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Project Creative Writing 2020
by Nur City community · entry in The Nur City Festival 2020
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Project Creative Writing 2020
Project Creative Writing 2020 by school club Creative Writing: Here are the results! The members of this club called the Creative Writers have worked together to finish these beautiful poems in time. Thank you for your hard work dear students of Nur University and thank you dear visiters who have joined us at the festival!
Please enjoy these creative writings by Nur City's very own poets![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css="%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22background-color%22%3A%22%231abc9c%22%7D%7D"][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_custom_heading text="By Beardinal" font_container="tag:h5|text_align:left"][vc_tta_accordion][vc_tta_section tab_id="1601420750667-2116a8e7-7180" title="Unity" css="%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22color%22%3A%22%23ffffff%22%7D%7D"][vc_column_text css="%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22color%22%3A%22%23ffffff%22%7D%7D"]
"A million different knots,
Connected, strengthened,
Working in unison
To catch even the
Strongest beast.
Woven together, interlaced,
Yet each joint free
To move as it may.
Rippling in the wind,
One purpose
From many differences.
Can we learn from a tool
Like the common net?
Where does individuality
Reach its limit,
And where does the collective
Begin its reign?
If the problem is the weakest link,
Should we not work to empower
That link until it competes
With its colleagues?
Lifting all to the same lofty heights?
So how now do we
Cut each other down?
Over what?
The color of our skin?
The form of our gender?
Is our net holy? Or holey?
For it wholly disturbs
Our true nature,
Towards peace, love, and joy.
Ripping the fabric
Of our living net until
The crows feast on
Its jagged remains,
And the disconnect waves
Wispily in the wind,
Ravaged by hatred and petty fools.
Should we not denounce
Those who would pull on those
Split ends,
Unraveling further the weaving
Of our society
And the underpinnings
Of our morals?
Should we not stand
Against those with
No respect for the
Weft and warp
Of all that is good,
And right, and just?
Those who use the
Bodies of others
As their stepping stones to the top?
Our rallying cry
Must be that of unity,
Duty, and destiny.
Repairing the net
So destroyed by evil and greed,
Until not even the smallest misdeed
Slips through our righteous vigil.
Until those who are different
Feel as if we are all the same,
One heart and one mind.
Until our souls have a
Positive net profit
In this negative world."
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"I remember
When I first heard a person
Call my friend black.
I stopped.
And I stared
And my young mind said
No.
For his skin was not
Black.
It was
A perfect chocolate,
Rich and earthy
Like the purest coffee beans
From the African mountains.
Black?
No.
At the very least,
It was
A deep, proud brown,
At the most,
The proudest tones this earth
Has ever seen.
Not the color of ink,
Or coal,
Or a funeral.
And yellow?
Don’t even get me started.
Bananas are yellow.
People are not.
Yet another mistake,
In a long history of mistakes.
White and black,
Two opposites portrayed
As so different.
Like wolves in the night,
The unknown strangling viewpoints
As we balk in fear.
We peruse the news
And let it turn our views
When instead, we need to refuse
Because equality is our muse,
And is where we should get our cues,
To follow the clues,
Before everything is destroyed,
And we all lose.
Different? Such a word
That can be divisive
And incisive.
And yet it can hold so much beauty
And teach us those lessons
That we can’t learn in books.
And its power helps us become
Kings and queens
From lowly pawns.
So look to your brothers and sisters,
All worthy, all human,
Our differences flaunted
With pride,
Not haunted.
We need to reopen the stores
Of compassion and acceptance
Buried deep inside our weary hearts.
To see the joy in the different
Talents, and strengths,
And appearances.
And extend our hands
And our thoughts
And our very souls
To bridge such a gap
That the differences make."
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"We witness a multitude
Of things every day.
Flailing through life
In our awkward way.
Opportunities to be good
Are always in play.
Yet opportunities to do bad
Tempt us to stay.
Why is hate so
Sustainable?
Why is equality
So unattainable?
How can we tether
Ourselves together?
How can we rise
As one strong wave,
To block out the craze
Of the prejudicial rave?
How many fleets
To clean the blood in the streets?
The blood that drips
From multicolored beats?
Melting pot?
Hah! I think not.
Unless you mean to melt
The darker skin that was dealt.
Equality forged in unity,
We wait for that opportunity,
Like hawks lasering at our prey,
Intently focused, come what may.
Grab the hands of your neighbor,
And hold them tight.
No matter what flavor,
We all sleep the same at night.
And when the cries come out,
Demanding justice,
Do we rise together,
Or retreat to hospice?
Have courage, dear friends,
And we shall yet deliver,
A grinning triumph,
Above this racial river.
And as the blood flows dearly,
We remember all martyrs,
Those who lost their lives,
Brothers, mothers, sisters, fathers.
Such fateful days do now arise
As we awaken the panthers,
Under these blood red skies.
We come together,
All different colors,
Unity in diversity,
Drown the haters with the lovers.
And as our souls reach out
And begin to fly,
Unity in diversity,
Is now our battle cry.
Together we stride forward,
Don’t stop, never.
Into the darkened future.
Onward, together."
[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_custom_heading text="By Aamna" font_container="tag:h5|text_align:left"][vc_tta_accordion][vc_tta_section tab_id="1601420747238-f4baecef-7a23" title="Unity" css="%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22color%22%3A%22%23ffffff%22%7D%7D"][vc_column_text css="%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22color%22%3A%22%23ffffff%22%7D%7D"]
"Five fingers in a hand
Do they follow their commands?
To the needy on the streets, one extends
The spilled groceries on the road, two amends
Three is there for a struggling friend
Four treats tenderly a neighbor, who on you depends
Five together, they seek opportunity
To bridge the gap between you and me
And foster a land of unity.
Only by helping others, can we understand,
Why we have five fingers in a hand."
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"Snowflake branch
In an avalanche
It all looks the same when you flee
But if you stop and see
The difference
The beauty is there to behold
If you only do what you're told
By turning away
And looking disgusted
Your vision will go rusted
Because the balm of the eyes
If you'll only realize
Is a cream of culture and skins
So stop looking within
And begin
To smell the spice of saffron
To laugh with hues of brown
To meet black with a smile, not frown
To wear new teachings like a crown
Shake away the perception
That unique is but a deception
Every colour has worth
They all
Make the skin of this earth"
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"We are like flowers in a field.
Storms make us reel,
Our hard woven roots unfold
We lose petals of comfort
Leaves of support
And stems of self worth
We are struck
Then regrow.
We are like flowers in a field
The seasons make us kneel
To the alien weathers of the world
We brave the new and unnatural
As we turn towards the sun
The heat does wrinkle some
Our loss is shaded under trees as
Petals unfold.
We are like flowers in a field
Within the circle of life
We are prey to shadows of night
And the still day hides
Dangers that lie inside
But growing in earth, we do not leave
Root to root under trees
Together our beauty far outshines
The life of a single weed.
The music of life drops with our seeds
One is delicate, but together can build a shield
We are like flowers in a field."
[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_custom_heading text="By Cacti" font_container="tag:h5|text_align:left"][vc_tta_accordion][vc_tta_section tab_id="1601420756109-b15bc048-ecee" title="Unity" css="%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22color%22%3A%22%23ffffff%22%7D%7D"][vc_column_text css="%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22color%22%3A%22%23ffffff%22%7D%7D"]
"Believe it or not
we do need each other
One day or the other
We would need each other
Being united is like a gift
A gift to be treasured
Cause United we can do so much more
Than we could ever do alone
By Being united
we all complete the puzzle"
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"It amazes me
How different people can be
It angers me
How heartless actions can be
The discrimination
The hate the racism
It all brings nothing good
The black becomes white
And the white becomes black
The thin becomes fat
And the fat becomes thin
They all wear a mask
They must hide at all cost
Cant you see the
Ocean of tears
It lies in the eyes
True beauty it holds
Can we just dive deep
Just to embrace little things
That completes Who you truly are
The imperfections
Its the garnish to the dish
Just embrace and keep loving
Cause the short cant become tall
Nor can the tall become short
So lets accept whats around us
Because we do need different
Different to become better"
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"We are all so different
Yet we all can be together
Why all the hate?
When love is way better
We can also be like magnets
Cause opposites do attract
So Lets all respect and love
All the kinds of people
Cause in the end
To become complete
We all need each other
We are One Big Family"
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"‘Better Together’
The clear night sky
Is better with the stars, as I
Am better with you.
Without the stars the sky
Still has the moon,
As I have you"
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"A time for change'
Nothing in life is ever just black and white
Our televisions are now in colour, and have been for decades
When shopping, we choose from a variety of options.
A range of colours
Clothes, furniture, health and skincare
All exported from across the globe
Nature itself
So many flowers in a garden
Ranging heights of the trees
Everywhere we go, we can see, the diversity of life
Yet we refuse to accept the differences within others
For how long will we preach equality and practice injustice
When claiming to have humanity ?
'A beautiful land'You are a lily
Different from meAnd I am a pine cone
Falling from a treeYou are delicate
With a scent so intricateAnd I am rough
Having an outer that is toughBut still we can be found
In the same garden, or groundAre of the same kind
For those who have plants in mindEven if we are not identical
Together, we make this land beautiful."
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"‘Lost’
Everyone loves the flowers
Their soft petals and alluring smell
Attract allBut what about the bees?
That come to do their duty; pollinating
Why do we hide, afraid of their stinging?Instead of hiding, we should embrace what is
Different
As that is what makes us unique
For similarities can be found
If we are willing to look and seeBecause without the bee
The flower would not be
And without you, where would I be?"
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"No one should be alone you see,
A human works just like a bee.
Together we make up a network,
Each one of us having a quirk.
If even one turns into a traitor,
No enemy can truly be greater.
But if we stay united within,
Then we can surely win.
So please be true and pure of heart,
For humans being loyal, is an art."
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"Colours are beautiful aren't they?
Especially together when you spray.
Any gray wall it can enhance,
You can almost watch them dance!
Just like that we humans too,
We're just a colorful view.
Each one different from the rest,
Being ourselves is truly the best.
No matter how we look or talk or act,
We are all worth loving, its a fact."
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"You see chai cannot only be a bean,
It needs water, sugar, and to be steamed.
Each human comes in a different form,
Why forced to change to fit in the norm?
When you know we can do so much more,
By working on what is in our core.
Just look in the mirror and love what you see,
And be kind to others too, that's a plea."
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"What is unity?" they asked the poets
'Unity!' mumbled Ad, 'thing of harmony'
"But if we are so diverse, how can we be in harmony?" To hear this, Cacti was excited
And replied 'we are different, yet our hearts can be united'
Perhaps we were being too simple, so Hana decided to use metaphors
'Like a rainbow filling the sky, its different colours together, brightening the world
created from one light...refracting into thousands more'
That is what we are like, Titania continued, together even when apart...
'Humans are all different art, but the same at heart'
...It is only when you look towards more than just the differences, that you see
Aamna uttered 'a thousand faces make a sea, where all creations are free to be'
And, united as birds of a feather
Beardad declared 'Our differences meld together, increasing our power forever'
Even Smiley Sir agreed, no matter how similar or different we may be, woman or man,
'United we stand, learning from differences at hand, to become the best Nurizen we can'
Finally, Car conveyed 'As we shine with unity, know that we are held together through diversity' conveyed Car
Whether we be close or far...
It is not only our similarities that make us one, but also our diversity
That brings us together, with this, I finally concluded, '...that is unity!'"
- Written by members of CreativeWriting Club, combined by Sanamonroll[/vc_column_text][/vc_tta_section][/vc_tta_accordion][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row color_scheme="primary"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Nur.City: A place for the Community of and by MuslimManga has opened its door on Discord for anyone![/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][us_btn label="Visit" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fnur.city|||" style="2" width_type="full"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css="%7B%22default%22%3A%7B%22background-color%22%3A%22linear-gradient%28360deg%2C%231abc81%2C%23ffffff%29%22%7D%7D"][vc_column width="1/3"][us_separator size="large"][vc_column_text]
Thank you to everyone who has worked on this project:
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Beardinal
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Aamna
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Cacti
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Sannaman Roll
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Titania
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