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2020 Spring
Poetry, written by Ali Taha Alnobani
A metallic alien object with plastic gaze
Without emotions, and no feelings
It holds tapered forceps and a magnifying glass
It runs on the empty street
Like a spooky ghost
Like an absurd robot
His eyes are round, red
His nose is crunchy squared
And his voice is like air when it comes from the hole of a sick object
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Now h...
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Freedom
we all go through very similar
tough patches in our life. yet everyone around us thinks we have it better than them.
that our problems are not as serious as theirs.
that is where the problem starts. because we are scared to speak up.
we think we will be judged. rather than listened to. or being related to.
we have to come together as a community. we must love. share kindness. shar...
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The Bird
The cage she’s in is paper thin,
She sits upon her perch and then
She cries, a chirp, a whistle, a hymn,
But no one hears the bird.
The world she’s in is waging war,
She cannot try to match the score.
And now, she screams out, “Nevermore”,
But no one hears the bird.
Flutter as she might, she fails,
Falls to the clutch of someone else.
And then she tries to r...
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TREE WISE MONKEYS
If you close your eyes
to the world outside,
will the fighting suddenly cease?
Will brother and sister
hold hands together
and build a new life of peace?
Does a person, born blind,
not hear the teeth grind
as disaster, from greed, is grown?
That because he can’t see,
thinks we're are all living free
and reaping the seeds we have sown?
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If you block...
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Poetry Comes From the Heart
Poetry comes from the heart and soul.
Whether it be serious or comic,
a short poem can speak volumes.
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