June 2016 – Oke Iroegbu's Muse/Poetry

Beautiful

Beautiful are your smiles The curves on your mouth are alluring They pout as you stare at me Your eyes say a lot to a

1. There are hidden crickets singing carefree-ly Whenever I find myself in my quiet time A moment just before I set into a reverie, A

::The Stars:: We wait under the old mango tree Counting the glittering stars And lying on the sandy soil To get a better glimpse of

Dear diary, Night falls now… The city is quiet Save from toads Out in the field And wild crickets Hiding on the walls The distinct

When the sun fails to wake, The day grows so cold and gloomy The Dew cast her spell on the day From the hilltops, vales

Nneoma, nwayi oma m ji eme onu Obidiya, Anam ede akwukwo a N’ihi gi, n’ihi ihunanya gi Iru gi di ka mmiri no n’iyi Ochi

Colors are very beautiful They tell a lot about all; And a little about this and that The ocean, the sun The mice that live

Aye, he stayed in the vast wild lands alone, With only the bleating of sheep as his song And smell of grass and dung as

Your words are sweet like honeycombs Freshly taken from the bark of the trees And melting in my lips, like butter on fire Like the

This morning brought me some fresh rain From my window I see the rains drop around The fresh smell of the clayey soil come Mixed