2Feb 2017 Ilhem Issaoui

My beloved

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My beloved Neither the sun nor the moon shall be compared to My beloved O clandestine castle haunted by mist and mystery O stretching fields of merriment silenced forever O... Read More
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Sounds like a love better to have lost. – mh clay

24Apr 2016 Ilhem Issaoui

Shall I wait for dawn to come

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Shall I wait for dawn to come And bring his fragrance To the thoughts dry Like a jejune land The night is amarulent Cacophony penetrates it I shall close the... Read More
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Dry night, dry pages. Bring a wet day, like ink and tears. – mh clay

15Oct 2015 Ilhem Issaoui

Today was like

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Today was like no other The blooming almonds Burgeoning again The dewdrops dispersed How I wish they were still To enlighten my sorrows And tinge my pathos with sumptuous tears... Read More
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A new love; seen everywhere, in everything. – mh clay

10Aug 2015 Ilhem Issaoui

Someone you were acquainted with

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Do gaze at my face O owner of eyes that are purer Than my grief O owner of voice That recalls the softest dewdrops O vendor of sentiments That imbue... Read More
editors note:
There it is; that look into a stranger’s face which comes from a strangely familiar place. (We welcome Ilhem to our confab of Contributing Poets with this submission. Read more of her madness on her new page – check it out.) – mh clay
2Jun 2015 Ilhem Issaoui

my philosophy

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I am simple aye, I am simple and the half of everything can remit my ardour I am a boat made of paper half sunk and half lofty and I... Read More
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Self-definition; divine, not defiant. – mh clay

26Mar 2015 Ilhem Issaoui

The Tear on the Cheek

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There it goes, There it overflows, There it wanders In a swift feather-like manner When wind blows Running thither As if to be forgotten To be the dew Inside a... Read More
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Write the book sweetly; squeeze that tear from joy, instead. Write sweetly! – mh clay