We're all on the way somewhere. All rights reserved MSwaid
 

Moqawama means "Resistance". Two men wearing boots. South Lebanon belongs to the people of South Lebanon, not a bunch of Naxis from Poland and New Jersey.  All rights reserved MSwaid

 

Reflection of a reflection of a prophecy, All rights reserved MSwaid, 1980.

What About Mars?

No more problems says the package
the cure came in, no more
warning labels and the price tag
no longer legible. It began
with flashy children and fast cars
then people started talking
about the leftover stuff
after the move out,
wondered what would happen
to the crystal ball and Japanese flag.
Where to put Mars now?
Whose house next?

 

Riyadh, Night Souk in Batta. Batta was an area of Riyadh that packed in 1-200,000 "TCN" workers on any given Friday. TCN is an abbreviation for "third country national". All rights reserved MSwaid

We bought alot of fruit and veg that night. I only vaguely remember, much like the dream this picture appears to be.

The Goat Life is an astonishly beautiful movie and sadly, accurate during those times. The men in this photo could be characters in that must see, should see, why haven't you seen movie. I cannot speak for the situation now. I highly, highly recommend it.

All Rights Reserved MSwaid. Shot with Nikon FM SLR with 35mm lens, ultra bad supermarket quality slide film, probably Fuji.

 

Operation Accountability, one of the many, many Israeli war crimes committed against the people of South Lebanon.  All rights reserved MSwaid, 1993

Depicting Syrian troops headed towards the south, we were headed to the north to flee the carnage.

How the Grand Canyon Looks
all rights reserved MSwaid

 

Barber Shop Libnan, All rights reserved MSwaid 
There's just something about barber shops. The real man caves.  Politics, comraderie, image.

 

 

The Biggest Dumb Ride in the World all rights reserved MSwaid
 

All rights strictly reserved MSwaid, The Red Wheelbarrow open source, by Wm Carlos Williams

—“The Red Wheelbarrow”:

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens

 

Oh the bowling was great then.

Sometimes I think of these souls 

I caught coming out, going in

if they knew they were part

of the long project called:

How the Ants Got Famous.

Who remembers the Daily Kos?

No one.

All rights to this photo are strictly retained by the photographer.

 

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At the end of the most uncivil war in Beirut, the Zionistas licked their lips and rubbed their hands together and never thought in a million years anyone would ever dare tell them no.  All rights reserved MSwaid

If you or a loved one thinks they may be in an abusive relationship with Nazism, turn to your local chapter of anything, anyone because over 90% of all the world is now your shoulder to cry on.

 

All rights reserved MSwaid.  Sambo's 1983.  My customers became my hostages, trapped in the forever of the temporary.

I was always a photographer first, poet second. Nowdays, anyone can produce a passable image with the flick of an index finger on a little bubble on a screen. However. It's even more temporary, more disposable than it (photography) has ever been.

Good thing is, for me anyway, hardly anyone can write a poem anymore worth reading. 

Large Language Models, oh pshaw!  Little magnetic poetry boxes from Barnes and Noble.

We all die anyway.

 

The Corniche, alas. The Nazis approach from the south. All rights reserved MSwaid
 

Go in, Get out, Try up.
All rights reserved MSwaid 2026

 

The Zionist 1983

At AZ State University, the Palestinians and the ZioOccupierNaxis used to set out tables to "educate".  I had literally no clue what all the fuss was about back then. I was innocently shooting pictures most likely for an assignment in beginning photography (I was already well on my way to understanding the whole deal with photography) so I figured hey, why not 'get a degree' to prove that I knew what I knew. So this arsehole got his hand right in front of my camera. You see, they've always known that they were criminals. Always and don't ever forget that.  All rights reserved MSwaid

 St. Mary's, Tucson AZ circa 1987 all rights reserved MSwaid

 [41.37] And among His signs are the night and the day and the sun and the moon; do not make obeisance to the sun nor to the moon; and make obeisance to Allah Who created them, if Him it is that you serve.

 True Love America

Begins near 20 and 24th
streets in Monro-via,
in front of the JFK
Memorial hospital-
People go there to die and work,
limping in and out
on one leg, maybe two
but most never go and the girl
at the bus stop sells used towels,
your uncle Ned's pajamas
to a Godwin or Cornelius.
These clean people have hearts
inside their hearts
bigger than the Mets versus the Yankees
times the Sox.
Their love is ne plus ultra.

 

 "It is interesting that those who have figured it all out hope to lecture those of us who have, figured it all out." -Darla Whitehead, "Book of Revelations"

Manifesting the grandchildren of the great elk known as "Grandpa Bull". Just poured a cup of coffee in Nutrioso and heard the strange sounds after pleading with the Creator, "let me see". 

 

Streetlights At Six

In the long haul of getting

used to it, an acre of years

in the bottleneck of time,
What about the flags, the stories
to tell, receipts and neighbors
who bicker over parking space.
I am the homeless I'll say. A good excuse.

All of that Atlantic below us,

every one of her fish.
Leaving is always the same,
goodbye to fog and the shape of bread
there, impractical kitchens.
Hello to the typical bravery
of fire departments, right on red remember?
Sliding doors and old formica.
Year after year labelled first to thirty first
in Gregorian. Everyone is bringing 1980
to the pot luck. Streetlights at six.

Xeroscaping. Lawnmowing. Post offices.
Little Debbie cakes, better homes and gardens
up the yingyang. A certain kind of heaven
but no where like home, clicking my heels
and they don't know where to go:
Witch of the East, Witch of the North,
one shiney the other vindictive.
It was always about them. Then someplace else.