2 Poems from Ramadan Sonnets
RAMADAN ANGELS Ramadan angels crisscross the sky just above the earth on watch for fasters who lift up into other dimensions d…
Ramadan / ‘Eid
His Reality in All Things
(Note: Sincere and true love of the Prophet, peace of Allah be upon him, and prayers upon him, cures our ills… and saves the…
New Moon
How strange that it’s all based on the sighting of the slightest sliver of the moon! The whole sky veils it then, only the…
2 from Ramadan Sonnets (25th Ramadan)
AFTER AFTERNOON NAP 1 Awakening from finally a Sunday afternoon nap having a hard ti…
Ramadan Sonnet: Town
for Abdallateef Whiteman, village architect An adobe wall, dust by dust, is built up to surround the town. A trail enters it f…
2 Poems from Ramadan Sonnets
THE INEVITABLE It’s like practicing for death. No food or drink during daylight hours no matter what, in the heat of summer or…
Fifteenth Night of Shabaan
A ball of mercury slides down an incline into a pool reflecting all the starry heavens making a whispery inaudible splash A pl…
Another ‘Eid More Feet
Sitting facing the Ka’ba like a flat black kite bobbing in the wind, or rather the flat black square of the kite is stationary…