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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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Sufism and Pakistan

Sufi’s are lovers of truth. The message of Sufis, the mystics who touch our mind and soul, is universal. Because of truth, richness, and its down to earth approach, Sufi philosophy finds a following amongst elite as well as the … 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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All The World’s A Stage

All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and … Continue reading

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Rumi: The Image of the Beloved

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Sa’di: In Search of the Beloved

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