Posts Tagged ‘celebration’

Photo by Isabel Betancur, sxc.hu

Let’s do something stupid
Let’s get married today
Let’s jump to the registry office
Let’s do it our way

Let’s forget the many mouths
That demand to be fed
Let’s forget the formalities
That fill us with dread

Let’s make our special moment
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This is my 100th post on this blog. I felt I should celebrate it online somehow, throw a virtual party, shoot some online fireworks and hand out some faceboktail drinks and yes you get the gist.

But being a writer here I had to go for the obvious writerly route. Except I couldn’t think of anything. I cast around online – Google usually helps. But no. Not even Wikipedia helped – its entry on 100 is short and uninspiring. Surely, there must be lots of cool things out there about 100. No? And I don’t mean lists like 100 Worst Movies.

I wouldn’t have come this far if I didn’t have encouragement, so some thanks are in order. (more…)

My homeland is
a hazy memory of a 5 year old’s
images untouched
by the passage of time despite
auditory information to the contrary

My mother is
masked words of experiences
unshared stories
I speak her daily tongue but
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Awake
by Rumi

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don’t go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don’t go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth across the doorsill
where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don’t go back to sleep.

The new year is upon us. Say your prayers of thanks for the year that has passed, and understand what the gift is in the experiences you’ve had. For every experience (more…)

From the shadows of dreams

stir into consciousness

the early Eid morning

greets you with sweet silence

slowly broken

by walking footsteps

and excited murmurs

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At 5 feet 5 you might think it small
But this monster did not need to be tall

Teeth grinding, it barked commands
People scurried to action its demands
Fearing the wrath
And the bloodbath
That would surely follow
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