Category: Poetry

Ubochi taa (Today) : Igbo Love poem (Abu ihunanya)

Ubochi taa Anam ede nke a I gwa gi otu ubochim siri ga I maram ka onye na achi aturu Marakwa na enweghim ihe niile ichoro Ubochi niile anam akpahara ohia Na acho ihe aturum ga eri I mara na enweghi ihe na enyem Obi uto karia ndu mkpachara anya O bu nke a kam… Continue reading Ubochi taa (Today) : Igbo Love poem (Abu ihunanya)

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Zingina

Zingina, this song is for you The pretty young maid You that sets our village on fire, Fire of desire and lust You whose dance paint many pictures On the minds of hungry men The village square is your stage And when the drums go beating You throw your arms up the sky, Twist your… Continue reading Zingina

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Muse: Cymbals

I fail when I break your rule Be rest assured I still love you For even when the sound of drums and bass guitars go faint Your peaceful cymbals still play down the sorrow in my heart

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Harvest season

Here at the close of the day Everyone comes to the hay To dance and clap To behold the golden wheat And grains waiting for the whip The fields are littered with baskets Occasionally the clouds grumble To remind the folk of the rainy season And in the evening wind, baskets tumble Exposing the grains… Continue reading Harvest season

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Waterfalls

Listen to Nature sing from the waterfalls, She thrashes her garments upon the rocks And wash them with very soft palms She sends soft waters crashing into the pool Watching the blue skies as her fingers work When the waters descend they form Curtains of white mist And when the waters touch the pool below… Continue reading Waterfalls

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Summer

Summer rides through the little forest, Desiring to warm and wake every creature It saved in the heart of trees that flourish On the tarred roadside, a sweet aura of air That kept both faun and flora intrigued! ** Image by David Thomas Martins, a friend and a great painter poet.

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The Messengers Gong

Kororom! Kokokorom!! Korokorokom!!! The gong went off, disturbing the peace of the hamlet A strange silence descends as the rhythm died down The evening was cold, sweet breeze from the big river Made the hamlet cozy and sometimes snores rent the air Stubborn children turn good For their parents had threatened To report them to… Continue reading The Messengers Gong

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Musing: Traveler

By the foot of the hills he stood to look back Waving to images, thin from the long distance I was among those thin images that stood afar Watching as he disappeared from our glance He had left stories in our mouths and hearts Taught us that we must leave the quiet village, To learn… Continue reading Musing: Traveler

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Remember me

I remember your stories Of bombs and guns Of decimated hills and homes And broken dreams and destinies! I remember the thunder that broke backs That tore the roof off our homes And brought hardship upon babies I remember you the victor Who took our children And made them men, Men which became slaves And… Continue reading Remember me

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King David

Ruddy And with palms strained from playing The guitar He walks home with the happy flock Gentle was his walk Joyful was his apparition So he recalled his adventures The songs he sang under the Sycamore The bear he expelled And the lion he killed Diligently he led the sheep Guiding them Without knowledge of… Continue reading King David

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Another Shepherd lore

There are memorable thoughts that goes each night As the lonely shepherd lays on his bed of soft wool The days stress comes calling by, dragging each moment with it Expressing to the shepherd how the day went, rough or smooth From his bed he must see the stars glittering above the night And with… Continue reading Another Shepherd lore

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Waiting for the Sun

It may seem the days are dark and blurry For the lively sun sleeps Time goes by drawing sheets of boring moments Faces portray gloom, the firmaments make it even worse Even the little rabbits, birds and butterflies that glide About the wonderful landscape hid from the valleys Sweet flowery scents are stifled in the… Continue reading Waiting for the Sun

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Muse: Young Lion

I like to think myself as a young lion Traveling the great grassland With no fear or foe But courage and wisdom I like to think myself an umbrella Floating above the firmaments Wrapping my warm tentacles About the cold, weak and lonely I like to think myself as the rain That flood the fertile… Continue reading Muse: Young Lion

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May

May symbolizes every good thing life offers It is the time of the year many flowers blossom Sweet fruits bless the human taste Vegetables provide the greens needed Great wild winds ride the firmament While the rains wash off the dusty plains Upon the wild flowers that grow on the roadside Many insects gather to… Continue reading May

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Spring water

When there was love I saw the white clouds Crystal clear Like the sweet spring Leaping in joyful haste To lands that thirst For the life-giving water

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Masked lover

Sweet are your words and talking Even softer are the touch of your hands But the moments the scales came falling It was crystal clear you never had loved

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Easter, 2019

I see the world through Your eyes And it’s clear how much You loved Even to take my grief and pain away I celebrate Your beauty for my ashes

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Twinkle

How the stars glitter tonight In thousands they shine Twinkling, above the skies! Winking at children who watch Through their window curtains The mild feelings they bring

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Morning Sun

Hail the sun rises with her gold, Across the horizon she paints the land The green great plains lay low Watching her presence grow The hills rise to meet her warmth Desiring the joy she brought to the hamlet

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The Lightning

From my curtains I peered to see your flash Before now you have kept my candle light busy Trashing the paper work all over the room And making jest of me each time I tried to sort them You created monsters in the skies The black clouds became your drawing board And you drew the… Continue reading The Lightning

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Future

You are three hours away from me Sometimes, a second, forty minutes Or a month or a whole year! Masked, you would not let me see all That you carry Tree barks turn grey with your time But, when I happen to see it It may have become green with life So I tried to… Continue reading Future

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Three Poems: The Shepherd, Dance for me and Say you believe me

1. The Shepherd Night calls Stars glitter up the skies Picturing stories Which can not be told So the Shepherd views all From his bed of wool 2. Dance for me I hear the sound of your feet As they moved on the bare floor So I looked to see the style for tonight But… Continue reading Three Poems: The Shepherd, Dance for me and Say you believe me

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Color called dirt

There’s no color called dirt but that of the earth It is the hue that gives life yet it drags on the floor It gives a humid stench when it cakes up on water And tastes man’s grief when we lose a loved one

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Beauty

Beauty is the painting of paths That men had never walked or seen Like the pebbles which count not their existence Beauty walks through the ranges and fjords With shadows of pines and winter trees all about And tree logs sailing quietly on the lonely waterway Beauty is the art of tranquility It is peace… Continue reading Beauty

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Dark Clouds

It is morning but it is still dark Well, the clouds may have gone for a procession, A procession hidden behind the heavenly firmaments Strangely it may never storm But the town can feel the damp Soft airs play with the trees leaves Flying them like kites up above the sky Dark clouds hide the… Continue reading Dark Clouds

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Antartica

I want to see the great Antarctica And the trail of the dunes of Sahara, Save the tales of two different places And reach out a hand to the homeless * I want to tell the tales of the sea gulls Watch the dark colored sea bulls Romance the infinite White land As the cold… Continue reading Antartica

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Muse: Setting Sun

I wonder why you hide behind the hills and clouds Shying away from the approaching airy evening Birds fly in echelon, calling a farewell as they went Trees reflection on the waters hung like a rag on the rail As frogs resumed their croaky songs Hundreds of bass voices singing, in harmony The cream colored… Continue reading Muse: Setting Sun

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Loudest roar

You told me to go ahead and roar But I must be careful where I roar Though I am a Lion, I must be careful The valley’s waters run to meet the hills Her streams feeding the long distance Of great wilderness, Twigs dried on the wet atmosphere Spread their tentacles and threaten To hold… Continue reading Loudest roar

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You are my Muse

You are the lyrics in my songs, The green woods my being longs for You are the taste of sweet wine Which drops last on my tongue Memories of you are wild Like poetry you are my joy

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Heart break

I heard you play your guitar The song played wept in the wind So I listened, As your fingers, broken ploughed through the cords Ceaselessly, back and forth, your palms moved Tearing away the pains that clung to your soul The clouds sailed away with each tearful stroke And I hope your pain too…

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Mandela by David Thane Cornell #WPD2019

Arrested by the terror of the times, His faith was not belied; Daily thousands of deaths he lived, Thousands of lives he died. His fugitive dream was captured by A nation’s trusting eyes, His jailers could not see beyond Where the walls of valor rise. Confessed and blessed for giving his life, He never counted… Continue reading Mandela by David Thane Cornell #WPD2019

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World Poetry Day by Sunil Algama #WPD2019

Today is the World Poetry Day 2019 At dawn, I heard beautiful voices of birds Melodious and rhythmical I do not hesitate to say Yes, the chirp of birds is poetry I behold at a distance Early morning Blue scenery made me mad I fell in love Promptly with the sun Peeping through the range… Continue reading World Poetry Day by Sunil Algama #WPD2019

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