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Show me the Road toOblivion so many fine folk are on it Show me the All-Night Diner of Desireright on that road a riotous…
Poems
APHORISMS TO DEATH
If the silence I hear were to turn inside-out would it be a boisterous Mardi Gras or a deeper silence within silence? or none…
Poem in the First Person
Wait! Before you begin a new poem do you really want to add yet one more to the planet’s population of unread poems? Are…
I Enter the Chapel of my Forehead
1 I enter the chapel of my forehead in prostration where it is cool and dark Forehead against smooth boards eyes closed hands …
Take One Step Forward
Take one step forward it all turns to light But to pour from one bottle to another step back At just the right balance…
Some Softly Falling Rain
How can we talk about love? It’s a glass tumbler full of flames, coiling up like flowing hair, tips evaporating in space, then…
Anti-ISIS: On the Muslim Imposters
BISMILLAH ER-RAHMAN ER-RAHEEM allahumma salli ala sayyedina Muhammad wa ala alihi sayyedina Muhammad We are living in overwhel…
In Every Breath
In every breath a face opens up of such purity whose radiance is cornfields at their peak moment of harvest God’s Face which i…
An Animal That Contains
An animal that contains all animals with or without tusks and ferocious feet eyes like semaphores A human that contains all hu…
Arafat
We stand on earth full height among Allah’s creatures head surrounded by geese encircled by vultures gazing unwaveringly at Hi…
Aurora Borealis
Would the Innuit live to wear his new coat of seal fur? Would the moose live to swagger a bit with that rack of…
They Try to Approach
They try to approach with explosives but the Throne of Allah stays implacably still radiating its concern The silence of the s…