http://slow.writerscafe.org/wordsareweapons The original writings of author Yusra Arub en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776007278 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 My 21st official poem :) http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wordsareweapons/1940610/ I went through a period of time just like any other writer in which I was dry of inspiration--"parched with lack of wishes, as I say in this poem. I finally came to writing this. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wordsareweapons/1887486/ you and i were two hands in a glove, made to support each other, made to love, you and i were painted glass, fragile, beautiful, but could not last. you and i were lost in the cold, focused more on each other than on something to hold, just like that, we were gone, frozen, our vibrant glass hearts b.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wordsareweapons/1739063/ A pantoum I wrote a while ago..Let me know what you think! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wordsareweapons/1733677/ i promised you that i would bring, a beautiful, precious diamond ring, i even stole it from the guards, who left me broken, burned, and scarred. i promised you a million smiles,  to make your summer days worthwhile, but, alas, the days they lived too long, you couldn’t bear the birds, the.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wordsareweapons/1731004/ Personally, one of the most beautiful things in nature is when tall green firs look almost black against an evening sky. So naturally, I wrote it into a poem a couple years ago. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wordsareweapons/1719559/ A ballad I wrote for school..Hope you enjoy! http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wordsareweapons/1712975/ I threw these random thoughts together at 2 A.M. when I couldn't sleep http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wordsareweapons/1711423/ I'm sorry for how things turned out. But there were voices screaming at us as we drove down the freewayin the middle of nowhere. It wasn't easy concentrating on your gentle voicetelling me stories of snow and heat and bruises and Spain. Because those shouts of warning&n.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/wordsareweapons/1711406/