excerpts from ALI

April 24, 2021April 28, 2023 ~ Yousef Alqamoussi

These excerpts have been selected from a poetry project I've been working on called ALI. It's an American English epic poem exploring the life and times of Ali ibn Abi Talib (عَلِيّ ٱبْن أَبِي طَالِب), the cousin, companion, and successor of the Prophet Muhammad. When completed, I expect that it will comprise three volumes of rhymed and metered … Continue reading excerpts from ALI

apocalypse Easter Someday

April 18, 2020April 28, 2023 ~ Yousef Alqamoussi

My Countrymen, perhaps disaster is our only hope.

OPENING and ALLAH

April 1, 2020April 28, 2023 ~ Yousef Alqamoussi

Whichever way you turn your heads, there you’ll find ALLAH.

apocalypse March 25, 2020

March 25, 2020April 28, 2023 ~ Yousef Alqamoussi

Here we go, past Adam and Eve, from Eastest Asia, through Greco-Roma and Indo-Persia, to ChristEuropa and America, and now The fall (bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerontuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk!), a Vican recirculation.