Poetry
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Between the bass In his voice And rhythmic patterns Of his touch Gently steadying My heart Body eclipses mine A passionate dance of love A tender moment in time https://t.co/GJy...
I cannot rid my mind of these first couple of verses from Auden's poem on Yeats's death. It's incredible how they set the stage for the rest of the poem atmosphere-wise. https://t....
For Sufi poets and mystics, each human heart is filled with a yearning for the Divine. Like an ocean longs for the shore, a moth longs for the flame, a nightingale longs for the r...
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Persian poets were fond of representing the human soul as a bird, which desires to fly away from the earth and to the heavens. Indeed, Rūmi (1207–73) wrote: “When will it be that...
#Claude-3-Haiku wrote me a Haiku: 𝐵𝓊𝓇𝓈𝓉𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝑜𝓇 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝐼𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓋𝒶𝓈𝓉, 𝑒𝓍𝓅𝒶𝓃𝓈𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝓋𝑜𝒾𝒹 𝐹𝓁𝑒𝑒𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝑒𝒶𝓊𝓉𝓎 𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓈 and explains: The Haiku invites the viewer to contemplate the ephemeral...
🧵 A small compilation of the Ash’ari Imam Jalaludin as-Suyuti and his sexual poetry and writing. We hope that this is not seen as disparagement, as Asha’ira see no problem with hi...
My love, I love the warmth of your embrace, the gentle sound of your breathing as you sleep, and the loving touch of your hand. My love for you is eternal, unchanging, and pure...
'Speak, that we may hear; Listen, while we confess That we conceal our fear; Regard us, while the eye Discerns by sight or guess Whether, as sheep foregather Upon their crooked kne...
I'm confused too, Naomi .. 🤔 https://t.co/K0drjCMdie
MY BEAUTIFUL GIRL FROM VENUS 444 To ask me if i miss her would be like to ask the stars if they miss the night. Ask the sun if it missed it's warmth, asking the ocean if it misse...
Another forgotten rare gem. Andhra Ratna Duggirala Gopalakrishnayya is a scholar-poet of highest order. What he could accomplish just in the span of 40 years is simply mind blowi...
Verily verily I saith unto thee my brethren that Thou shan’t an agreeable comportment with thy fellow. #Hayford #Kingjamesdepoet #Headucator https://t.co/IEgGLBZYGu
'There is a blest place: by the trace In wilderness, in a little glade’s middle, Where in the eve, mists twine and bristle In moony silver’s easy lace… My friend! You know that gla...
'The sail is whitening alone In blue obscurity of sea: What did it leave in country own? What does it want so far to see.' ~ Mikhail Lermontov, 'The Sail' https://t.co/1iZA2K6JNN
We nor go live here forever. We go do and leave here forever ITHINKSAY
There's "hell" in hello, "good" in goodbye, "lie" in believe, "over" in lover, "end" in friend, "ex" in next, "if" in life.
@Bornakang I didn't expect that on her back https://t.co/MUJpIHWVln
The last poem Kill them, kill them all, So you can finally go to sleep Only idiots fear the ghosts So go ahead take a leap Remember to leave your faith behind Or to distort G...
THE POEM THAT MADE IMAM AHMED BIN HAMBAL CRY NARRATED BY IBN AL-JAWZI If my Lord asks me, "Have you shyness in disobeying me? You conceal your sins from my creation - and with s...
There's a Palestinian tradition of naming children after cities that have been ethnically cleansed and illegally occupied to keep history and memory alive. I feel like most nights...
Flames of fire that blaze so high, Gaze filled with aggression, passion drive. Shattering records, like a lightning strike, Thundering uproar, a new age phenomena arrive. #Vira...
This was really difficult to write. I wrote it to Jewish people who disagree with me about Israel - if somehow you still follow me at this point, I hope I've earned enough goodwill...
when you're mad, it shouldn't change the way you feel about partner.. the respect should still be there, the like should still be there, the care should still be there for them. ht...
