tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12606846360732814752024-03-14T01:24:27.339+03:00Asmaa Al-QaysiFound Poetry
& Other PoemsAsmaa Al-Qaysihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364899643133771897noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260684636073281475.post-54120903074665765202016-04-18T15:09:00.002+03:002016-04-18T15:12:13.189+03:00IMPROMPTU #17: JEFF GRIFFIN<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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fretting fog <o:p></o:p></div>
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yellow garden path <o:p></o:p></div>
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abandoned street<o:p></o:p></div>
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time to spread the sky <o:p></o:p></div>
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on a table in the evening <o:p></o:p></div>
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the point placed to follow the logic behind glass windows
and october <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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this massage muzzle after the rising edge <o:p></o:p></div>
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to soften the yellow smoke <o:p></o:p></div>
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glass windows modify minutes curled around the known <o:p></o:p></div>
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inverse time you've known them all <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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I am the night<o:p></o:p></div>
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interfere in the morning<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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the afternoon and the way we know <o:p></o:p></div>
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already know <o:p></o:p></div>
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more voices under the eyes think <o:p></o:p></div>
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fall death to know that my music <o:p></o:p></div>
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dare to measure my life <o:p></o:p></div>
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you're all I started<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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sleep peaceful quiet distress <o:p></o:p></div>
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afternoon lunch <o:p></o:p></div>
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a well-known sea window through the narrow streets in the
evening <o:p></o:p></div>
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to see the long dirt finger implementation <o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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tired cry of the prophet authority <o:p></o:p></div>
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imposed quickly <o:p></o:p></div>
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ocean at sunset time <o:p></o:p></div>
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as I smile then<o:p></o:p></div>
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not Prince Hamlet<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have another song<o:p></o:p></div>
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I wake to sleep in the voice of the wind blowing <o:p></o:p></div>
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people do not think uh water<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
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we drown <o:p></o:p></div>
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scarf beach stroll<o:p></o:p></div>
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Source poem: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by
T.S. Eliot. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<a href="http://www.foundpoetryreview.com/blog/impromptu-17-jeff-griffin/">http://www.foundpoetryreview.com/blog/impromptu-17-jeff-griffin/</a></div>
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Asmaa Al-Qaysihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364899643133771897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260684636073281475.post-63449062476629236742016-04-17T23:21:00.000+03:002016-04-18T15:11:15.341+03:00IMPROMPTU #16: CHRISTIAN BÖK<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Asmaa Al-Qaysihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364899643133771897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260684636073281475.post-46979552538354882132014-09-23T16:17:00.000+03:002014-09-23T16:18:40.792+03:00Climbing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I remember<br />
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Her little hands </div>
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Clutching the edge</div>
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Of her playpen;</div>
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Her toes as she tried </div>
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To climb </div>
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The mesh </div>
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That surrounded her.</div>
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I watched from far,</div>
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Caught her before </div>
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She fell over the edge.</div>
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<br /></div>
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I'm watching,</div>
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I watch myself from far.</div>
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Caught in the dark mesh of grief</div>
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That surrounds me</div>
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My hands holding on,</div>
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As I try to climb out.</div>
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<br /></div>
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I hope I can catch me,</div>
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If I fall.</div>
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Asmaa Al-Qaysihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364899643133771897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260684636073281475.post-55130854753245362602012-04-16T08:53:00.000+03:002012-04-16T09:36:18.166+03:00Two of Us<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Sinking<br />
<br />
in thoughts,<br />
in questions<br />
with no satisfying answers,<br />
in complex contradicting realities,<br />
in an existence<br />
where day after day<br />
it becomes clearer<br />
that body and soul,<br />
companions in journey,<br />
will never unite.<br />
<br />
Who am I?<br />
Am I anything<br />
in your day?<br />
I am a face,<br />
that follows you<br />
in a desert<br />
eyes that read you,<br />
mind that sees beyond,<br />
body stuck in place and time.<br />
Soul?<br />
<br />
Soaring.</div>Asmaa Al-Qaysihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364899643133771897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260684636073281475.post-83626326086132338712012-03-29T23:00:00.000+03:002012-03-30T16:29:29.977+03:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I look around,<br />
wait,<br />
and though<br />
I cannot see you,<br />
you are here.<br />
<br />
You could be anywhere<br />
in this city,<br />
driving, dining,<br />
with friends,<br />
in the arms of a loved one.<br />
<br />
Wherever you are tonight,<br />
you are here.<br />
<br /></div>Asmaa Al-Qaysihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364899643133771897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260684636073281475.post-338196190126012202012-02-10T00:58:00.001+03:002012-02-10T01:12:24.751+03:00Fragments<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
close eyes<br />
not to sleep,<br />
but to re-live<br />
days,<br />
parts of days.<br />
<br />
spirits behind faces,<br />
words said,<br />
thoughts heard,<br />
differences, similarities,<br />
boundaries.<br />
<br />
we were separated only to unite.</div>Asmaa Al-Qaysihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364899643133771897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260684636073281475.post-52151903256376984162012-01-21T14:21:00.000+03:002012-01-21T14:21:17.946+03:00Loss<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Disconnected</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Gone... Lost... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Darkness... Ship... Sea...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Alone, all alone…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Questions... No answers…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Wind... Cold...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Pain... Unbearable pain… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Barely surviving...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Hanging on…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Just one more day…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Faces... Noises... Strangers…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Try... Keep trying...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Smile... Pretend…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Remember... Dream…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Think... Try... Think…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Work, work harder…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">No way…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Give up…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Waves... Drown... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Suffocate... <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">***<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sun... Sand... Waves…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Survived?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Breathe slowly…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Miss you…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Search for you,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">You’re not there<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">I close my eyes ... search within<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">And find you in my soul,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">I hear your voice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Humming a tune<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">And the bitter tears<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Can't ease the pain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Can't stop the agony of missing you
my dear.</span></div>Asmaa Al-Qaysihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364899643133771897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260684636073281475.post-33686510669399360702012-01-21T14:20:00.000+03:002012-01-21T14:20:04.484+03:00The Waves- a Fairy-tale.<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sunny skies,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">the voices of children,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">and the crashing waves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">"You have a crush."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The waves echoed his words<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">again and again,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">the waves crushed her heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">She was so far from being an
adolescent,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">knew black and white<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">and all the shades of grey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">He gave a new meaning<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">to everything around her,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">to everything within her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">to freedom;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">to yearning,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">to dreams <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">that could never be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">"You have a crush", he
said,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">She knew right then,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">that he will never know<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">how deeply loved he was <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">She loved him solely for who he was,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">She loved the boy within the man,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">And the wise man within the boy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">In him she found herself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">In him she died.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">But he will never know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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* * *<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Years passed...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">The waves crashing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">on the shore<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Still echo his words.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">The tune<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">he hummed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">And forever he will be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">the last one she thinks of<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">before going to sleep,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">and the first to come to mind,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">when waking up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>Asmaa Al-Qaysihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364899643133771897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260684636073281475.post-80173679639542926662012-01-21T14:18:00.001+03:002012-01-21T14:18:21.130+03:00The Thorn Tree<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">A small tree grew slowly<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Into my heart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">"It's a thorn tree!" they
said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">I didn't listen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">For how can I kill a tree?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">A beautiful growing tree<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">With leaves, and blossoms,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">And birds that sing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">On bouncing branches in spring?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> The tree grew.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">The tree grew.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">"It's a thorn tree, a thorn
tree!" they said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">But I didn't listen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">The lure of the shade<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">The beautiful green<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Against blue skies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Blinded my eyes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">"It's my tree, my beautiful
tree", I said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Spring after Spring<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">The thorns on my tree grew sharper,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">The thorns on my tree grew deeper<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Into my soul.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">"It is a thorn tree… A thorn
tree" they said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">But how can I hear them<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Now that I’m dead? <o:p></o:p></span></div>Asmaa Al-Qaysihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364899643133771897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260684636073281475.post-18442748195305818972012-01-16T14:13:00.000+03:002012-01-22T09:55:38.595+03:00Sit and Watch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sit and watch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">little Orphean Warbler<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">on a windowsill connected to<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">cast aluminum curtain wall.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Outside window<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">no green in sight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">***<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sit and watch,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">as words from different places<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">within blue carpeted building<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">are heard.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Voices from the hall,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">adjacent rooms,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">offices,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">students, teachers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">mix into a hum.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I’ll tell her to come see you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">in ten minutes”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“thank you”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">***<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Watch the bird</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">as random words are heard:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“yeah…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“there isn’t out here.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I don’t…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">a whistle,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">footsteps,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">merge into meaninglessness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">***<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The bird,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">sea of sound,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">distinct words<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> sail the waves:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“then people…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I said…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">laughter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A lady in black abaya walks slowly
by,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">mobile rings:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Shlonich?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Zain”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Ana w Ayoosh bin yee”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Wallah?”</span></div>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Zain adri”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“lesh thakarteeni?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">***<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Bird,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">cast iron aluminum fishnet,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">sea gulls hover <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">over rocking dhow boats’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">glistening sails.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Slow steps,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Salamualeikum!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A man in white thobe and gutra<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">walks by,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">waves<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">rise and fall.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">***<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A poet walks up the stairs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">turns around, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">tells a friend:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“We don’t have any plans.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Walks down,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">runs up,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">waves<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">as he enters the English Room.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Are they meeting expectations?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Actually, we…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I got some essays yesterday and…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">On his way out <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">said “Ciao”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">***<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Smile,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">look out the window,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">bird,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">sound,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">until…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <b><i>Arabic conversation translated as
follows:</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> “Shlonich?”
- “How are you?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Zain”- “OK”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Ana w Ayoosh bin yee” – “Ayoosh (a
girl’s nickname) and I are coming”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Wallah?”- “Really?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Zain adri”- “OK, I know”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“lesh thakarteeni?” - “Why did you
remind me?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>Asmaa Al-Qaysihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364899643133771897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260684636073281475.post-5612644753007653372012-01-03T12:23:00.001+03:002012-01-03T12:23:44.893+03:00You!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">You speak</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">eyes,</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">you speak</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">hands.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Speak</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">words,</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">your words,</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">complete.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Asmaa Al-Qaysihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364899643133771897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260684636073281475.post-68298662375900789232012-01-03T12:22:00.001+03:002012-01-03T12:24:00.168+03:00What is it Called?<br />
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What is it called when<o:p></o:p></div>
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care, not dare,<o:p></o:p></div>
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words felt,<o:p></o:p></div>
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thoughts, smile,<o:p></o:p></div>
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stare into blue,<o:p></o:p></div>
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pray not for self,<o:p></o:p></div>
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know, still do,<o:p></o:p></div>
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want<o:p></o:p></div>
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nothing?<span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Asmaa Al-Qaysihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364899643133771897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260684636073281475.post-14116921531569487062012-01-03T12:21:00.001+03:002012-01-03T12:24:14.583+03:00Answers<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">How often</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Do we stop</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">And question</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Only to turn away from answers?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">But then,</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Who needs answers?</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">When we can</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Walk in the dark,</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Wait for dawn,</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Chase the wind,</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Merge with rain,</span><o:p></o:p></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">And submit to storms?</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Asmaa Al-Qaysihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364899643133771897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260684636073281475.post-35962738052164818692011-10-20T08:30:00.000+03:002012-01-17T01:23:00.224+03:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Eyes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">talk,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">words more,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">hands my home.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hold back tear drops when</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the thought of us apart haunts my dreams.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">***</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Soft</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">warm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">baby.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Truest love.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Little bundled girl</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">taught me the magic of mother.</span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span><br />
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</div>Asmaa Al-Qaysihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364899643133771897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260684636073281475.post-49994045580413216452011-10-04T20:17:00.000+03:002012-01-21T14:17:20.932+03:00Your Talk<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">pretending to be children,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">lonesome</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">giant, in some</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">unadorned, bigger somewhere,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">busy cutting something,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">you saw:</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">“on the… out at…</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">with to… and, no!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">as did… and other…</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">do…”</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I ready to believe</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">you,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">your talk,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">always steady</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">end in more</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">communication</span></div>
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</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">your lines could </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">you</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I , too</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">out of that cubicle</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">no end to where we go, do,</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">you. </span></div>Asmaa Al-Qaysihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364899643133771897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260684636073281475.post-32009089549449761092011-09-12T22:16:00.000+03:002011-10-05T13:20:29.116+03:00<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt" class="MsoNormal"></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; BACKGROUND: whitefont-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12;color:black;" >A voice,</span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:7;">no response.</span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:7;">Still,</span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:7;">time passed,</span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:7;">not sure how,</span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:7;">no watch or cell phone.</span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:7;"></span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:7;">Longest </span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:7;">night.</span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:7;"></span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:7;">Occupied</span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:7;">with thoughts,</span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:7;">alone,</span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:7;">began to fear,</span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:7;">that it might </span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:7;">somehow</span></p><br /><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:7;">start.</span></p>Asmaa Al-Qaysihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364899643133771897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1260684636073281475.post-67038165750320892012011-09-11T23:53:00.000+03:002012-01-21T14:16:38.987+03:00One<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Most things we do<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span">We do<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span">At first glance<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Solitary<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hushed<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Surrounded only<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span">By glassware<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span">And computers<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span">And even when<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span">An end<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Always involves<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Others<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span">We join<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Decades<u></u><u></u></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Even centuries.<span class="Apple-style-span"><u></u><u></u></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="color: #1f497d;"><u></u> </span></span></span></div>Asmaa Al-Qaysihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09364899643133771897noreply@blogger.com1