The Way Of Islam Poem by Saiom Shriver

Poems Of Islam


ALWAYS

The All Merciful Allah
allows, yeh ordains, for all
joy peace and love
all ways
and always.


OLIVE ALTAR

The olive tree is
the altar of Allah.
On it Allah has placed
olives free for all.

May Allah
none allow
to alter
His altars.

ALLAH!

All! ! ! ! !
Ah! ! ! ! !
is Allah! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !


RUMI

.. If ones heart
has great room
it may contain
the wisdom of Rumi




KABIR KASHMIR
..
the emeralds of Hafiz
glow forever
but these are foothills
in the mountain range
of Kabir

.. they give ear
to Kabir
from Khartoum and Diyarkabir
to Kerala and Kashmir

SUFI NONVIOLENCE

Sufis say suffer not to cause
suffocation or suffering
to any creature

ALLAH'S INCENSE

Allah, You have planted
seeds of desires
in the hearts of
all Your creation.
From all hearts rises
incense as prayers to
You. Be merciful to all.

RAMADAN SUNSET

As eagerly as the
faithful faster
of Ramadan
looks to sunset
and moonrise
not to the dawn
is the faithful
husband
to his loving
wife drawn

SCROLL

Alone Allah controls
the waves' endless roll
as they unwind
an infinite scroll
for those who along
His seashores stroll

MALIK ALLAH

Malik Allah
Owner of All
in each heart altar
mercy install





FORGET ME NOTS

The forget me nots
flourish neath minarets
and the lilacs
by the temple.
The roses grow
framing the mandir..
all of them unconscious
of the political
statements to which
others ascribe them.

OASES MARRY LAKES

There was a woman in
Libyan lands
who planted in the
thirsty sands..
a baby tree of date palm.
.. each day she
came
and gave him water alms..
..and watched him grow
and grow..
and stretch his roots
to an oasis..
She planted more and
more..
and the mist they
released each day
became clouds..
and rain..
which pooled
in a new oasis
.. which married
the first..
to become a lake..
More and more soul
torches were enkindled
in witnessing this..
and each planted
many green torch trees
.. reclaiming the desert
.. turning it back
into paradise.


SUFI RING

Mere illusion
is suffering
to the masters
in the Sufi ring..
who see pain
as a nightmare
from which one has
been awakened


ALLAH AKBAR!

Allah Akbar!
Allah Akbar!
Allah Akbar!
Allah Akbar!
Allah Akbar!
Allah Akbar!
Allah Akbar!
Allah Akbar!
Allah Akbar!

Trumpets brought
down Jericho's walls
Allah Akbar!
brought down
the walls of the Shah

Allah Akbar!
now
brings down violent walls
in the hearts
of nearly all
Allah Akbar! brings
down the walls
separating Palestine
from its own grapevines
and Palestinians from
their own olives' fall.

SPRUCE MINARETS

Woods of pine pinnacles
grounded by root tentacles
.. sparrows do minuets
in spruce minarets

BETHLEHEM BOMBER

The suicide bomber from Bethlehem
said he had a right to

reach out from the body cage
with his wings.. and unopen
its latch.. to release the
birdsoul of himself and others..

He said that the Bethlehem
Babe mangerborn..
was not obeyed..
that many who call
themselves followers of
Christ
blindly follow
homicide bombers and
that the sacred soil of
Palestine was desecrated
by the metal shoes of
tanks.

but Allah the All Merciful
whispered to him:
I do not write My victories
in the bloodink within
finger pens torn from
innocent children.


ALLAH'S BIRDS


You are joy's warble in all birdthroats
You are the guiding star of all flock migrations.
You are kindness to bird strangers
You in inns
along the way the blueberry bush's berrier
You are the flight which lifts feathers yond barriers.
You are the evening laving lakes
and You are the welcoming evening trees
You are the Indweller of each bird heart
You are the Warmth of every Mother Bird
Nestling Into Her Nest
You are the Love of every hardworking
faithful Father Bird


BEYOND RUPEES AND RUBIES


How is it that
Madison Ave tenants
became liars
for lira?

No amount
of rubies

can buy a single
lovejeweled
human heart

Even so,
it takes no
rubles no rupees
to mine
the Rubaiyat's
rubies.

ALLAH'S CUES


Allah prompts
reminds.. gives the cues
For every poem
He is the muse

THUMBPRINT OF ALLAH


The Islamic scholar passed on to us
that when an animal is born
with a spot midway between the shoulder
blades and on his back.. this
is referred to as 'the thumbprint
of Allah'.

And yet do all animals have the thumbprint
of Allah.. His loving protection.



ALLAH

5 times a day
do their prayers
waft upon the rising
air..
and then spread to
everywhere
for omnipresent
are Allah's lairs

NAMES FOR ALLAH

Water is hydra in Greek,
aqua in Latin, pani in
1 Indian language. It is
eau in French.
Just so is Allah called
God in the West, Shiva
in India, Abba in Christian
churches, YHWH in Jewish
temples.

FOR ALWAYS, ALLAH

Allah Who indwells all end all violence
to any being now and forever
as You bless all
in all ways and for always

TAPESTREE

Coconuts Allah's light did braid
and almond trees of Jordanian jade.
Translucent glows His Libyan limeade
Black olives grow neath Iraqi shade.
Gold lemons swell from rainmist greyed
Orange apricots by Allah made
Trees give all fruit to all.. from
every orchard, grove and glade.

INSHALI

Allah passes His nonviolence miracles
through human beings.
Peace for all, Inshallah
and Inshali.

WIND ALLAH SENT

The wind Allah sent
laden with sou
has blown away the thief's footprints
of the desert dunes
for Allah is all merciful.