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Little Egos, a Humorous Poem

by wael on April 29, 2023 · 0 Comments

Little kids need little egos To be fed and given love Icky grown-ups with big egos Need a smite from high above When a kid says “see my drawing!” Though it sucks, I’ll aah and ooh But with grown-ups, there’s no hawing I’ll just say “your work is poo.”        

Holding Fast to My Faith

by wael on June 30, 2012 · 1 Comments

Love is an act of faith, and whoever is of little faith is also of little love. ~ Erich Fromm My Faith, she walketh by my side She freed my soul of every care A gift of light shall here abide The scent of spring is everywhere. The world has shaped this earthly lot Where sorrow [...]

The Sea Winds

by wael on September 14, 2011 · 2 Comments

by Wael Al-Mahdi (2011).  A poem inspired by an oft recurring dream theme.  It is a picture, frozen in words, of one aspect of a prolific unconscious.   My constant affliction -which seizes with sere conscience A poet’s soul; when the sun, at its zenith, and the night, in recess Ghastly images unfold, like chapters [...]