Category: Poetry

Heaven

Posted on by Aya (Iraq)

This is something I wrote when I was thinking how war/life in middle east stole away my (and many other’s) childhood, and shuttered most of our dreams, but I’m still trying to pick up the pieces of my dreams, and …

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A Wan Minute

Posted on by Naila Bozo

Kurdistan brushes my hair, gently singing I am your mother, I ease your burden Kurdistan kisses my eyelids, gently singing I am your mother, I let you see no evil Kurdistan caresses my hands, gently singing I am your mother, …

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Who Knows

Posted on by Ali Arsalan Zaheer (Pakistan)

Those who were known dead, Are still alive, Those who are known alive, Were gone dead, But who knows, Our brains molded in such a way, As someone smoke and butt in ash tray, We have got diseases sow in …

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Everyone is in search of something

Posted on by Ali Arsalan Zaheer (Pakistan)

Behind the pyramids of Egypt, Behind the seas of continents, Behind the Great Wall of China, Behind the Holy Promised land,   Something that turns wood into gold, Something that turns time in control, Something that turns faith into slavery, …

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Poem: My Birthday

Posted on by Aymen Zaheer

Today is my birthday; finally I cross a line of lad, Underneath hushed neighboring and asking what I had. I hear the voices of big waves on seashore, Rising and coming towards me to encore. Countless gifts I received on …

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Hundred Miles

Posted on by Ali Arsalan Zaheer (Pakistan)

Hundred miles we walked together, Our heart goes in each other, Hundred dreams we prepared over and over, You are the only one, who made my future, Its time to make our dreams come true, Hold my hand baby and …

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STOP Violence Against Women

Posted on by Ali Arsalan Zaheer (Pakistan)

Her face and her eyes lurid with violence and brutality, It is hard to accept, but this a gift from so-called humanity, It is neither imagination nor dream, but a proof of insanity, Derived from physical madness and frenzied hostility, …

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Around Us

Posted on by Lord Kavi

Its a glimpse of Iran, which could be applied to other Middle Eastern nations: Around Us by Shahin Najafi Just as I opened my eyes, I was already tired of life. I dont know what happened, but I grew old …

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All I've Seen

Posted on by Ali Arsalan Zaheer (Pakistan)

A bunch of words came from my heart and brain deep inside somewhere.

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Poem: New Year Eve

Posted on by Aymen Zaheer

My latest poem: New Year Eve. One more full-flavored year now ahead. Irrefutable past end with memories of dread…

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