “Cedars! Cedars! Cedars!” “See theirs, seethers, Caesars, See her cedars Caesar?” “See here, a sea-fare and see there? And oh, I see Sir?” “Do you see her? Yes I see Sir, -Caesar!” “Cedars! Cedars! Cedars!” And they are descendants of Solomon’s thirty-thousand, the great-grandchildren of Hiram’s workers. “Sol Indiges!” “Sol Invictus!” “Sol-Ammon!” “Now children, how do the three monkeys act?” “Sol, the root of solar and it means the Sun, it means also to see or sight as it infers the light of seeing.” “Am means fire but it is also the meditative word, Aum, therefore it cannot render evil through sound!” “On is Egyptian and it connotes speech so it represents hearing.” The instruction in language is not terse. Requiring broad-based understandings of how the West characterizes ideas. These two are particularly adept being taught from birth in both Maronitic and Latin and now English, in preparation for their exodus, as home has become a battleground where they must leave soon. Only in the West can they find peace and practice their faith so expressively. Only in the West can these two girls attend school if their lands are befallen… “Now children, what does this mean?” “See no evil!” “Speak no Evil!” “Hear no Evil!” “And that children, is the Wisdom of Solomon!” Breaking news! CNN reports that a car bomb has exploded in the ancient Lebanese town of Mejdeloon. Shocking footage now of a series of homes that have been reduced to rubble near a Maronite Church where rescuers are just now pulling out the bodies of two young school girls. Christopher Talias reports live from the Lebanon. “Sol Indiges is the voice of god," Sol Invictus, in light, his mind;" Sol-Ammon is the understanding and wisdom for all time!”
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Jun 17, 2016
Jun 17, 2016 at 11:56 AM UTC
Solomon; 2014
Two Maronite schoolchildren practice their English… “Cedars! Cedars! Cedars!” “See theirs, seethers, Caesars, See her cedars Caesar?” “See here, a sea-fare and see there? And oh, I see Sir?” “Do you see her? Yes I see Sir, -Caesar!” “Cedars! Cedars! Cedars!” And they are descendants of Solomon’s thirty-thousand, the great-grandchildren of Hiram’s workers. “Sol Indiges!” “Sol Invictus!” “Sol-Ammon!” “Now children, how do the three monkeys act?” “Sol, the root of solar and it means the Sun, it means also to see or sight as it infers the light of seeing.” “Am means fire but it is also the meditative word, Aum, therefore it cannot render evil through sound!” “On is Egyptian and it connotes speech so it represents hearing.” The instruction in language is not terse. Requiring broad-based understandings of how the West characterizes ideas. These two are particularly adept being taught from birth in both Maronitic and Latin and now English, in preparation for their exodus, as home has become a battleground where they must leave soon. Only in the West can they find peace and practice their faith so expressively. Only in the West can these two girls attend school if their lands are befallen… “Now children, what does this mean?” “See no evil!” “Speak no Evil!” “Hear no Evil!” “And that children, is the Wisdom of Solomon!” Breaking news! CNN reports that a car bomb has exploded in the ancient Lebanese town of Mejdeloon. Shocking footage now of a series of homes that have been reduced to rubble near a Maronite Church where rescuers are just now pulling out the bodies of two young school girls. Christopher Talias reports live from the Lebanon. “Sol Indiges is the voice of god," Sol Invictus, in light, his mind;" Sol-Ammon is the understanding and wisdom for all time!”
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Am I the turn table playing your favorite 45 ?  No , call me the stack of pennies on the arm that kept the record from skipping !                                 I am certainly not the eight track player , or the tape itself , call me the match book that kept it from wavering  and distorting the sound ........... Might you be the cassette pragmatic one ? No ! Sadly , I'm the teenager that could splice the tape back together but barely walk , high on blond Lebanese !
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Sep 17, 2015
Sep 17, 2015 at 10:59 AM UTC
Old school mechanic
Ya look all over and see people everywhere hands in pockets, coins passing through fingers; gold watches glimmering beneath the summer setting sun These people are people you could love, have loved, and may never love again We share our bodies like bees with their honey And it's okay to lose it all, as though we never had it in the first place The tidal of days ahead, crashing against our open mouths; Productivity a curse The pursuit of happiness a disease Ya wonder if it's going to get any better; if it's going to be as perfect as it was when we were children But the universe had something worse in store for us instead The air condition hums, the car starts and the engine rattles, the baby coos for warmth; and somewhere someone is holding a door for a woman who has an appointment with a doctor; there's a bump where there shouldn't be; a deep love that dare not leave.
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Jun 22, 2016
Jun 22, 2016 at 10:54 AM UTC
Lebanese Hummus
I say I'm a Muslim, but I can't tell anymore. I can't tell from what goes in my mouth, what comes out and hits you on the cheek worse than a slap, harder than a mere insult. I'm outraged, but what reason do I have? On the outside I could be anyone, and I usually am. Sometimes I am Puerto Rican, Lebanese, or Black-- a child asked me once, and I just smiled back. How sweet would it be to take every crayon from the box, even now that the numbers have multiplied and what was once simple 8, 12, 24, 36, has exploded into a million colors with a million names, to crush them into bitty pieces and swirl the mixture with water; make it all into One. so that if we hate another (what other?) we just hate ourselves. I say I'm a Muslim, and I know I am because when I give up all my frustrations and my toddler tantrums, and I even give up yoga, or rather it gives me up, thankfully so, when I injure my back: I'm grateful for that. What a knowing presence God is to take away that which harms and restore that which fulfills. But even to those who are still hurting (and I often am) there are these small remembrances that come between this onset of tears and the next. Whether the sun peers through the dusty blinds, the ones you need to clean again--so soon, and you see the light stream through, faintly at first, until you are forced to open your eyes, to remove yourself from the hate you've stewed in: how simple is that? I say I'm a Muslim, and it's a choice I make every day or avoid until the next day, even though that day may not be easily given. And I forget that. But when I see life slip away from young lives, old lives, lives not yet born then I have to remember that I do not have the answers, and every time I try to be dictator of my destiny I fail miserably, miserably, miserably. And now that I wrote this poem and I felt myself think, no, truly feel for the first time in a week, that my robotic expression has melted into a frown that stands a chance at becoming a smile. Now that I am human I am a Muslim. Not perfectly so, but decidedly so. (In memory Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha)
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Feb 12, 2015
Feb 12, 2015 at 12:54 PM UTC
when there's nothing to say (there's something)
I say I'm a Muslim, but I can't tell anymore. I can't tell from what goes in my mouth, what comes out and hits you on the cheek worse than a slap, harder than a mere insult. I'm outraged, but what reason do I have? On the outside I could be anyone, and I usually am. Sometimes I am Puerto Rican, Lebanese, or Black-- a child asked me once, and I just smiled back. How sweet would it be to take every crayon from the box, even now that the numbers have multiplied and what was once simple 8, 12, 24, 36, has exploded into a million colors with a million names, to crush them into bitty pieces and swirl the mixture with water; make it all into One. so that if we hate another (what other?) we just hate ourselves. I say I'm a Muslim, and I know I am because when I give up all my frustrations and my toddler tantrums, and I even give up yoga, or rather it gives me up, thankfully so, when I injure my back: I'm grateful for that. What a knowing presence God is to take away that which harms and restore that which fulfills. But even to those who are still hurting (and I often am) there are these small remembrances that come between this onset of tears and the next. Whether the sun peers through the dusty blinds, the ones you need to clean again--so soon, and you see the light stream through, faintly at first, until you are forced to open your eyes, to remove yourself from the hate you've stewed in: how simple is that? I say I'm a Muslim, and it's a choice I make every day or avoid until the next day, even though that day may not be easily given. And I forget that. But when I see life slip away from young lives, old lives, lives not yet born then I have to remember that I do not have the answers, and every time I try to be dictator of my destiny I fail miserably, miserably, miserably. And now that I wrote this poem and I felt myself think, no, truly feel for the first time in a week, that my robotic expression has melted into a frown that stands a chance at becoming a smile. Now that I am human I am a Muslim. Not perfectly so, but decidedly so. (In memory Deah Shaddy Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha)
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Good Fences Oxymoronic mania Infecting ordinary beings! Through the ages. “Good fences make good neighbours” They say So they say Israel, one day Will be the best Of neighbours With the wall all around them From east to west Buddies to Bedouins Touted by Saudis Lebanese unfreeze Hamas 'no mas'! We should all build A wall! Sean Hunt Windermere Jan 30 2015
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Dec 2, 2015
Dec 2, 2015 at 6:56 AM UTC
GOOD FENCES
Shebaa Farms Stolen Lebanese land. Golan Heights Stolen Syrian land. Gaza Stolen Palestinian land. West Bank Stolen Palestinian land.
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Aug 6, 2021
Aug 6, 2021 at 6:06 PM UTC
Free Palestine
I pod I phone I couldn't give a toss Android or Google it makes me so cross Jumpers with puddings antlers and bells No ****** turkeys so fights at M and S Away in a manger? More like with the fairys! Mummys half cut with the pre Xmas sherry Dads bursting out of a suit that's too small For a couple of kids who deserve **** all! Santas naughty list is totally ignored Hundreds are spent to hype it up more Excess in all and no idea of why Christmas is lost and the meaning a lie Gifts for a newborn became a flat screen TV The Christmas works party ***** or VD It's Christmas yelled out by Slade and Roy Wood Danced to by drunkards who hope for some luck It's over next morning with socks and lynx Do all women think we're barefoot and stink? So love to you all and peace on earth Haven't you heard a ****** gave birth? Her dad was unknown the father quite odd Talked like a ****** to some guy called god She was probably spaced out on Lebanese red Thought that an angel had been in her bed! So drink up my friends and remember one thing It's Christmas tomorrow the birth of the king. So off to the church and pretend to be good And full of good cheer And back to hatred for the rest of the year Were bombing the ***** out of the Holy Lands The points been missed We're all ******
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Dec 24, 2015
Dec 24, 2015 at 2:48 PM UTC
I Christmas
I wish I was one of those girls who could laugh for fake candid photos I wish I didn’t like to dance so much I wish I was into white guys who were blind about their privilege I wish I laughed at the things they laugh at I wish I wasn’t Cuban sometimes I wish I wasn’t Lebanese either I wish I liked makeup tutorials I wish I liked putting hours into my hair I wish I was dedicated to my beauty I wish I knew how to cook for a man I wish I knew how to keep my room neat I wish I liked corny quotes about happiness I wish my deep thoughts didn’t sabotage my relationships I wish my mind wasn’t so scattered I wish I could join a sorority I wish I could put up with most groups of girls I wish I saw sexuality as black and white I wish I wasn’t lazy I wish I understood the science of dressing like an instagram girl I wish I was better at school I wish I didn’t get along with guys so well I wish I didn’t have a weird sense of humor I wish I didn’t resent my parents I wish I never tried drugs I wish I wasn’t so experimental with myself I wish I wasn’t so hopeless I wish I got through breakups more easily I wish I didn’t like my hair short I wish I would take off my makeup before I go to bed more I wish I didn’t like talking about controversial topics I wish I didn’t like going against the grain I wish I got ready faster I wish I had a more realistic idea of time I wish I had bubbly handwriting I wish I liked Vera Bradley I wish I didn’t like it when my ******* could be seen through my shirt I wish I liked pop music I wish I didn’t notice how they frame commercials I wish I was one of those girls that only had *** with 4 people I wish I didn’t like it when my **** looked big I wish I liked baking I wish I didn’t like **** I wish I didn’t like vibrators I wish I could talk about materialistic things for long periods of time I wish I didn’t struggle with depression or ADD I wish I didn’t get ***** playing cops and robbers growing up I wish I wasn’t cynical I wish I didn’t like trap music I wish there was a plot twist to this poem where I didn’t wish these things at all
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Apr 25, 2016
Apr 25, 2016 at 7:22 PM UTC
List of Wishes
I wish I was one of those girls who could laugh for fake candid photos I wish I didn’t like to dance so much I wish I was into white guys who were blind about their privilege I wish I laughed at the things they laugh at I wish I wasn’t Cuban sometimes I wish I wasn’t Lebanese either I wish I liked makeup tutorials I wish I liked putting hours into my hair I wish I was dedicated to my beauty I wish I knew how to cook for a man I wish I knew how to keep my room neat I wish I liked corny quotes about happiness I wish my deep thoughts didn’t sabotage my relationships I wish my mind wasn’t so scattered I wish I could join a sorority I wish I could put up with most groups of girls I wish I saw sexuality as black and white I wish I wasn’t lazy I wish I understood the science of dressing like an instagram girl I wish I was better at school I wish I didn’t get along with guys so well I wish I didn’t have a weird sense of humor I wish I didn’t resent my parents I wish I never tried drugs I wish I wasn’t so experimental with myself I wish I wasn’t so hopeless I wish I got through breakups more easily I wish I didn’t like my hair short I wish I would take off my makeup before I go to bed more I wish I didn’t like talking about controversial topics I wish I didn’t like going against the grain I wish I got ready faster I wish I had a more realistic idea of time I wish I had bubbly handwriting I wish I liked Vera Bradley I wish I didn’t like it when my ******* could be seen through my shirt I wish I liked pop music I wish I didn’t notice how they frame commercials I wish I was one of those girls that only had *** with 4 people I wish I didn’t like it when my **** looked big I wish I liked baking I wish I didn’t like **** I wish I didn’t like vibrators I wish I could talk about materialistic things for long periods of time I wish I didn’t struggle with depression or ADD I wish I didn’t get ***** playing cops and robbers growing up I wish I wasn’t cynical I wish I didn’t like trap music I wish there was a plot twist to this poem where I didn’t wish these things at all
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darwinism killed music off: i moved to scotland for three years, to the soundtrack of for the love of a princess, instead i got a foreign exchange student from grenoble studying the death defying practice of psychology who said i spoke no organics in terms of tongue, ****** her while she crawled into my bed and lost my virginity like a fox, on the sly, to the motto i caricatured saying to fifty thousand pound debt: only idiots educate themselves these days - this atheism non-congregating will not succeed, it will fail, it will fail, it, will, fail! a postcard from a Lebanese girl i asked for a date to see some moving pictures didn't help (when i was at high school)... she read the book the hours a year later (a virginia woolf adaptation)... spare the boy! spare the boy for fuck's sake! old stiff collar ***** **** bureaucrat just said: verzweiflung verzagen eine gedanke - für beweis ex pluralismus (despair despaired a thought - for proof out of pluralism).
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Feb 22, 2016
Feb 22, 2016 at 8:42 PM UTC
explicit darwinism
When I stepped off any JetBlue flights I always look forward in passing through customs like a relief of fresh air, as I broad a taxi and homeward to the hills, Now it's like humiliations taking over one's pride: #Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. # The smell of the countryside fresh air,   The picturesque that blanket the countryside, (pleasing) The welcoming of the breaded goats bleeping (Pleasing) moves the little girl inside of this old gal. These days it’s which hotel should I booked for my days stayed in Quarantine, or which government facility will I be sent off too Between a rock and a hard place, I can’t stress hard enough about those Chinese. Which make our Lebanese bombers looks like saints? My fainted heart can’t stand this new normal: The bleach rocks on the sands awaits my arrivals, And I for one can’t wait to see this corvid19 as a historical memory Too much emotional, overload for most of us.(including me) however, being too hasty can also be deadly, or one would say   Don't be hasty to hug! That was never a problem for me I never hug, anyone... Keep your distance, I keep mines too Poetry is also a distance,  that why I love to compose.. Long enough have I dreamed of happiness, Now I waited for news to strived for happiness once again To dance from dusk to dawn, at Q in the community   To walked freely on the sandy shore, Without restriction, of a mask bandit, I am not a swimmer, but to feel the salted water on my ashy feet, The midst of sea upon my breast, and my cheap weaved curled into locks That when I know, I am home again, upon that hill (Prout hill) Where the neighbors' gossips, and tambourine echoes in the village church On Sundays.
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Jun 6, 2021
Jun 6, 2021 at 9:55 AM UTC
Pleasing
When I stepped off any JetBlue flights I always look forward in passing through customs like a relief of fresh air, as I broad a taxi and homeward to the hills, Now it's like humiliations taking over one's pride: #Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. # The smell of the countryside fresh air,   The picturesque that blanket the countryside, (pleasing) The welcoming of the breaded goats bleeping (Pleasing) moves the little girl inside of this old gal. These days it’s which hotel should I booked for my days stayed in Quarantine, or which government facility will I be sent off too Between a rock and a hard place, I can’t stress hard enough about those Chinese. Which make our Lebanese bombers looks like saints? My fainted heart can’t stand this new normal: The bleach rocks on the sands awaits my arrivals, And I for one can’t wait to see this corvid19 as a historical memory Too much emotional, overload for most of us.(including me) however, being too hasty can also be deadly, or one would say   Don't be hasty to hug! That was never a problem for me I never hug, anyone... Keep your distance, I keep mines too Poetry is also a distance,  that why I love to compose.. Long enough have I dreamed of happiness, Now I waited for news to strived for happiness once again To dance from dusk to dawn, at Q in the community   To walked freely on the sandy shore, Without restriction, of a mask bandit, I am not a swimmer, but to feel the salted water on my ashy feet, The midst of sea upon my breast, and my cheap weaved curled into locks That when I know, I am home again, upon that hill (Prout hill) Where the neighbors' gossips, and tambourine echoes in the village church On Sundays.
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I’ve been mired in an existential crisis for so long now, I don’t trust jelly. It just doesn’t look right. Bear with me here. (Barry the bubbly brown bear. See what I did there?) What if, jelly disproves the life is a computer simulation theory? Why would a sentient machine running a computer program to simulate life write jelly into the programming? It wouldn’t, right? So now that I’ve nixed that theory for y’all. What else ya got?
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Jan 29, 2023
Jan 29, 2023 at 3:09 PM UTC
I’m not on meds personally but my albino Lebanese neighbor’s son is whack for crack.