literary works by tania hossain
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Novel – Untitled – Chapter Two
Baghdad International Airport October 1, 2004 Jihad His feet barely dropped on Iraqi soil when his heart started palpitating with its internal jihad. The civilians and soldiers bustled passed Fletcher Adams as he bent over slightly to pace his heart beat. His head swam in second thoughts: family and friends he left behind, music that Continue reading
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Novel – Untitled – Chapter One
O’Hare International Airport, Chicago September 17, 2004 Speechless The tall, awkward, lanky silhouette of Fletcher Adams drew itself on the glass encasing the Hudson News & Gifts. Taking his sweet time just like his 3-days of delayed flights, he slowly scanned the visible headlines without picking up the rest – U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan Continue reading
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Novel – Untitled – Prologue
Fallujah, Al Anbar Province, Iraq November 7, 2004 Operation Al-Fajr (aka Phantom Fury) Fallujah, a city of mosques, located forty miles west of Baghdad woke up to the familiar cascading sounds of call to prayer rippling through the city as muezzins sound the adhan. Continue reading
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Flirting Over Coffee
Over coffee with my best friend Drinking out of a Gigantic funky mug And nibbling cookies and cakes I look at you with Dreamy droopy eyes. Her back to me You look back at me In amusement and wonder Drinking out of a Gigantic funky mug And nibbling cookies and cakes. Our senses tickling each Continue reading
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Click Of A Mouse
Your face is a fantastical mystery And your voice enticingly seductive Carries m away from here To the land of fantasies. There seems to be a parallel world That I long to fuse together But the run away train keeps running away Leaving the tracks apart. All of a sudden the train stops And my Continue reading
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In Perplex Wonder (1998)
Shallow rivers of tearsDrying out the sorrows of the heartMuteness is the only way to speakShattering glass the sound ofThe life wanting to be lived. Fragmented years that haveLoops that trapsStruggling for airCovered in the silence of all theSerenity that is no more. The path shines luringThe body into the unknownSpirit hovering awayOut of sight Continue reading
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Healer (1998)
My bones drumbeat Calling on the healer Stirring in my body Ancient knowledge of many Taking roots in my wisdom. I listen to the drums beating The Serenity Prayer In the pits of my being. The healer takes notice Unknown to the wisdom Forgotten knowledge stored away I see in the reflection Somehow I understand Continue reading
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Body Bag – Self Expression Series (2002)
She left the house on a cloudy day With shades on her pretty face Last night I heard her cry next door And he said but babe we took a vow For better or for worse I really did not mean to hurt you It is just that my worse is when I am drunk. Continue reading
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Beltway – (Inside the Beltway Series) – 4.19.2011
Stuck clock on the wall, Wondering, pondering If there is anything past the last call. Brick wall on the building, Standing, meandering When there was time that moved. Stoic building across the beltway Glowering, towering Where there was my back yard. Circular beltway tightening neck Choking, suffocating Blown away by all things flushed. Going in Continue reading
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Son of Appalachia (8.3.2011)
Father, I am a son of Appalachia just like you I know that I am not the perfect son that lived But my promise to you is true as the righteous son Assuming his place and role that you have defined for me Just like the fathers of Appalachia have done for their sons My Continue reading
scorpius odyssey 