16Aug 2024 John Najjar

The Sun

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The world hangs in the balance; We sit and watch genocide; helplessly. We turn from ourselves, become lost in trivia shadows running from the sun; She loved the One that... Read More
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No light, no sight. Some things are just too hard to watch. – mh clay

14May 2024 John Najjar

To a Younger Poet

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How little perhaps words can convey except in the hands of a genius. Though I am a creative person, I am a puritan rather than an aesthete. I know human... Read More
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When scab turns to scar, picking heals nothing. – mh clay

15Jun 2023 John Najjar

TO APHRODITE

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I have journeyed through rough seas Past rocky islands that threatened to ship wreck me. Through the place where The Sirens thrashed my naked ears With their gaping and tortuous... Read More
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A god’s affair of the heart, together apart from the start. – mh clay

20Mar 2022 John Najjar

The Capoeirista

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To be on the alert means to be deadly serious, to be deadly serious means to be sincere to oneself and it is sincerity that finally leads one to discover... Read More
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Dancing a killer dance. – mh clay

7Apr 2021 John Najjar

An Old Coat

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Camouflage by words I walk this corridor In a mirrored maze Where fascination threatens to overwhelm me In exploring this maternal space I search for definition Something solid to anchor... Read More
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Still, we seek for rescue in our words. – mh clay

8Feb 2020 John Najjar

Sunset

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I sit in silence this evening pondering how past events have led up to this day how each feather of wisdom drifts silently in the medium of memory; the know... Read More
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Our future laughs from a dark beyond. Maybe shades are best for looking into the past? – mh clay

28Jan 2018 John Najjar

Street-Walker

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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar Wilde After the money Has changed hands Puppet of fantasy To what silent... Read More
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It’s all compost; fertilizer for the soul. – mh clay

21Jul 2017 John Najjar

Silence

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I sit here tracing these words across this screen Looking for other possibilities That can slide beyond the measures of reason These days my day’s measure is spent Searching possible... Read More
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A little shredded, but never shattered. We make what meaning we can. – mh clay

29Oct 2016 John Najjar

THE PICCOLO BAR

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for Vittorio Feeling like a piece of debris In life's flooding flow I come here to enjoy the show. A place for the dispossessed. Its dark cave light Offers a... Read More
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Walk right in, folks. No cover. Masks optional. – mh clay

22Nov 2015 John Najjar

WINDY SPACES TRANQUIL YET STORMY

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The day is racked and tortured Its windy spaces tranquil yet stormy; My silent heart cries out And I breath deep To prevent tears From falling down my cheeks; For... Read More
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Alone, we enter. Alone, we exit. All seek “together” in between. – mh clay