Author: Yahia Lababidi

What fanciful creators we are: Bestowing shock absorbers on cars Sprinkling tenderizer on meats And stitching wrinkle-resistant shirts Such wishful […]

Do they dream of past lives and unlived dreams Unspeakably human or unimaginably bestial? Do they struggle to catch in […]

to find the origin, Trace back the manifestations. Tao Between being and non-being Barely there These sails of water, ice, […]

There are hours when every thing creaks When chairs stretch their arms, tables their legs And closets crack their backs, […]

morning epiphany Applicable to love and life In haiku-like purity: Only freshly squeezed Separation is natural Shake well to enjoy! […]

Sleepwalking she prepared breakfast For her still dreaming children, before Breaking fast, to satisfy her appetite No fire needed, she […]

I could not decipher the living riddle of my body Put it to sleep when it hungered, and overfed it […]

Tell me, have you found a sea Deep enough to swim in Deep enough to drown in Waters to engage […]

If there were more than one of me I’d shave my head and grow my beard I’d be a Doctor […]

Words are like days: Coloring books or pickpockets, Signposts or scratching posts, Fakirs over hot coals. Certain words must be […]