Saadat Tahir
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here is the modified text by Saadat (see at the bottom for the previous one):
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Terror
Shameless lies…
Shameless lies are cast on their keel
Telephones ring all night for a deal
Images run circles that burn in our mind
Subliminal messages that turn us blind
Engineer the world to fake a fight
Use it then to decree your right
Plan in shadows in a whispered hush
Straight faced talk and never blush
On stealthy wings death then crept
As mothers, children, huddled slept
Roar of world’s biggest this or that
Anything and everything fell to flat
Sci-Fi sensors or saddened eyes
Brazenly send out, same old lies
The reaper unleashed, is no match!
In a condo block or bamboo thatch
Horrible deeds of terror are done
Turned around, spoken with a pun
Stuff all zombies in dreadful jails
Rape all woman violate the males
Recall the skulls in Mongol towers?
Life! Who said? Was a bed of flowers!
Even as flesh falls with the chains
The vacant stare of sockets remains
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Saadat Tahir Ali, Pakistan (currently in Saudi Arabia)
— I was born (in Jan. 1965) and bred in Pakistan. A medical doctor by profession, with postgraduate qualifications in Radiology, I'm currently living in Qaseem, Saudi Arabia. My hobbies include indoor plants, interiors and woodwork.. and making friends. Over the years, I have traveled to many countries and as a reasonably experienced traveler, I am a senior reviewer on travel and foodie sites. I like nature landscapes architecture and history. I am averse to concrete jungles. I am a diehard audiophile. I consider myself a wide eyed student, ready to listen, learn and improve. I loved poetry when I was at school, started writing decades back while at cadet high continued through to King Edward Medical College. Freedom from bondage in all forms and colours, love and universal brotherhood are my cherished values. I am an incorrigible romanticist and love music. I write my mind..
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the text below is the 1st submission by Saadat:
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editorial team, here please, is my poem for the ongoing anthology.
Search with sources that easily construct
Hidden weapons that massively destruct
With a dollar, your tender must bind!
Refuse to listen? We’ll pay you in kind!
Images run circles that burn in our mind
Subliminal messages that turn us blind
The media is strong with its blare
The media is strong with its glare
Urge some despot to pick a fight
Use it then to decree your right
So many croaking toads in the pond
Poodles at the UN profess their bond
On stealthy wings death then crept
As mothers children huddled, slept
Roar of world’s biggest this or that
Anything and everything fell to flat
Sci-Fi sensors or saddened eyes
Brazenly sent back, same old lies
Oh! That many combatants? Well done!
Got all those that could or couldn’t run?
The reaper unleashed, is no match!
In a condo block or bamboo thatch
Stuff all zombies in dreadful jails
Rape all woman violate the males
Recall the skulls in Mongol towers?
Who said life was a bed of flowers!
Even as flesh falls with the chains
The vacant stare of sockets remains
original
saadat tahir
22nd July, 2017
Unaiza-KSA
July 22 1990.
Iraq begins deploying troops to the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border and building a massive military buildup.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Gulf_War
That is what started the spiral to the gulf war…and the brazen rape of a land.