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Quotes from A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden — Dawud Wharnsby

born 1972 Canada

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A busy buzzing bee is a lot like me, it works and it lives in community.

A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden (2011)

Dear God I've heard your name from teachers, family and friends, you made the universe and so will live on when it ends. Everyone I know admits they’ve never seen your face, they’re not sure where you live and have no map to the place.

A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden (2011)

Someday we’ll realize, perhaps much to our surprise, the keys to free a smile have been with us all the while: look for good, and spread that good around.

A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden (2011)

Fences and forts with walls and flags, caw caw — they’re so funny.

A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden (2011)

The foolish big boys who fight with their toys are so sadly silly.

A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden (2011)

Allah gave the Qur’an to a very special man, who passed it on to us, for the rest of all our days.

A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden (2011)

There’s always work that must be done...Life’s so simple when we simply work to make it fun.

A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden (2011)

We love to live a simple life...we simply love the life we live though some would say its hard.

A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden (2011)

You and I, wonder at the sky, call God a different name. As we try, learn and long to fly — you and I are so differently the same.

A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden (2011)

All of us, ride on the same bus, shop at the same malls and stores. All of us, debate and discuss, decide and divide what is mine and what’s yours.

A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden (2011)

I saw a dream, Earth safe and green. No hunger no war, water so clean. I’ll work for the world that I saw, set my mind and say insha Allah.

A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden (2011)

There was a house made out of sticks, there was a city, made out of bricks, I was amazed at what I saw, all I could say was Subhanallah!

A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden (2011)

But when it rains, it rains on all our houses, we all get cold when it snows. When a storm rolls in, huddled up against our windows, we all feel the fear when a strong wind blows, While on this earth, we’re all of equal worth.

A Picnic of Poems in Allah's Green Garden (2011)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Dawud Wharnsby (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.