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The Days of Ziad Hafiz Razak

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives." – Annie Dillard

Category: Haiku

Posted on 19 December, 202318 December, 2023

On Peace (None Save in Him)

Each futile attempt
Teaches me - there is truly
No peace save in Him.
Posted on 14 December, 2023

On JJCM

Over steaming bowls 
Of pulled noodles, we forge this
Bond of brotherhood. 
Posted on 12 December, 2023

On Heaven’s Tears

Thunder roars in the  
Sky as heaven's tears fall on
The dark grey tarmac. 
Posted on 11 December, 202310 December, 2023

On Dark Judgment

These brooding clouds, they
Gather in dark judgment like
A murder of crows.
Posted on 10 December, 2023

On Oiling the Machine

Line them up as I 
Hand out env’lopes of cash; I
Buy votes with a smile.
Posted on 8 December, 2023

On Those Drops of Jupiter

Did you fall for a 
Shooting star? You left - I know
Now that it's your loss. 
Posted on 7 December, 2023

On The Inexpressible

Between these lines I
Try vainly to express the
Inexpressible. 
Posted on 5 December, 20234 December, 2023

On Three Hundred Days

Ev’ry day these three
Hundred days, I write down words
To ward off the Dark.
Posted on 3 December, 20232 December, 2023

On Becoming Patience

Forty-five years on
God’s Earth! I count my days with
Becoming patience.
Posted on 2 December, 20231 December, 2023

On Docility

Don’t tangle with me!
I’m a docile demon, just
Waiting to erupt.

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