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By Any Means Necessary?

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 19, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Arjun Janah By Any Means Necessary? By any means necessary! That was a phrase used by Malcolm X, I believe, for which he was reviled. But we see it in action here, as police check microphones … Continue reading →

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Poems of war, peace, women, power

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 8, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Suheir Hammad I will not dance to your war drum. I will not lend my soul nor my bones to your war drum. I will not dance to your beating. I know that beat. It is … Continue reading →

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Poet With a Kodak and a Restless Eye

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 13, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By HOLLAND COTTER Published: September 12, 2010 WASHINGTON — The poet Allen Ginsberg, who died in 1997, adored life, feared death and craved fame. These obsessions seemed to have kept him, despite his practice of Buddhist meditation, from sitting … Continue reading →

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The Price of Peace

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 25, 2007

I am the rage I am the storm My path I leave barren and shorn Swaying in my crazy dance I rejoice at all I face Move at my own pace I grapple my foe I wrestle to die I … Continue reading →

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The First Element

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 10, 2003

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Poem on Waterwall at exhibition “The First Element” at the National Art Gallery Malaysia. Water Fluid, flowing, feeling, water Life, death, birth, union, water Meandering, shaping, eroding, changing, water Cosmos, clouds of gas, the ice age, frozen … Continue reading →

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