Move away from me, thou earthly shade Thou shadow, that pursuest me; Away, away, let not the vision fade From before my eyes, let me see. Here does Nature open all its flowers. The breeze is cool, the...
This poem has been written by a terminally ill young girl. (Editor) Have you ever watched kids On a merry-go-round? Or listened to the rain Slapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly’s erratic...
There is a little peace in me. Gray is now the darkened cloud. A sudden calmness in the sea. The noisy noise of buzzing bees Has turned into a humming sound. The rustling leaves have in the trees A wh...
Seek not God only on the high mountains; in the lonely deserts, Seek Him, rather, in the shy smile of a young bride, Seek Him in the eyes of an old woman told of her grandson’s death, Seek Him in the...
I heard ‘Me’ talking to myself Of a great yearning for creativity, Placing much above the self The worth of true ability. This great feeling of deep desire To create or mold and feel, The ideals that...
In my loneliness, and alone Grey clouds, all darkness pressing, No soft voice, no soothing tone, What could be more a blessing Than tears in solitude? In sorrow and in despair, Restless, restless in t...
Time poured from a source eternal – Unknown Far away in the horizons – Unbound It stretched its streak a thousand millennium – Untold At a point it gathered its weight -- Unmeasured A cell rolled, str...
Is this another trial? Is this another test? Thou hast given me but little And kept all the rest. That little I secure O’ God Thou givest the best. Yet though the spring is here, And everything is bri...
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make allowance for their doubting too; if you can wait and n...
You watch them cry, Suffer and die. They leave sheer poverty. Hunger overcomes the progeny’s mind. Working day and night, They lore equanimity. Streets are swarmed with beggars, And revenging wolves....
He is here I believe in Him, And cherish holding Him dear Life is a mystery without Him; I shudder to think of a life without Him. He helps me face the perils of life, Get over with the terror of deat...
That moment, that uncertainty, That gush and wave of turmoil, That stretch into eternity Is gone. No need to toil. The sea is calm, and no foam Whitens, or shows its flow. I restless no longer roam. G...
Thank you, O Gracious One! for our creation. Thank you for uniting us in blood relation. Uncle, Aunt, father and mother, Nephew, niece, sister and brother, Thank you, O Holy One! for giving us the rig...
(I) Huge waves and foams Splash across the sea shore; My spirit restless roams For knowledge much more. Knowledge of the Arts, Of things that are fine, To gather their fragments and parts That they be...
Prelude Of fancy, when thy ruby blood-drop stains The tulip red, and rises insurgent To the supreme power of nature and regains, Eternal providence: O’ refulgent – O’ Zephyr, ay, thou art pernicious,...
Shall I compose an elegy on thy death, Or a sanguine lyric from mine tulip’s cud, Milord --- may fall like mild dew on wreath Of the claret buds to nip in the bud; The love, the sweetest love of a cro...
(Dania is a Muslim revert of Bosnian Serb origin. She embraced Islam 12 years ago and is currently living in Australia. She can be contacted at layla@internode.on.net (Editor) I have never been like t...
‘I was alive once...and that was when you were not dead.’ The voice echoed through the thunderous rain and I never even noticed for once, the other coffin that was lying besides yours. Maybe it wasn’t...
All night he wept unceasingly beside His friend, who lay inert upon the bed; At dawn they found that he who watched had died, And lo! The sick man had been cured instead. ____________ A willow-branch...
The Nightingale in verdant bowers My soul with song of Love inspires; The Roses bloom with vernal showers; My Heart with Passion Flora fires, Then let you liquid ruby flow, Tāza ba tāza, naw ba naw Wh...
