Category Archives: poetry

Tell-Lie-Vision (Tell-Eye-Vision)

By Heru (H. Emmanuel Ofori-Atta) Oh what a beautiful day it was when I threw away my t.v. Or should I say Tell-Eye-Vision? You see, I got tired of strangers telling me how I should look, feel, or listen. I … Continue reading

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A Red, Red Rose – Robert Burns

Sung by Andy M. Stewart O my Luve’s like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June: O my Luve’s like the melodie That’s sweetly played in tune. As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve … Continue reading

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The Fly – William Blake

Little Fly, Thy summer’s play My thoughtless hand Has brush’d away. Am not I A fly like thee? Or art not thou A man like me? For I dance And drink, & sing, Till some blind hand Shall brush my … Continue reading

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Of Old Sat Freedom – Alfred Lord Tennyson

Of old sat Freedom on the heights, The thunders breaking at her feet: Above her shook the starry lights: She heard the torrents meet. There in her place she did rejoice, Self-gather’d in her prophet-mind, But fragments of her mighty … Continue reading

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Nusrat Shabad

sayarts.com “To be a Muslim is difficult; if one really be so, then one may be called a Muslim. Let one first love the religion of saints, and put aside pride and self as the file removes rust. Let him … Continue reading

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Purify Your Hearts!

There are better ways of doing things, Than dividing up according to kin. Though boasting emirates and stans, Dire and empty are their plans! Chasing ephemeral in lieu of ethereal, Reaping the bounties of their hands. Present conditions of previous … Continue reading

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Knowledge Or Conviction Opposed To Opinion

Little is known by any one but the spiritual man, Who has in his heart a touchstone of vital truth. The others, hovering between two opinions, Fly towards their nest on a single wing. Knowledge has two wings, opinion only … Continue reading

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Holocaust Memorial Day 2009

“To The Onlookers” by William Hayen When our backs are turned, when someone stares at us, we feel them. You who watched the killing, and did nothing, still feel the eyes of those dead on your bodies. How many see … Continue reading

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WIFC Prayers for Peace 2009

WOLVERHAMPTON INTER FAITH COUNCIL PRAYERS FOR PEACE 2009 St Peters Collegiate Church, 25.01.2009 MUSLIM PRAYER: Read by Paul Salahuddin Armstrong Prophet’s Prayer For The Envious People O Thou that givest aliment and power and stability, Set free the people from … Continue reading

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Sain Zahoor

Tere ishq nachaya folk song

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