A Poison Tree by William Blake “I was angry with my friend:I told my wrath; my wrath did end.I was angry with my foe:I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I watered it in fears.Night & morning with my tears;And I sunned it with smiles,And with soft deceitful wiles. And it grew both …
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Emblems Of Friendship by John Imrie Friendship is a golden band.Linking life with life,Heart to heart, and hand to hand,The antidote to strife. Friendship is a silken cord.Beautiful and strong,Guarding, by each kindly word,Loving hearts from wrong. Friendship is a beacon-lightOn life’s rocky shore,Brightest in our darkest nightWhen the breakers roar. Friendship is an iron …
ODE TO THE SUGAR CANE Rasp-throated one,How many oceans groaned under your feetOn your journey to this land What winds abetted your prowl How large your sail of leavesWhat idiom broke your silence to a stolen soil? Your pidgin prattle; grating grammarOf your mastertongue when History stammered throughYour text, mouth crowded with missing vowels The …
Polygamous Moon A polygamous moon cannot manageHer plague of husbandsNodding claims stand stiff In lunar closets, or hang limpOn the tree of a penitent wardrobeJealous rays unravel The chastity of the nightDesire bathes her wrinkles In the pitcher of a pagan milk Night so dark, so hotEven nouns forget their namesA retinue of adjectives plays …
before the dark by Adedayo AGARAU the antelope’s rib cage, a bridge of bones at the base of the anthill – you are outside your father’s house that is outside the city that is outside the country where a bullet dislodges an infant’s bone – the owls are learning about the dunes of night, the …
REMEMBER ME? I am the girlwith the dark skinwhose shoes are thinI am the girlwith the rotted teethI am the girlwith the wounded eyeand the melted ear. I am the girlholding their babiescooking their mealssweeping their yardswashing their clothesDark and rottingand wounded, wounded. I would giveto the human raceonly hope. I am the womanwith the …
A word to Husbands by OGDEN NASH To keep your marriage brimmingWith love in the loving cup,Whenever you’re wrong, admit it;Whenever you’re right, shut up. Ogden Nash If you feel obliged, leave a comment below.
John Donne – No Man Is an Island No man is an island,Entire of itself,Every man is a piece of the continent,A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea,Europe is the less.As well as if a promontory were.As well as if a manor of thy friend’s Or of thine own …
Moment One by Ian Keteku I remember my birth like it was tomorrow, the unholy sensation of abandon, accepted struggle my mother’s womb a burning revolution, promise on fire. I do not recall the choice to be burning, wayward archeologist searching for skin in uncharted ground. Before my skin, colour of handcuffs became fodder and …
Black Sheroes This is one of my favourite poems of all time. I had to go dig really deep to find this one by El Jones. It is long but you will read it to the end. The people mentioned in this poem are worth checking out for information’s sake. Enjoy!! My Black heroes don’t …
What is Africa to me Copper sun or scarlet sea,Jungle star or jungle track,Strong bronzed men, or regal blackWomen from whose loins I sprangWhen the birds of Eden sang?One three centuries removedFrom the scenes his fathers loved,Spicy grove, cinnamon tree,What is Africa to me? So I lie, who all day longWant no sound except the …
”Africa” A poem by David Diop ”Africa” is a poem by the Afro-French poet David Diop (1927-1960), who was born in France to a Senegalese father and Cameroonian mother. Although he died at a young age in a plane crash and had only published one collection of poems (Coups de pilon in 1956), he had already become …
Black is . . . Black is as beautiful as a bed of milky white clouds.Black is as beautiful as soft as a newborn baby hair.Black is as beautiful as standing up for what is right.Black is as beautiful as trying on grandmother’s classy hats.Black is as beautiful as you and I saying Hi!Black is …
Sir Walter Raleigh, ‘What Is This Life’ My thought took me on a journey about life and to make myself feel better, I decided to look for poems on life. I saw a whole lot but this one stood out because it says so many things about our lives in one paragraph. What is our …
FATHERS DAY This one is dedicated to the Fathers it relates to One day in June I was asked to work overtime on a Sunday My immediate thought was, just another day to earn some extra pay Within the same moment, I remembered that Sunday was fathers day Although I haven’t confirmed work, my options …
PLAYING WITH WORDS IN MY HEAD My words are deep I’m saying them for you to keep In your mind especially my peeps And to others reading, my intro is now complete I answers questions in my head since I was a kid Took me five decades, but now I’m ready to sow this seed …
MY RESPONSE TO THE ENDSARS PROTESTS Let me tell you a story stylishly Way before ENDSARS, Nigerians were begging Every day, people are constantly praying Nigeria will get better was all they were hoping Hope then came with all the protesting Voices were raised because of insecurity and fear Before we know it, other relevant …
CONTRADICTIONS This life is full of contradictions Truth has become lies and lies have become truth It is all about what you believe Which determines the life you’re living You are all about receiving Not thinking about how you can be giving Everyone wants to get money A way out they believe Forgetting what goes …
NAKED We all came into this world naked And will exit the world with nothing, NAKED Your arrival to planet earth brings happiness, sadness, or jealousy Your exit will generate regret, worthless speeches, and gladness from your enemies. You came into this world weak to eventually become strong Your strength only lasts until its …
HUMAN ELEVATION IS BEYOND EDUCATION Every human is seeking elevation Coz this life is full of humiliation A reason for individual determination To overcome whatever the degradation Step up and rise up to the occasion Do all you can to overcome every limitation Concentration on the situation for that destination Let your story be …