Vision, Green and Clear

by Khalid MukhtarApril 17, 2019April 17, 2019

Let’s put on our tauhīd glasses (Of course they’re tinted green) And maybe we’ll see glimpses of The things that Khidr’s seen

Thinking

by Khalid MukhtarApril 16, 2019April 16, 2019

The more I think, The more I think The world should be protected From my thinking. The more I think The world should be protected …

Harvest

by Khalid MukhtarApril 7, 2019April 7, 2019

Every dhākir knowsWhat a dhākir sows:Where your tasbīh goesThere your garden grows

Wordwise

by Khalid MukhtarApril 5, 2019April 5, 2019

To think before you speak is to Account for all effects that you May have upon the world with words In ways not even actions…

Making It Count

by Khalid MukhtarApril 2, 2019April 2, 2019

All those tears are no goodIf you don’t do what you shouldAll those prayers are in vainIf you don’t try when you couldAll your lofty…

Body

by Khalid MukhtarMarch 21, 2019March 21, 2019

The ummah is as one body. We wonder where the hate we see begins;We blame the haters and their mentoring,But seldom see the damage that…

Lost

by Khalid MukhtarMarch 8, 2019March 8, 2019

Stop your dying, let it go The money, science and art you know Just leave it all behind you for a minute And turn your…

Tasbīh

by Khalid MukhtarMarch 3, 2019March 3, 2019

These words that rise up from your heart In sweet remembrances to be Upon your patient lips departingFor your Garden growing free

Interview

by Khalid MukhtarFebruary 26, 2019March 10, 2019

Highland Park Poetry’s Jennifer Dotson interviewed me last week about my book, In The Warmth of The Shade. We talked about how it all began,…

Response

by Khalid MukhtarFebruary 25, 2019February 25, 2019

It’s true that sticks and stones may break my bones,But words are such a different projectile,For even do the deadliest of dronesAnnihilate the living in…