Heart & Soul
If all my poems seem to end up in the same place it’s because I also want to end up there grateful to God…
Poems
Fast
Puppets can’t break their fast through their painted mouths Rocks can be said to be fasting forever Mountain “fastnesses” are …
Pinpoint and Compass Point
A pinpoint and a compass point a bismin and a galaxy What do they have in common? A cloud in the sky and a…
Ramadan Suns Itself
Ramadan suns itself by the dark of night and takes no notice of earthquake or flood Ramadan begins walking toward us from the …
With a Two-legged Goat and a Flying Fish
Who I’ve become after all my adventures on land is a seventy-one year-old man who fa…
Extend Your Shadow
If you haven’t been parted from what you truly love then foot cannot follow foot nor heart follow heart Beasts born in the wil…
The Spider’s Break-Fast
The small brown spider in my bathroom (honored guest whose protection is assured) after more than two weeks of patient waiting…
The Capitulaton of King Stomach
Slave stomach said to the rest of the body “I am King!” and the general populace of the body acquiesced worried lest its bond…
Halfway Through the Fast
Halfway through the fast is it a giant granite stone we shoulder uphill in a boiling sun? Or pool after reflective shady pool …
Hand of Light
A crater opens in the day and swallows us whole Though we may want to wander at the base of it asking for water…
Signs of Allah
When the tide of the day pulls out and leaves the night standing on the shore swallowing the stars and the moon is nearly…
Ramadan is Burnished Sunlight
Ramadan is burnished sunlight on the cheek of the Beloved at the first dawn of creation first fruits burst on first green bran…