Lessons from the moon
Nov 22, 2018
The moon peers at me,
Nestled between the mountain and peak
this late Spring morning. … More Lessons from the moon
Category: Poetic Meanderings
Book update: approaching the final stretch
Oct 10, 2018
I’m happy to report that I’ve finally finished my comprehensive edits and rewrites on the text of my upcoming anthology. I’ve also designed a new sample cover, selected the fonts, and put everything into a clean document.
I’ve just got some final tweaks to do on the manuscript, and it’ll be ready for the beta readers… … More Book update: approaching the final stretch
Call out to Him
Sep 13, 2018
You’ll be happy again:
Able to perceive
how your struggle was only temporary;
An episode that was meant to bring something to your life:
Shaping you,
Making you,
Giving you
a benefit which you could not have gained
if life had run perfectly well – With no bumps or bruises along the way. … More Call out to Him
Book 2: You Suck!
Aug 14, 2018
So, here we are:
Dwellers of the concrete jungle,
Prisoners of our own, man-made environment;
the physical outside distorting the vision inside:
work in boxes,
live in boxes,
think in boxes.
Force-fed your vision of the world we inhabit,
Conditioned to accept the barrage of information which bombards us at hyper-speed. … More Book 2: You Suck!
The Cage
Aug 4, 2018
Sometimes at work you just feel closed in. Bored by what you’ve got to do; restricted by the times you work; and caged in by the physical environment you’re in. … More The Cage
A most blessed rooftop
Jul 27, 2018
I wrote this 7 years ago, on the rooftop of the Prophet Muhammad’s (peace be upon him) mosque, a few weeks prior to Hajj 2011. It was our final night in Madinah, and this piece was inspired by the time there. Sadly, I’ve not been back since then. … More A most blessed rooftop
Peace
Jul 23, 2018
The sun kisses my face
as i sit here in my empty bedroom.
At utter and total peace:
outside –
the subtle symphony of the birds,
the gentle breeze rustles the leaves,
and calm permeates the air
on this gloriously sunny Winter morning… … More Peace
The book (that’s still on the way)
Jul 14, 2018
When this blog hit the 10-year mark, I planned on compiling a “best of” – which would be an e-book collecting what I considered my most meaningful creative pieces over that period. It was quite a feat to go through so much content, but I eventually settled on a body of material that I believed would work. The idea was that there would be three distinct areas: poetry (the biggest portion), reflections and prose, and photography. … More The book (that’s still on the way)
Remembrance
Jun 13, 2018
Remember the One
Who is always with you,
Who loves for you to ask of Him,
Who listens to your pleas,
Who guides your heart to that which is best for you. … More Remembrance
Reset
May 14, 2018
Knock knock.
Who’s there?
You know who.
That annual visitor,
who comes around
to remind you of how strong you really are.
slip-sliding away..... 