Dawud Wharnsby: Trending quotes (page 4)

“Watch the grown ups all twirling with the clock throughout the day. Watch them spinning through the hours while the time hands tick away. They talk and grip the world, as they would catch a falling knife. Reality deceives them ’neath amusing games of life.”

Dawud Wharnsby

"Rhythm of Surrender"
A Different Drum (2004)

Life , World , Game , Reality

“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.”

Dawud Wharnsby

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

“If we only knew, the sacred value, And if the might of our pen, is stronger than the swords of men, let us unsheathe our minds, write with our hearts again.”

Dawud Wharnsby

"What Has Become"
For Whom The Troubadour Sings (2010)

Men , Heart

“You’ve built me a cabin but I want more, and more and more, now build me an office tower with an automatic door. Build me a fence that I can wrap around my state. If anyone tries to break through, I pity his fate.”

Dawud Wharnsby

"Wood and Nails"
Blue Walls and The Big Sky (1995)

Fate

“The past we’ve got we must forget. Future hasn’t happened yet. Carry this moment in a song. Insha Allah, it won’t be long.”

Dawud Wharnsby

"Let It Go"
Out Seeing The Fields (2007)

Past , Future , Forgetting

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

Dawud Wharnsby

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

“Only when I smell the earth upon my face, will I ever be free, to fly from this place.”

Dawud Wharnsby

"Out Seeing The Fields"
Out Seeing The Fields (2007)

Flying

“Teachers and pop icons, empty drums beat loudest noise. We swap their quotes and CDs like children trading toys. Follow along, bite the barbed hook deep in our jaw…”

Dawud Wharnsby

"The War/La Ilaha Il Allah"
Out Seeing The Fields (2007)

Children , Quotes , Teachers

“Pictures of politicians preen across our TV screens, pretensions plaques and posters fill our minds and magazines. Promises a burning match, igniting dreams of straw…”

Dawud Wharnsby

"The War/La Ilaha Il Allah"
Out Seeing The Fields (2007)

Dreams

“Time seems cold, each day we grey away. Believe the lines that we’ve been told, 'Lose our way lose yesterday’, they say, but who are they? Who are they anyway? They didn’t hear us play at eight years old.”

Dawud Wharnsby

"Eight Years Old"
Out Seeing The Fields (2007)

Way , Time

“But if we hide ourselves away, afraid to grow and learn, we might wake up in the flames of the ignorance that burns and we’ll never be much more than only casualties of war in a struggle we can’t win if we have no faith to begin. We’ve got to tip the lid and let some sunlight in.”

Dawud Wharnsby

"The People of The Boxes"
The Prophet's Hands (2003)

War , Faith , Learning

“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.”

Dawud Wharnsby

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

Fear , Feeling , Strong , Housing

“We have dealt with all these idealists in the past, I’m sure we’ll find a way to deal with them today… Rid our world of all these fanatics one by one, won’t let not prophet lover ruin my fun. We’ll string ‘em up and shoot ‘em down.”

Dawud Wharnsby

"Wood and Nails"
Blue Walls and The Big Sky (1995)

World , Way , Lovers , Past

“Truth is buried, deep inside of men, sweep away each day.”

Dawud Wharnsby

"The Last Tea Song"
Blue Walls and The Big Sky (1995)

Men , Truth

“There are a lot of grown ups who, should be sent up to their rooms, and told they must stay there, until they learn they can play fair.”

Dawud Wharnsby

"Hi Neigbour, Salam Neighbour"
For Whom The Troubadour Sings (2010)

Learning

“Your bombs and pens like swords, held high, up to my throat. You have made the cost of blood, as cheap as ink and all I think.”

Dawud Wharnsby

"What Has Become"
For Whom The Troubadour Sings (2010)

Thinking

“The world is not a box, there’s no lid, no doors, no cardboard flaps or locks, and everything in nature from the clouds to the rocks is a piece of the puzzle of the purpose of mankind, it's a piece of the peace that we’ll find.”

Dawud Wharnsby

"The People of The Boxes"
The Prophet's Hands (2003)

World , Peace , Nature , Box

“All the girls and boys seen preening through school halls, fighting to fit in, games they just can’t win, higher education dumbing down a nation, around the square unsure of where we fit in.”

Dawud Wharnsby

"Rachel"
Out Seeing The Fields (2007)

Education , School , Girl , Game

“We’ve got to take a chance, fly by the seat of our proverbial pants. There’s so much we can do, out in this world, me and you. There’s so much we can improve, if you dig my drift, if you catch my groove.”

Dawud Wharnsby

"Hi Neigbour, Salam Neighbour"
For Whom The Troubadour Sings (2010)

World , Chance , Flying