Aimless bickering causes depression
Endless fidgeting generates hypertension,
Idleness just kills liveliness,
Messiness nullifies opportunities.
Pointless questions ruin seminars,
Tenacity underlies victories,
Wilful xenophobia yields zealotry.
Novid Shaid, 2007,
When the Sun is two bows’ length,
When the heat will not subside
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Shade us by Your Throne, O Lord
Shade us by Your Throne.
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On the day the Horn erupts
While the living ones devise
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Shade us by Your throne O Lord,
Shade us by Your throne.
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When the Trump is blown again
And the souls are unified,
On the day the Trump summons
All that are and all that were,
Naked, sweating, trembling
None can flee the summoning,
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Shade us by Your throne O Lord
Shade us by Your throne.
Novid Shaid, 2003
Oh Allah! Oh everlasting King!
Oh heirless Emperor! Oh Sovereign!
Oh You, who has forbidden oppression
For yourself, and outlawed transgression.
by Novid Shaid, 2004
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In a place you might know
Not a long while ago
There lived a young fellar named Nigel.
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He possessed a wry grin
And a stubbly chin
And his friends would savour his arrival
By Novid Shaid
When mummy and daddy go to sleep, I am still awake. Awake and alone in my bed. I haven’t got a brother or sister; I’m an only child, but I’m not sad about that. My parents love me lots and lots. I know I’m lucky to have such wonderful parents, and I do get to play with friends at school and outside in my area.
A warm shower of dignified applause
Echoes down the winding road,
As hearses bearing the fallen one,
Glide through, leaving copious tears
And stoic faces in their wake.