Tasbīh by Khalid MukhtarPosted onMarch 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 Read More
Interview by Khalid MukhtarPosted onFebruary 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,… Read More
Response by Khalid MukhtarPosted onFebruary 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… Read More
‘Arsh by Khalid MukhtarPosted onFebruary 12, 2019February 12, 2019 There, ‘now’ and ‘instantaneous’ And all things thought spontaneous Fall short of what His Mighty Qadr brings For there, no time holds sway upon The… Read More
Oxygen by Khalid MukhtarPosted onFebruary 5, 2019February 5, 2019 The waters of mirth can stifle the soul Glide up to the sun, catch a breath Return to its shores to lie on the gold… Read More
Doing by Khalid MukhtarPosted onJanuary 25, 2019January 25, 2019 Beware of the times you do goodIt comes with a peace as it wouldAnd it fills you with feelingsDelivers you reelingWith joy that you did… Read More
Shoveling by Khalid MukhtarPosted onJanuary 12, 2019January 12, 2019 The repentant ones knowWhat to think when they findSuch a volume of snowOn the driveway, but mindIt’s a ploy of the devilTo make you to… Read More
Waiting by Khalid MukhtarPosted onJanuary 8, 2019January 8, 2019 When the fast slows down And the night turns to pray With its children as one All five moons away Read More
Manner by Khalid MukhtarPosted onJanuary 4, 2019January 4, 2019 Consider now “man” an adjectiveTo mean less a beast and more manThen take its comparative, “manner”, a proof That a word comes about by a… Read More
Think! by Khalid MukhtarPosted onJanuary 2, 2019January 2, 2019 The things that we find mundane We hear them again and again Repetitive, boring And set to inducing All manners of snoring Are often all… Read More