social scifaiku poetry space religion
The hilal
crescent Earth —
the Ayatollah
furrows her brow
Papal audience —
sunlight glints from
her steel smile
"It will be
women who will change Islam
and bring it into the 21st
century, because we have nothing to lose."
"Such a sighting [of the lunar crescent] had to be made by one or more trustworthy men testifying before a committee of Muslim leaders."
"Such a sighting [of the lunar crescent] had to be made by one or more trustworthy men testifying before a committee of Muslim leaders."