As I Write These WordsiUniverse, 2012 - 264 من الصفحات Every poem in As I Write These Words seeks to take the reader on a journey with author Samir Georges. This very personal collection of poetry, begun by Samir at the age of ten and completed on his twentieth birthday, offers an invitation to travel across the tapestry of emotion and experiences he weaves. Raised in a culture that values and nurtures poetry, Samir first began writing poetry in his native language without any training. His need for expression spurred him on. From the emotion of "He Whistles as He Walks, This Man" to the charm of "Lady," he improvises every poem, writing before he thinks; to him, emotions are felt like flint and stone in the hand, long before thought sparks from between. As I Write These Words presents an offer to dream, journey, and grow-an offer made with an open hand that is there for the taking. Contemplating quietly and fluently is he Not with speech but by mind and precision in every degree, Congratulate those who assimilate to those around them with decree. But he who cares not for the throng knows better than to be bound by such wrong, For judgment is to be awarded by deeds best unknown to the judge, Not as a tool to be handed down from a man to fool. |
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Open Curtains | 1 |
Softspoken Words | 3 |
Wilful Captive | 4 |
Whispers | 5 |
A Foul Business | 7 |
Whirlpool of Fate Siren Grasp of Quicksand | 8 |
Motivated | 9 |
Misdirected | 10 |
Three Ticks on the Clock | 131 |
Its Not Healthy | 135 |
Mountains | 137 |
Im Writing a Letter to You | 139 |
We Dreamers | 140 |
It Is What It Is | 142 |
Its Raining outside Today | 143 |
Odin | 144 |
More than Once I Beckoned | 12 |
Remembering Pictures | 13 |
The Monster without Purpose | 15 |
A Quest Within | 17 |
We Await Her Arrival | 18 |
Sand Castle | 20 |
She Was the Proudest of Birds | 21 |
Stars | 22 |
Nighttime | 23 |
Love and Loathing | 24 |
The Philosopher | 25 |
He Whistles as He Walks This Man | 29 |
Sleepily | 30 |
Alone We Are Resolute | 32 |
Remnant | 33 |
Shoulder | 34 |
Grim | 35 |
These Words Are Liberty | 37 |
Content | 38 |
I Am Captain | 39 |
Race Way | 40 |
Glistening White | 42 |
Where I Was | 44 |
Dreamer | 46 |
I Shall Find You | 47 |
Cherish Your Pockets | 48 |
He Built Another Planet | 49 |
Never Ending | 50 |
Fathom | 51 |
A World of Vintage Leather | 52 |
The Final Tune of the Tick Tock Clock | 56 |
One Hall Too Many | 57 |
Grand | 59 |
Judgment | 60 |
Beneath the Rubble of a Once Majestic Tyrant | 61 |
Theme of Birds | 63 |
Voices | 64 |
Overcome | 65 |
Pretty Angel | 67 |
To Live Flightless Birds | 69 |
Empty Thoughts Never Acknowledged Dreams | 71 |
Contemplating Quietly and Fluently Is He | 72 |
Once upon a Time Man Knew Only Shadow but Shadow Did Not Know Man | 73 |
All Hail the Misguided Soldier the Misguided Hive | 75 |
Many a Moment | 77 |
In Repair | 78 |
To Die | 80 |
Beauty in My Palm | 83 |
Dust Lands | 84 |
There Exists a Variable | 86 |
Words That Do Not Speak | 88 |
So Far | 89 |
Barefoot and Bloodied | 91 |
Check Mate | 92 |
The Sounds of Summer for Me | 93 |
A Story of Loose Lips | 94 |
Quizzical in Nature | 95 |
Today Not Tomorrow | 96 |
Whispers in Silence | 99 |
Mechanical Man | 100 |
Shrouded by Our Blessings | 102 |
A Goodbye | 103 |
Feather in My Hand Ink in My Heart | 105 |
Peace Resides before the Fire and Once More within the Ash | 107 |
Till Time and Time Again | 108 |
Set to Bloom | 110 |
Roots Will Grow Roots Will Spread Let This Wisdom Be What We Shed | 111 |
Risk My Presence | 112 |
The Singer of Songs | 113 |
Bounce | 114 |
The Ravager of Redemption | 116 |
Right There | 117 |
Ode to the Damned | 118 |
Being | 120 |
Wonder Why | 121 |
Cry Me a River | 122 |
Pulse | 123 |
Ruins Reclaimed | 124 |
From End to End | 126 |
Blink It Away? | 127 |
Experience | 128 |
The Illusion | 129 |
The Illusion Part Two | 130 |
Stargazer Hatchnet Fangtooth | 145 |
Lady | 146 |
Of Man | 147 |
But I Smell You Somewhere Out There | 148 |
The Sword the Shield and the Heart | 150 |
Blind Men | 152 |
The Gleaming Crow a Treasure before Her Eyes | 154 |
Genie | 156 |
Day | 157 |
Chasing Racing | 158 |
My Beautiful Cage | 159 |
Tomorrow Is Another Day | 160 |
The Green Checkered Face | 161 |
Goodnight I Said as I Tucked My Secrets to Bed | 162 |
Pitter Patter | 163 |
The Sands Stand Tall | 164 |
Loyalties | 165 |
Oh Sweet Sweet Dew | 166 |
The Lying Man and the Clock | 167 |
We Are All of Us Crazy | 169 |
And Always | 170 |
Fear | 172 |
I Love You Because | 173 |
Desert Paths | 174 |
Oceans Deep | 175 |
Writers Block | 176 |
A Wise Life Understanding Death | 177 |
Tension Waiting | 178 |
Dancing with the Shadows | 180 |
Cold Ice | 181 |
Painting Alone | 182 |
Lament of the Soul | 183 |
Opinion Worms through Me | 184 |
Dour Company | 187 |
Fighting the Good Fight | 188 |
In League with Others | 189 |
I Miss the Dead | 190 |
Holding Its Breath | 192 |
Breath Let Go | 193 |
Knees Bent Untying the Knots of Fates Cast | 195 |
Letters Bespeak Words | 196 |
Mining | 197 |
Betwixt Bars | 198 |
Ruined with Words | 201 |
My Doubts | 202 |
Hiding | 203 |
Shades of Pearl | 204 |
A Struggle to Be | 206 |
Make Your Move | 207 |
Pretend | 208 |
Anchored on the Shore | 209 |
The Lonely Dark | 211 |
Our Very Own Nights | 213 |
Bringing the Shuttle Back Home | 214 |
A Tough Question I Was Asked | 215 |
Appreciate the Song | 217 |
Breathe into Me | 218 |
No More than We Are | 219 |
North Star | 220 |
A King Rides | 222 |
She Came to Me in Clandestine Robes | 224 |
My Eye for a Kingdom My Other for a View | 225 |
Turtle Man | 226 |
The Watch on My Hand | 227 |
Seeds | 230 |
Eyes Speak | 231 |
The Devil Walks | 233 |
Simple Fears | 235 |
Blue | 236 |
What Are These Nights | 237 |
My Lady in the Sky | 238 |
Beneath the Sun | 239 |
Hanging Flags in Space | 240 |
Deserving | 242 |
Moments | 243 |
Tiptoes | 244 |
Busy Hands | 245 |
Both Sword and Shield | 246 |
Hunger | 247 |
Written Thanks | 248 |
Closing Curtains | 249 |