FERDOUS RAHMAN
GREEN FINGERS
(written for the 2010 Camden Green
Fair)
first draft 16.05.2010
second draft 03.06.2010
My husband wanted
To be useful in the garden
I said OK,
Why don't you weed?
He weeded the garden
Removed all the flowering plants;
Keeping all the weeds.
I was upset.
But I said Why don't you plant
Onions and marigold seeds?
Weeks passed, no sign of shoots.
Everything was planted upside down.
I will buy you more plants, he said
Don't worry! Which made me angry.
Plants take time to grow
Then the winter will follow.
Even though it was late
I showed him how to grow pumpkins.
He became the best
Pumpkin grower in the borough.
His Pumpkins died too soon.
He moved on to trees.
Now all round the garden
We have his pear trees, his apple trees,
Grapes and crabapples
Cherries and more ....
All his trees remain.
He disappeared.
FERDOUS RAHMAN
The Colour of Blood
first draft: 13.05.2010
The Colour of blood is red
for the whole human race.
The colour of skin may vary
when exposed to the sun.
Wars are fought over Borders,
Religions and Language
But every child’s cry is the same.
No need to translate.
The colour of Blood
Remains.
FERDOUS RAHMAN
GLOBAL WARNING
first draft: 27.05.2007
What is happening
Does anyone know?
Are we going to wrap
In a green house?
Some say ice caps are melting
Some blame it on Global Warming.
Mother Nature knows best
Which one to protect
And which one to waste
The rule is the survival
For the fittest.
Emitting carbon dioxide
Blocking the Sun
All alarming news
We become stunned
How are we going to survive?
How are we going to thrive?
The nature provides
More than we deserve
Chlorophyll and stress
We should increase
Use less more we conserve.
Ferdous Rahman first performed this poem with the Purple Poets
at the Camden Green Fair and Bikefest in Regent's Park, June 3d 2007
FERDOUS RAHMAN
GREEN WORLD
27.05.2007
Convert all the fields.
A soothing Green Shield
Our slogan should be.
Produce oxygen from debris
Plant more and more trees
Create a wonderful world.
first draft:
Convert all the fields
With soothing Green Shield
Our slogan should be.
Plant more and more trees
Produce oxygen from debris
Create a wonderful world
A green planet to live.
Ferdous Rahman first performed this poem with the Purple Poets
atthe Camden Green Fair and Bikefest in Regent's Park, June 3d
2007
FERDOUS RAHMAN
FIRST STRAWBERRIES
third draft 18.05.2010
England is
Wimbledon
Strawberries
Handpicked fruit and fresh cream.
British tradition in full swing.
STRAWBERRIES first draft 31.05.2007
Strawberries are like
Rich colour soft berries
With fantastic taste
Sorbet, strawberries with cream
Spread on hot scone
With fresh-brewed tea
Cricket, Wimbledon
and Strawberries
handpicked fruit and fresh cream
British tradition in full swing.
Ferdous Rahman first performed this poem with the Purple Poets
at the 2007 Capital Age Summer Festival, South Bank,
London in August at the Jazz Stage..
FERDOUS RAHMAN
Dragon-Slayer
19.04.2007
Magic or Myth!
Which do you believe?
It happened in the past
An angelic Saint with a red cross
Dragons protect us in the East
In the West it's a wicked Beast
Oh St. George you made
The impossible the reality
Rescued people from eternity.
Ferdous Rahman wrote this at a Purple Poets Workshop
for Saint George's Day 2007.
Revisions of this poem are discussed in the
Poetry-in-Progress Project.
Third Draft:
ARTISTS AGAINST RACISM
FERDOUS RAHMAN
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
03.05.2007
Don't see me as a colour
Don't see me as a gender
Think about my contribution
Treat me as a scholar
We are part of the race
Live together with grace
Multi-cultural and multi-faith
Chemistry blended with multi-taste
The colour of saffron infuses with spice
Fragrance of food floating in the breeze
Tingling the taste buds, that's how I see
Today's multi-racial Britain.
Ferdous Rahman first performed this poem with the Purple Poets
at the Camden Green Fair 2007.
This poem is discussed in the Poetry-in-Progress
Project.
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