Monday 10 July 2023

Four Poems by Dr. Anissa Sboui

 



He

The Desired Heaven


Toddling into the caves
Endorsing backward dogmas
Retrieved Dabiq would be?
Reading weak hadith
Of the Christian-Muslim fight to conquer
Constantinople


Raids, more bloodshed
Instilling practices of the devil instead
Suicide bomber destroying his nest
Manipulated he may seem for the sake of
martyrdom, a lifetime test
Thinking what he's doing is best.


Is he worth the intended heaven?
Seeking tainted indulgences!
Eradication we need, of
Vile, sordid deed
Impeach him and his ilk
Living together under One Heaven...





The Quranic School


At dawn, the father carries the sacred book

Accompanies his son to the quasi academic institute

Ignoring he’d be caught like a fish hook

What a bluff, the wicked Islamic clerics, constitute



At noon, #humblebrag diffuses the news

Enlightening the ordinary citizens’ minds

Childhood desecrated: check the host’s interviews

Of most alarming situation, she reminds:

Dogma of dark brews,

Destructive ideas mirror tainted behinds



At night, father , unable to sleep

Nightmarish days do creep

His wife begins to weep

A foggy future where shame is deep…





God Spoke to Her


Blessed she was

Endowed with a sense of glory

A soldier she was

Carrying loads of accusations

A heavy burden on Her frail shoulders

Blasphemy…

Hats off to the great warrior

Her war was just

She was defying decaying norms

She fought for a cause

Blessed she was

Her gentle voice sang in tune with celestial wisdom

Her revelation was heavenly, no doubt

Meek she was, they take it into account

A saint like that deserves to be burnt at the stake?

A saint like that is worth

Commemoration

Recognition

Lifeless statue as

She is still alive

Her sword is stainless

It decapitates/ slashes/ slaughters/ avenges …

Her soul is still here

Hovering over

Calling for freedom

They ignored how much

She was blessed

On a mountain

A young lady approaches her

Whispering in her ear




I Lyric to the Critic


Walk in awe

Not a foe

The world saw…

Move forward, mate

Get into the consulate

Last stride

The fruit of much pride

Criticism of the regime

Boosted your self-esteem

Decry the climate of fear and intimidation

Speak on behalf of a repressed Nation


The threat was a test

To honour you not

Chokehold by a rogue,

Dismembering the dissident

With a bone saw

Was not in vogue.


Decry thug life

Decry the canon

Betray not the fellow

Still languishing in prison

You did defy, but

Men in subservient roles could not…






Dr. Anissa Sboui is a University teacher and poet from Sousse, Tunisia. She is the writer of six volumes: Rebirth (2018), Transcend (2019), Number One (2020), The Co-Avid Breath (2021), Hurricane (2022), Halcyon and Screaming Earth (2023). She wrote three short stories: “The Moody Bookworm”, “Alone” and “Coincidence” along with three volumes in Arabic. She also produced two books titled Literary Reflections and Representations: A Series of Critical Essays (2022) and ‘Hurrying Truth’ in the Poetry of Anne Sexton (2023).

She also published a number of research papers in prestigious journals:


     Praxis International Journal of Social Science and Literature

     International Review of Literary Studies IRLS

     The International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI)


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