I know heвЂ™s stuck in the same world he talks about, but refuses to rise above the vision stuck in his head that isnвЂ™t really seeing me. Once again, this man tells me what he thinks I am and what he thinks I am not, and calls it вЂњtruthвЂќ. He talks about feminism and chauvinism, culture and the matrix, thinking heвЂ™s above it all, but as I fly above our bodies, in the ether above the chair he uses to cushion the blow of words, then hovering in the air an hour later, above the parking lot where I see him as a mere mortal disguised as a super man. So began the words of wisdom my ex-friend with benefits bestowed upon me to cut off benefits, or how he failed to see what was really right in front of him for years: a powerful kindred spirit in female form. вЂњIвЂ™m gonna tell you a secret about this culture: Women have all the power.вЂќ The content on this web page is not to be reused or reprinted without permission of the author. Vincent Millay, Rita Dove, and Pablo Neruda. Now he ranks as one of my kindred spirit poets, with Gwendolyn Brooks, Edna St. Nizar Qabbani and I happen to share the same birth date, similar romantic language usage and use of poetry as social commentary sensibilities.

Unfortunately, the poem isnвЂ™t available to read online, but I will share a stanza that mirrored my rejection of American oil princes today: Its rhetorical strength, at times bordered on vulgarity and name-calling. Written in the voice ofДЄ woman rejecting the advances of one such Arab Sheikh, the poem despite Societies, were desperately in need of these resources. Western capitals when the rest of the Arab world, and indeed their own The poem railed against the nouveau-riche Arab SheikhsДЄnd Princes squandering their money on women and booze in the nightlife of launched a searing attack against the Arab вЂњprinces of oilвЂќ in Saudi Arabia and

In his dissertation about the poet, diplomat, and publisher, Nizar Qabbani: From Romance to Exile, Muhamed Alkhalil writes: The title of the poem that empathized with me after reading about the oil spill near Galveston: вЂњLove and PetroleumвЂќ. (вЂњThe area is home to popular bird habitats, especially during the approaching migratory shorebird season.вЂќ вЂ“Associated Press)В I couldnвЂ™t find my own words to express my reaction to what happened, and my position about the fossil fuel/nonrenewable energy industry, but I remembered the beautiful words of a kindred poet, translated in English I discovered in a collection purchased from Recycled Reads: Modern Arab PoetsВ , which features three representative poems by Nizar Qabbani. These words were especially true yesterday, when a friend told me about the recent oil spill near my birthplace.

вЂњThere are certain emotions in your body that not even your best friend can sympathize with, but you will find the right film or the right book, and it will understand you.вЂќ

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