I amended and enlarged an old Poem I had written quickly featuring a play of discourses between a narrator and many interlocutors of differing faiths, beliefs and political persuasions. The old poem was called a ‘Converse of Wisdom’, but I… Read More ›
POETRY
Truth and the Fire
A Poem of Truth and the Fire And who can doubt the similitude of truth, to a flame? Truth destroys falsehood and consumes it Is it not evident in the example of Hell? Created by He that is the Truth… Read More ›
A Woman’s Du’a (Prayer)
I wrote this Poem in response to Islamophobe Ayan Hirsi Ali’s anti-Islamic film “Submission”, which depicted Muslim women as subjugated and oppressed by men in Islam. Ayan’s film depicted a woman praying to Allah (God), asking why Islam is allegedly… Read More ›
A Converse of Wisdom
[A newer redaction of this poem can be found here] A Skeptic said “What if you are wrong?” I said “What if I am right?” – An Atheist said “How is there a Creator?” I said “How is there a… Read More ›