Poems
Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
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You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
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Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
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Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
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Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
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It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
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The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
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Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
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The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,
Is never, NEVER, NEVER let
Them near your television set -
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The time I like best is 6am
when the snow is 6 inches deep
which I'm yet to discover
'cause I'm under the covers
fast, fast asleep.
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She sits in the park. Her clothes are out of date.
Two children whine and bicker, tug her skirt.
A third draws aimless patterns in the dirt
Someone she loved once passed by – too late
to feign indifference to that casual nod.
“How nice” et cetera. “Time holds great surprises.”
From his neat head unquestionably rises
a small balloon…”but for the grace of God…”
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I miss you when you're gone
I need you more now that you are home
It's my time to also be gone…
When I no longer can roam,
Will you meet me where the skyline kisses the sea?
Then and only then, will I finally be Home!
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Before the nightlight fades,
Daylight ascends—
Upon the winding path
Where all began.
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Gentle light waves, a moonlit night—
The wind hums melodies soft and slow.
As I await the rain's descent,
I wonder when life's river will
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Everything within me had love when I was young...maybe some for the wrong reasons, but an abundance of right. My spirit clicked in..
from the witty humour, stories, values spoken of, emerging in the game, effort, finding me, connecting... all of that let me give grace for the confusion 20 yrs ago. That's why I stayed here. That's why I stayed grateful after learning.
I would have never and do not believe you would put me through that again.
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Do you yearn
to see yourself in the mirror—
without first wiping the glass clean?
Do you seek freedom,
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In circles drawn by human hands,
Some claim they're closer, where they stand.
They judge and measure, point and say,
Forgetting grace lights up the way.
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Ingrate by Adejola Joseph
Ingratitude of an ignorant
A daylight robber and abuser of opportunities
An ingrate is a time waster
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A whisper rises with every breath—
"The servant is of Me,
and I am with the servant."
He is a spark of My divine light,
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I long to touch
my origin—
that which is sacred,
divine,
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We dey inside moto park for Naija
Dey mussle our way,
Dey hussle,
Dey para,
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May the grace of time
Fill the void
In our hearts,
And heal the pains
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(1) The Supreme Leader's Bunker:
The bunker brimmed
With libido enhancing wines
And other goodies of the earth,
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I dwell
In the absence
You left behind
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If you die before me
I would jump down into your grave
and hug you so innocently
that angels will become jealous.
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Beautiful is the 'thank you'
Wrapped with gratitude,
Offered to peace prone people
Who offer what is real-themselves
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Indoors by technology, outdoors by speedy transport
I travel the world
Today in Japan, tomorrow in Rome,
Next day by an ancient civilization or in Hawaii or Coast Ivory,
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The low lands call
I am tempted to answer
They are offering me a free dwelling
Without having to conquer
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The Peace Warrior Of Mzansi, among heroes - a colossus!
Sun Of The Nation; a rare gift of Providence.
Once, entangled in the web of racist succubus;
Unruffled he declares before High Justice:
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(This is a composition in Pilipino Language the first one I did, the only one, and hope some of the Filipinos will get this funny poem in this site. The poem is updated with English translation)
Noong taong otsenta dekada
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Love and lust are poles apart.
Lust is chaos, love is art.
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Rappelle-toi Barbara
Il pleuvait sans cesse sur Brest ce jour-là
Et tu marchais souriante
Épanouie ravie ruisselante
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you put this pen
in my hand and you
take the pen from you put this pen
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On this dry prepared path walk heavy feet.
This is not "dinner music." This is a power structure.
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"Come, pretty birds, present your lays,
And learn to chaunt a goddess praise;
Ye wood-nymphs, let your voices be
Employ'd to serve her deity:
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If you had the choice of two women to wed,
(Though of course the idea is quite absurd)
And the first from her heels to her dainty head
Was charming in every sense of the word:
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A little while, a little while,
The weary task is put away,
And I can sing and I can smile,
Alike, while I have holiday.
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Between us now and here -
Two thrown together
Who are not wont to wear
Life's flushest feather -
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"Faith" is a fine invention
When Gentlemen can see—
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