Oke’s Musings: Poetry, People and Places

Tag: poem

  • Another Tree Tale, before now

    Now you are standing like a King Like a Hermit crab with her pincers Waving strange curvy branches above my head Just in a slight, your leaves pat my hair The hot sun searches for who to scorch But under you all little fauna find solace A citadel of cool breezes and life! Now I…

  • Home coming: freestyle

    The strange rains fall Leaves fall in circles With a back on the wall I watch the Wrestlers debacle Now the quietness falls on me Solemn, it seems today Chatting, what a boring day it be For my home beckons far away

  • Haiku: Silver Curse

    As it all came with the Word A message, all bles-sed Judas betrayed the Lord And silver was cur-sed

  • the Farmer

    What beautiful things a farmer can be The late night he dreams of his cattle The other days dream was for the pigs And always the sweet music of the farm Comes to him as an embrace What beautiful things a shepherd can do At the call of the Rooster, early morning He, off his…

  • Pensive

    What shall we say Now at this fine moment of May That we stand on this wet clay Watching the Sun leave the day? Now the leaves fall and fade In the streams, we quietly wade And to our past we solemnly bade Welcoming the future which the Creator made The dark clouds grow and…

  • Poetry as genuine as it should be, Part 1

    Poetry is like we humans, existing on earth. Each poem is like one different man out of the billions. You do not expect it to look exactly like the other. It has its own uniqueness different from others. Poetry need not be lengthy or very short, it must not be like Shakespeares work, it must…

  • A Psalm, of Oke Iroegbu

    I am writing a poem about you For a well blessed day it was You made the skies dark blue And such a lovely day gone pass Today I was heavily stressed My eyes weak and dreary To find my way to bed I pray you, dwell with me We all are thankful to Thee…

  • Midnight Thought

    Once upon a midnight dreary As I pondered weak and weary The night was grim and all was damp Swarms of flyfull insect surround my lamp And out there the trees stood like Halloween ghosts Waiting to take a stab, standing lightly on the dusts The clouds shine, Zeus was trying out his new lamp…

  • Lost Love

    Love caught me unawares Staring thru the dim light Across the long quiet hall And the solemn drops of rain Sifting cool breezes thru the window The length of my arm surveying And the wavering candle light joyful My paper shade with tears As you appear scantily clad before me Oh smooth smoke of the…

  • Uyo Night Rain

    Thundering, Heavens clap In might and strange call We tremble, we watch The crystal drops fall Freezing winds flush about The rain falls, uncaring The Heavens light, thunders nephew Show his face, now and then Sending chills down our spines Everyone clasping their cheeks Some minding not the dripping saliva All waiting and watching With…

  • Tree Tale with FranK Onuoha

    Tree tale by Oke Iroegbu and Frank Onuoha March 14, 2015 Sitting under a long leafy tree On a mild and serene noon With some Natures best creatures A stray buzzing bee A colony of black ants A handful of wild mushrooms And some twittering birds The breeze blows at intervals Bringing the smell of…

  • You

    I want to tell you how much you mean to me The clouds are blue ’cause I see you The rains are light ’cause we’re under it The Baobab waves her branches ’cause under her we seat The air is mild, you sent sweet breezes to me The nights are warm, you sit beside my…

  • How

    How days turn to nights Fast the way ahead runs, Everyone in haste to follow it A glimpse we need and a little wit How friends turn pale and blue All changes in different hues And we grow without it In hope of another to meet How it all comes to me now To you…

  • Henry

    I knew an old man, Henry He was huge, brave and hairy On a beach away from the ferry He lived, happy and merry A little insect crawled up his foot And ‘ah hu, ah ha!’ he did hoot Hopping about like an Indian goof But smiling and strong after the suit He told of…

  • First rains- Haiku

    Rain in Ovim! Cool Winds Mild air Dark Clouds Here and there, Swooshing trees I think I should my head lay for a while! Ovim is my hometown, just arrived from the busy congested city.

  • The Legend of Wawadomea: Tarantula Snakefish

    There are dreams I like to forget, strange and at times confusing. Dreams that came and went and when I wake I find myself still wallowing in my own reverie, call it sleepwalking if you may but I for all the journey we ever had with The Wave detest all such occurrences. It plays on…

  • a message of love

    Having a tough time reading thru you Now the lights are gone Trying to guide this little candlelight with my shaky palms The light grows wild and full of the strange twists of the world I put it back on its hold Caring so it doesn’t fall But the empty world beckons to it again…

  • VAL

    I am sharing this love with you little one I find no words to express my joy My attachment to you The whole world revolves around this: The way I feel about you Being far away from home. With my lil cousin @ Ovim- We share the same first name.

  • Natures Tale

    And to you all who see this; this evening: There are many of them here Over the clouds of Ovim Glittering like tiny jewels in the dark Standing majestically over the hills Under where we sight the stars On a mild quiet evening Natures gleeful stare on us And our own look, up To meet…

  • Garden of Love

    Make your heart a fine garden Free of rocks and weeds Bring all sweet flowers and trees Let the Golden Sun shine on it Then watch all beautiful birds Come to play on it Sorry guys my system got spoiled. Trying to come back, missed it and love!

  • Goodnight Tale

    When I say goodnight I meant I love you And sad I am, to let my eyes Close before you Though my consciousness gone My heart beats warmly In ecstatic joy of you And all you stand To be for me   For Ma H. Iroegbu Mr and Mrs  John Iroegbu Mr and Mrs Chuky…

  • Natures cruelty by Emeka Ogbonnaya

    In a forgotten land there was a forgotten bird who spanned the length of River Kyle longer than Nile. In a forgotten land there was a forgotten fish who swam the nooks of River Kyle longer than Nile The forgotten fish fell in love with the forgotten bird For several full moons Through fatal storms…

  • She

    She lay in my arms Quiet, whispering and thinking Listening to the tune Of the Pines outside I saw the pain, the grief The despair maybe from disappointment Not sure of the future I wonder, I search her I look all about for a clue Beautiful she is, just lonely Wallowing in an unseen pain…

  • Remember me

    Remember me, when old and frail I become When the tales I tell, leave my lips All emboldened in my cold heart And all I could is mutter Remember me when my white face Darkened and old become And my skin dry from my age And all I can is to wimp Remember me when…

  • A friend and family

    I offer you my hand Take it, make it one of yours It is a piece of my heart, That I give you Keep it safely with you For yours is safe with me Friends are roses Their aroma smells From afar off Their light, like the sun Throwing warmth to us Following our paths…

  • An Elfy ear

    Talk about my ears All the while I was an alien An item of friendly mockery Yes, the ears are special Made to hear not this earth Divine, a gift of nature Giving to this innocent child A burden bestowed A blessing to see To hear the faintest Of voices, of the trees calling Of…

  • Listen

    Listen to the voices of your conscience To the voices hewn to the strings of your heart The drum player from across the forested hills Beats the rhythm, that searches the mind And asks many questions, On a cloudy evening During the time of the Harmattan Comes a drummer, followed by a flute And when…

  • To Love

    How beautiful it is to love Two hearts to become one To see from the same reason To dance under the tree On nights the moon shone How lovely it is to love Even when the earth Full of pain and tears Cloud about the atmosphere But the love we have Shields us from all…

  • The Spider lair

    Oh see the spider web Fine, gay and lonely Clean it is and well kept How clean mother spider seem! Quiet, harmless and welcoming A fortress she clones But an abattoir For any visitor The spiders web Lies empty in wait Expectant of a kill A stray fly or bug Oiroegbu Halls

  • The Poet-Painter

    The painter is a poet The poet is a painter There comes a time When we shall paint the world With all beautiful hue Beautiful, light and colorful, Make her look like a butterfly Broken out from a cocoon Adding a fresh lively color To the worlds darkness The oceans blue is a painting The…

  • Despair not

    Cry not pretty child There is no greater slavery Than self rejection and pity If the world had repainted The landscape unfavorably Do not yield, life is more To this, the living soul Perseveres, in knowing Of the short time of life Nothing on this earth, Your golden tears worth When all falls off the…

  • Look into my eyes

    Look into my eyes See how special you are Feel my heart jump with joy And that is cos you are here With me, and the setting sun See the sun set She laughs, and throws a kiss Waving a goodbye, saying Say your mind little fella But here I stand, speechless Shy, afraid and…

  • The Stream, Kpere

    Then I heard your drift, Flowing through the forest Washing men’s nakedness… When there was love When on the stream side I sit Trying to peer thru the tall shrubs I saw the white clouds Clear as the sweet spring water Leaping in joyful haste, In boundless ecstasy Washing the little rocks Pulling pebbles along…

  • Reincarnated

    This piece does not make me a believer of mysticism. It is just a thought I had seeing the strings of events that played thru my life for the past year.

  • A Windy Tale

    There are nights that the world stays calm Quiet, silent not even a time of wink or snare A time, poets stay alone in thought Wondering what others see as absurd Unnecessary, awful and undeserved The lines read in the mind Draws a quieter person Turns the mind to a great arena, A giant field…

  • A run in the rain

    The clouds are crying The lines of silver Wash off the dark clouds There was no moon today No stars either Just I and nature The pattering bash on my head On this night I was naked as I came The raindrops beat me In a soothing understanding The colds ate into my flesh Grasping…

  • The Messenger

    Kokookoroko kokorokoro A greeting called from afar The children ran out excited As if the message was for them But then who knows? Heads up, listen attentively Komkom korookom Another beat rang out Pushing the mild hit Into the ears of even the heaviest village sleeper ‘Oh how cute, it is one of the Kings…

  • Back from traveling

    All the while I sat on a bus My mind was already with you Dreaming all I could see When I arrive to your embrace Oh beautiful tree Standing solemnly outside By my room window Waving her green leaves When the Night comes with her breeze Making melody for me Singing a cool lullaby But…

  • Tonights Wishes

    How light I feel tonight I have been fighting myself Asking rhetorics, muttering about Where things got wrong Muddled even to believe That our love is no more Praying silently, lips moving With teary eyes I stood Peering at a lonely partridge Plucking the seeds of a tree The love I had for you The…

  • Cold Harmattan

    If there comes a knock on the door Don’t be in a hurry to answer For there goes a strong wind Rushing about the dry cloud A very strange bust of air Roaming the streets, the fields Pulling leaves, and sand along Dancing on the pathway leading to the hamlet Painting faces with all white…

  • The Seeker

    I see a golden ray Giving light from afar Up the lonely road Near the cliffs edge Where the leaves fall in circles Caring about nothing As they fall, happily And the skies not to be seen But a sieve of the suns light Falling thru the waving trees Now and then, The rodents of…

  • Musing: Dear Diary

    Dear diary, This cold morning I sit on my bed Near the glass window Staring sleepily up, at the fan Though the fan stood still I do not understand why I stare The dry air had come It had sucked up, all moisture All the liquid here I stare up, aye Cos I am deep…

  • Ovim, my homeland

    To Thee My homeland My mothers birthplace The land of the brave Ovim- land of strength What baffles me most, Through this bewildered mind The uncertainty of what Must be thought and said Is the serenity about thee I speak of you with pride With love, with joy Thee Ovim, my Father land A beauty…

  • The Harmattan

    In the morning before tea With natures best company, Trees, shrubs and rodents The warm air sifts about Like the whistling Nightingale Singing to the red Rose Now, the doors of the tent Must be opened for the airs Which comes with dried lips Which the kids lick all day Faces crack, voices deepen more…

  • The River Niger

    Have you seen the snake river That flows about the Savannah? The sun rays falls on it, And the whiteness woos the eyes The hippos and crocs love it The river pythons dwell about it A beckoning waterfall up the rocks And Mother Nature sings loudly, Always as she washes her garments On the clean…

  • Musing: Dear Diary

    The goodness of the Earth Lives only on the airs The primates up the swooshing trees Know it, they love it The goodness in man, woman Is all about efforts to be sincere Honesty, even at gunpoint An attitude void of selflessness The love of having an friend Of having a warmth in others heart…

  • Leaving home

    I stand afar, With tearful eyes I think I saw you waving Up, up the grassy path Leading to the hills, you stood Perhaps smiling and nodding The setting sun on your back The heavy luggage hanging And all was just black Maybe, I knew not the pains That comes with leaving home The unshed…

  • Oh Africa

    Oh Africa my love The land of many tongues Beautiful and blessed The land of the Ashanti, the Twi The sweet songs of the Zulu The many dialects of the Niger area The turbaned face saying ‘Sannu’ The pretty faces of maidens all around Dancing with the beats of the drum Giggling and letting their…

  • Tears of Children

    The tears we shed, Now I have no more tears The world watch all die And really nobody cares The world is torn apart The little place we lived destroyed We have just our skin to save O the cries we shed The pain we see The humiliation of people The destruction of farms Of…

  • Musing: I was scared

    Oh I was scared, All the time I got into trouble And a memory of dads slap And all ministering birds taking flight! I was scared on the mirror That I could never belong, Yes ‘he’ is weird; an Elfy ear A grey eye and a strange look I was scared even, To walk down…