Eid’s gift – Yasmine Ahmed-Lea
I wish I could capture my grief in an amber amulet tie it around my neck as a guide to remind me that in every step of my loss you have gained an eternity Eid’s gift -Yasmine Ahmed-Lea…
Greed – Nile Mystic
“Greed Greed Every man’s seed Oh children Let us heal Let us water our native seeds Let’s give Let’s forgive Let’s be true Let kindness run like rivers in Every vein Every artery Let the brown fields shine…
Regularcillo – Medina Tenour Whiteman
“I recognised that look like the Angel of Death brushed you aiming for someone else a little death that keeps you only just alive to notice the gap in your chest that lets every wind whistle through without…
Supplicate -25 Ramadan 1440 – Saraiya Bah
“they alternate from prostration to circumnavigation of their tasbih. at times, tears carve tracks on cheeks the hue of mahogany. shoulders shudder from swallowed grief. not wanting to wail as they weep. yet they still don’t break. just…
Human Beings -Abbas Mohamed
“The best thing we can do (for ourselves) is be The best thing we can be (for our souls) is empty To allow Divine Breath to fill in the empty spaces to remember us to express to us…
from Us – Asma Khan
“I turn and catch you looking unaware That pure, teasing, elusive gaze holding me in the lightest of embrace No longing or possession. just a secret truth that takes my breath away” from Us - Asma Khan in…
Renaissance Man – Mohammad Durrani
“Don't rush to define yourself! You spring from the Divine Ocean You are the cosmic big bang! Give yourself time” from Renaissance Man Mohammad Durrani in A KALEIDOSCOPE OF STORIES Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry Coming soon from…
Insaan – Matthew Bain
“we are the forgetting intimates of Allah, the ignorant go-betweeners of creation, would-be correlators of temporal with Divine. Wisdom courses nature’s veins, now all but over as we lay waste to heather hives with hegemonic heresies. Mottled butterflies…
Fate or defeat – Yasmine Ahmed-Lea
“To keep myself sane I fake that this is A promise of a full life All the while knowing It's work eat run Get a man get a wife Work eat bit of sun Read about that holiday…