Isam Hussain Poems

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31.
Yesterday And Today

Raves and pubs have taken the place
of Big Band music and Ballroom dance.
Senses dulled and deafened by noise,
they court romance, fortified by booze.
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32.
Third World Debt

Banks, awash with money,
offered loans to poor nations willy-nilly,
to governments corrupt and sleazy.

The loans were frittered away
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33.
From A Jack To A King

He frequented the bars in Texas,
a drunkard living a life so aimless;
then he found his God in Jesus,
received a mission from beyond the skies:
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34.
Good Friday

He who hung the heavens
is now hanging.
He who fixed the stars in place
is on the Cross fixed.
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35.
Happiness Second Time Round

Because of you
life began anew
and love flourished again
when all hope seemed in vain.
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36.
Holy Week - I Was There

The Passover is near,
a feast ever so dear.
Spring is in the air,
our hope, if we dare,
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37.
Breaking Free Is Hard To Do

With one hand the past pushes us forward,
with the other it pulls us back.
Our freewill is never free;
our today is coloured by yesterday.
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38.
A Play Called 'the Coming Of Day'

Celestial thespians
tread the boards
like true professionals
enacting a timeless play
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39.
Was It Really So?

And did the countenance divine
shine forth upon Bethlehem’s hills;
and did a host of angels give praise
at the birth of the Saviour near an inn?
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40.
Autumn

Summer has run its course;
the year is coming to a close.
There is a chill in the air,
leaves are strewn everywhere.
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