Poets

Today, my country is wailing But I’m walking My tiptoes may know otherwise A complete rest forever Let it not know if It was carrying an epistle Strengthening within every pace No rut this land could trace…
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Another combustible day Some inflamed breakfast porridge Some simmering enraged lentils Served alongside, some meek bland rice Slump into our gullets. Destinies applauded, not one morsel wasted Chosen mortals, greater…
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When I was 16, I wanted to rebel against the government. O! How to tell you! But that was a time of blood and gore. I have watched men run on fire. By fire, I don’t mean the one that catches your heart, but the real…
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Imiss strangers More than friends. The old man who pass by, And gives me a smile. The woman who sit beside And ask if I'm taken. The man who sits opposite And gives a look as if I'm the most beautiful. The little boy with…
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Afternoon sun Blazed hot Scorching all life Plants drooped Trees stood transfixed People remained inside Hibernating. Screams of a woman Pierced the afternoon Dark smoke rose From outside The…
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His fingers quiver, they touch Folds worn by her nape. Gaze sits, stirring impish glances Into a doppelganger, A rigid tonic called caution, Gobbled at brusque bends. When glints of a pole star fell, Ripples of her heart affirmed,…
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A ripple brimming lake, Since first amber glimpse. Serves wisdom broth, In an incendiary ribcage. Broth topples, Its soliloquy, trickles into the next stanza. Under some moons, hedgehog blanket Clasps... In other dawns,…
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I stood watching The dog chases its tail The dog went Round and round The tail went Round and round The tail and the dog Vanished in a swirl. The dog came Running back Stood beside me Panting hard.…
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Photo credit: RyanFox/Pexels Hey, my little one I hope you are at peace today. For you were the soul that Stitched whole my broken one. My tiny one, I can't say if I had given you Enough and all, you needed and loved.…
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The perils that a soldier must reckon He knows it all very well. He keeps our spirits soaring high, So much so that Our pride in his beliefs begin to swell. The morning comes pretty fast, We aren’t prepared for the…
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