Thoughts?

On this

For Syria

By Alysia harris

In Damascus three separate voices weld the adhan into a hull

and float the people along the streets, shuttling them

like a wave into one of God's many caves.

It is not done in Iskandaria, Cairo or Chaouchaun.

It is a solitary call, a lonely hneurled tune;

They do not braid prayer there.

Only at El Hamadieh, the old

Seplechure of John the Baptist, its southernmost mosaic

saved from fire, do they sing so.

The women eat packed lunches around the courtyard

and drink out of thermoses. Children evade their skirts.

Men like dominoes, fall forward in practiced and holy gamble.

Will God hear?

Will God save from fire?

La illaha

illa Allah.

In Damscus, they try to clear the blood from their throats

from off their steps. A child has been halved at the bus stop.

A mother cannot scrub hard enough.

Fear has gutted all the bazaar's shops.

Saffron and almonds rot in their bins.

The wedding fabric goes uncut.

Even at high noon the long apse

of the Great Mosque is dark. Specters,

and those made real by grief seek its shade.

The tears can be there or not

there. Most make wudu with ash.

Skin mosaics glimmer in the gasoline sun.

Lakin Allah

Will you hear?

Will you save?

La illaha.

Yaki: Instead of creating a new thread a day, you should add to your last similar thread to reduce the clutter, don't you think?
OR
maybe the mods should give you a permanent thread titled "Yaki's thoughts". haha!

Late Edit: Doesn't PnQ have a more appropriate discussion thread under Poetry discussion, for these beautiful thoughts/poems to post and discuss?

In my opinion, your post, Lonely, is offensive and rude. Instead of mocking, do search for something readable and share like she always does.

We gotta be more attentive to such threads, instead of arguing over a contest.

Thank you for this, Yaki.
You made me fall in love with Aysia Harris even more now.

I guess she does have Arabic origins, at least I hope!
Do you've got a video of her reciting it?

Thanks for sharing, Yaki! That was awesome and touching.

Alysia Harris has lived in Syria or something? does she have Syrian origins?

Maybe if i had a wikipedia link with everything i post lonely soul would love me more....

no abed, i am not sure... I know she lived in Cairo for six months and visits the middle east often. I know she writes also about everywhere she visits but i am not sure if she has been to syria...

She loves the middle east she calls it "communal, and peaceful and god inhabits the desserts" hmmm.

I don't think we're in danger of clutter on that page - people post new threads so infrequently. Any new thing that is actually about poetry is fine by me.

"communal, and peaceful and god inhabits the desserts." I always knew chocolate ice cream was holy!

Hmmm she does not have arabic origins. But knows arabic, russian, spanish, english and i dont know what else... She is majoring in linguistics at yale... Dat wai

Hahahahah oops i meant desert. I am on my phone give a woman a break xoxoxoxox

Though I liked how visual she is, describing every detail perfectly, etc...

I can see in the end a turn of faith from La Ilaha Illa Allah... into La Ilaha.... - ie; losing faith.

That annoyed me a little bit bcz'

it means there is faith lost because of what's happening.

But I do believe that whatever happens, our faith should always be there. You know, we aren't believers if one minute we believe in God and are pleased with Him, then when something bad happens, we lose faith in Him....

Believing is unconditional.

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Oh, and Yaki, you are making me love her. I will google her and read more... those multi languages give her props from every culture... so her poetry is more special, more emotional, deeper...

Hmmm

you can read about her on

www.thestiversrow.com

man, why doesn't she hire me as her publicist
I am so good at making people love her as much as I do... hahahah

Haha, she really should!!

You show us beautiful stuff... gonna check that in a sec:D

Man ya'll should youtube reasons why we fail at love by warsan shire

I CRIED LIKE A BEBI

warsan shire is bloody amazing too,

and to think she and alysia will perform together in a show in the UK in December
and I can't be there makes wanna rip my heart out :"(

if I was in holland I would have gone to seee it, skip class for a day. pure greatness. pure talent

life is so unfair :"(

--- gorgeous lyrics!!!

I'd skip classes for a week to go :P

Yes
I wanted to share that one too

but maybe in a week, so it doesn't bother lonely soul

Ok

Lmaoo wtf kind of comment was that lonely soul?
Who wants to scroll through a page full of comments to read something new she posted?

This makes me want to make 20 threads that say 1 sentence. I'm annoyed...

Anyways, yaki thanks for sharing More of Alysia I'm so obsessed with her as you know..

The link you sent for the one that made you cry....I couldnt read the subtitles, they were so small :(

Okay maybe I'll post it later on... hagt it so heartbreakingly beautiful

Specially the sentences

"You were a ghost town and I was too patriotic to leave"

or

"No, he does love me. it just he makes me cry a lot"

or

"I didn't call him back because he likes his girls voiceless"

fheijbefuereub ik ga dood

Hey Yaki, I love you, just had a comment, hopefully not rude.

For the others if you call this rude, imagine what your attack posts in the other thread were all about? And you do not even know how to apologize to the people you trampled on...

I always have good intentions for people who deserve to have. So maybe I mis-spoke on this one, and those affected would know an apology comes from the heart.

Yayyyy I'm so glad Idont attack people and that wasn't directed at me...*snaps* for being respectful.

Thanks for apologising to my Yaki Pooh...I don't like seeing my precious get picked on lol

Lonely Something, I am rude when there is a reason to be. When someone so vague and so humor-less posts epics about stuff they definitely have no idea about. : ) Not randomly. I am rude when 'some' deserve it.
;)

YAKZ, may I share the YouTube of her reciting poetry that you once upon a time gave me? Guess people really should watch that incredible ego.

Hahahahah you can ofcourse... I think i have showed all of her stuff tho ahah