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Permalink Reply by Hope on February 6, 2011 at 5:08pm

Nice poem!

I enjoyed reading for Elia Abu Madi Lebanese-American poet... he was atheist :)

 

           

              Smile - Elia Abu Madi
 ™ ®  Translated by: Mahmoud Abbas Masoud :)

He said: Lo, the sky is somber, and frowned.
I said: Smile just the same! Enough frowns in the sky

He said: Youth has left me and fled; I said: Smile!
Sorrow will never bring back your vanished youth

He said: The one whose love was my heaven,
Has tormented my soul
And turned my love into an inferno

She has betrayed my affection,
After I made my heart her sole possession.
So how can I smile

I said: Smile and enjoy yourself;
If you dwell on the hurt she dealt you, you will spend
The rest of your days in pain and suffering

He said: Business is in such turmoil,
As a traveler, almost dying of thirst

Like a consumptive young lass, in dire need of blood;
Wasting her life blood, with each gasp

I said: Smile, you are not the cause of her disease,
Nor will you be able to heal her.
Smile, for a smile may help

If someone else is a culprit,
Must you lose sleep worrying,
As if you yourself were the culprit

He said: The loud cries of my enemies
Are blaring around me,
How can I be happy when enemies are roundabout

I said: Smile, they are not after you
For a crime you have committed;
They would have ought against you if you weren’t
Better and greater than themselves

He said: The sales’ season is upon us,
Yet my merchandise of clothes and toys
Is not selling at all

I have an obligation toward my loved ones,
Yet, I have no single penny in my hand

I said: Smile, it is enough you are still living,
And not lacking in friends and well wishers

He said: The days have forced me to swallow bitter gall.
I said: Smile, even if bitter gall was given to you in strong doses

Perhaps if someone saw you in good spirits
Will discard gloom and rejoice instead

Will complaining ever earn you a penny?
Will you lose anything for being cheerful

There is no danger, friend, in parting your lips;
Your face will not disfigure if you smile

Laugh, for the stars laugh when night is darkest;
It is for this reason we love the stars

He said: Cheerfulness makes no one happy,
People come to this world and leave it against their will

I said: Smile as long as a short span
Separates you from death;
For once dead, you will not smile again

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Hope on February 7, 2011 at 11:22am

Also, I like this one with the mask guy in the youtube... very nice poem about Adam and Eve.

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Permalink Reply by Loop Johnny on February 10, 2011 at 2:21pm

EFG

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Permalink Reply by onyango makagutu on December 30, 2012 at 3:18pm

Lovely

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Permalink Reply by Simon Paynton on December 30, 2012 at 11:17am

I like this poem Hope, I'm going to keep it. 

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Permalink Reply by Gregor Basić on February 7, 2011 at 12:28pm

Call me classical neard but I need structure with my poems, like alliteration, measure and rhyme ;D All in all very nice.

Better question would be 'why are there so few atheistic poets?'. I know many singers (like Bjork), comedians (like Carlin, Seth McFarlane) and musicians like Andy McKee and so on. And by poet I mean a person who writes songs on paper with pen and never sings them :D

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Permalink Reply by Wally Wingo on December 30, 2012 at 9:34am

Jesus is Awesome!!!! I am soo glad he is my Savior!!!

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Permalink Reply by Strega on December 30, 2012 at 11:56am

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Permalink Reply by onyango makagutu on December 30, 2012 at 3:19pm

Maybe am missing something here, is this also a poem? Just curious

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Permalink Reply by Kairan Nierde on December 30, 2012 at 2:43pm

I always think I am going to develop a taste for poetry one day.  Still waiting.

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Permalink Reply by Simon Paynton on December 30, 2012 at 4:08pm

Maybe you're a poet and you don't even know it. 

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Permalink Reply by Dustin on December 31, 2012 at 2:14am

did anyone else immediately read the title of the thread as 'First Atheist-Themed Porn that I enjoyed'?  

Then reality struck and I noticed the r was an e.  

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