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Thursday, February 12, 2009
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I am not a poet. I am a scribe of Allah.
- Tiel Aisha Ansari
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5 comments:
This poem is beautiful!!!
I really love the first line...
"The shape of lace is absence..."
You have amazing talent!
A lovely poem :) May we all be true threads.
Ya Haqq!
Love your poem and how you presented it here. Very nice. Sincerely, Connie
What a beautiful poem!
this is gorgeous, what a great post for this theme.
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