A Selection Of Poems and Articles- both political and personal

by Yahya Abdul Rahman / Shawn Smith

Poems etc.

Poems (articles below)

A call went out in heaven- July 15, 2009: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/acallwentout.htm

Macular - Feb 26, 2008: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/macular.htm

What lurks about in the darkness - Feb 3, 2008: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/lurks.htm

Silent Eloquence - Feb 1, 2008: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/silent_eloquence.htm

Overtaken - Jan 25, 2008: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/overtaken.htm

Glistening Eyes - Oct 17, 2007: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/glisteningeyes.htm

The Family Rock- June 26, 2007: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/familyrock.htm

The Grape - Summer 2007: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/grape.htm

Two Solitudes- June 26, 2007: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/twosolitudes.htm

The Forgotten One- June 15, 2007: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/noone.htm

The Earthquake- June 13, 2007: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/earthquake.htm

Papa - June 12, 2007: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/papa.htm

Secret Perversions- May 31, 2007: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/secret_perversions.htm

Opposing Forces- March 6, 2007: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/opposingforces.htm

Self- Awareness- Feb 28, 2007: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/selfawareness.htm

Studying Chaucer - Feb 28, 2007: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/canterbury.htm

Ignorance - Feb 12, 2007: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/ignorance.htm

A Thousand Little Daggers - Feb 9, 2007: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/daggers.htm

Breaking Free- Nov 7, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/breaking_free.htm

I Will Not Celebrate Death - Nov 7, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/celebratelife.htm

Letting You In On A Well Kept Secret- Nov 6, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/asecret.htm

The Law of Gravity- Nov 5, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/gravity.htm

Affirmations - Nov 4, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/hopefulthoughts.htm

Behold The Man- Oct 24, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/miracle.htm

A Poem For My Dad- August 31, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/fatherpoem.htm

Enough, Enough- August 23, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/enough.htm

Old Friend- August 23, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/oldfriend.htm

The Singular Eye- August 22, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/singulareye.htm

A Cloud- August 22, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/cloud.htm

I Celebrate Myself- August 18, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/celebrate.htm

The Heart That Always Loved Me- August 17, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/theheart.htm

The Loving Heart- August 17, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/lovingheart.htm

They Ask Me - August 16, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/theyaskme.htm

Staring Down The Dog Of Fear- August 16, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/staring.htm

Self-Sabotage- August 13, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/selfsabotage.htm

Oh Women And Men Of Microscopes- August 12, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/microscopes.htm  

Riding The Wave- August 11, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/riding.htm

The Internal Music- August 8, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/internalmusic.htm

A Revolt Against The Tribal Howl- July 28, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/fury.htm

Lessons From A Single Coin- July 28, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/coin.htm

The Devil's Square Eye- July 25, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/devileye.htm

A Spiritual Biographical Sketch- July 24, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/biosketch.htm

The Tiger Wins For Dad - July 24, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/tigerwins.htm

Somewhere in the mist- July 23, 2006: thttp://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/mist.htm

A Poem Away From Home- July 22, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/awayfromhome.htm

A Walk Along The Beach- July 21, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/beach.htm

Aprils- July 21, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/aprils.htm

The Couple- July 20, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/couple.htm

Sitting With Grandmother - July 18, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/grandmother.htm

The Invisible Leash- July 11, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/leash.htm

What Poetry Means To Me- July 10, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/poetrymeans.htm

Sometimes- July 6, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/sometimes.htm

Thinking of Walt Whitman At A Downtown Bus Stop- July 5, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/downtownwhitman.htm

Crumbs and Cockroaches- July 1, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/crumbs.htm

The Fastest Growing Religion- June 29, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/fastest.htm

Cannons Shooting Out Daffodils- June 29, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/cannons.htm

Lessons From An Inchworm- June 20, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/inchworm.htm

The Boy Inside Me- June 19, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/boyinside.htm

But Not Before Its Time - June 18, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/beforetime.htm

The Word That Cannot Be Spoken - June 16 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/unspoken.htm

Professor's Comments On My Essay - June 14, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/profcomments.htm

A Note To God- April 28, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/april28.htm

On Eternity and Mustard Seed - March 15, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/eternity.htm

In quiet of the morning - October 5, 2005: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/quiet.htm

Success - October 4, 2005: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/success.htm

Loving What Is - September 23, 2005: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/lovingwhatis.htm

Things I have learned in my life - July 22, 2005: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/learned.htm

Don't be afraid of the dark  - April 9, 2005: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/dark.htm

Looking For My Own Zam Zam - March 30, 2005: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/zamzam.htm  

Jesus - March 25, 2004: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/jesus.htm

Despair - March 24, 2005: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/despair.htm

Destiny Is..... - Feb 9, 2004 - http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/destinyis.htm

                       Oh Blinded Fool - Jan 15, 2005 -  http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/blindedfool.htm

The Reality - Dec 1, 2004 - http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/reality.htm

Fallen Castles - Dec 1 2004 - http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/fallencastles.htm

Camera Man - Sept 29, 2004 - http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/cameraman.htm

Listen Up - Sept 29, 2004 - http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/listenup.htm

When....... - Sept 27, 2004 - http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/when.htm

We Refuse - Sept 20th, 2004 - http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/werefuse.htm

Don't Forget - Sept 17, 2004 - http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/dontforget.htm

The Anointed One - Sept 13, 2004 - http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/anointed.htm

The Last Fatiha - Sept 13, 2004 - http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/lastfatiha.htm

The Fascists - Sept 12, 2004 - http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/fascists.htm

Eternity Awaits - Sept 7, 2004: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/eternityawaits.htm

Feelings - Sept 6, 2004: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/feelings.htm

Orange - August 3, 2004: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/orange.htm  

Over Here - May 31, 2004:  http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/overhere.htm

Maybe - May 30, 2004: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/maybe.htm

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Select articles by Yahya Abdul Rahman

Congratulations, you made it!- Sept 20, 2009: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/congratulations.htm

Personal advice from your own brother Yahya Abdul Rahman - Sept 9, 2009: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/personaladvice.htm

Accepting Allah's Decree - June 10, 2008: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/decreed.htm

Deposting Into The Bank Of Eternity - January 30, 2007:http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/depositing.htm

Determining The Condition Of My Heart- January 30, 2007: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/heart.htm

Repentance- January 26, 2007:http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/repent.htm

Parting The Waters Of My Red Sea - Nov 11, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/redsea.htm

The key to mastering a complex topic- Nov 10, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/complex.htm

My Take On Activism and Activists- Nov 8, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/mytakeonactivism.htm

My Take On Fundamentalists And Fundamentalism - Nov 7, 2006: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/fundamentalism.htm

WHY OUR PRAYERS REMAIN UNANSWERED- Oct 27, 2006:               http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/prayeranswered.htm             

        On New Carpets And Good News- Oct 26, 2006:             http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/goodnewsoct2506.htm

The Quran: Reading vs. Experiencing - October 7, 2005: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/experiencequran.htm

The Reality of Ramadan - October 6, 2005: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/ramadanfirst.htm

Perseverance - October 3, 2005:  http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/perseverance.htm

The Provisions Within - September 27, 2005 - http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/provisions.htm

Lessons Learned On A Schoolyard Playground - June 3, 2005: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/bierce.htm

When The Fire Doesn't Burn- April 11, 2005: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/ibrahim.htm

Spiritual Lessons From A Camel Race- January 24, 2005: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/adba.htm

Yaum Al Arafat - A day of repentance and forgiveness- January 19, 2005: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/arafat.htm

The Poor And Weak Amoung Us- January 17, 2005: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/weak.htm

It was two years ago that Allah blessed me and my wife with Hajj- Jauary 13, 2005 http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/hajjyahya.htm

Ask not what Allah can do for you, ask what can you do for Allah - November 14th, 2004: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/eideditorial.htm

An Excellent Example Of A Noble And Righteous Character- January 24, 2004: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/forbearance.htm

Our Community Is Being Used- October 1, 2003: http://www.montrealmuslimnews.net/used.htm

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