Kayod5 Kayode Poet Free verse

King Baabu

King Baabu,
The play of giants:                                                                             
Death and king’s horse man, 
The man of the people,
The man died.                           
                                                                                                                                                                          
Things fall apart,                                              
No longer at ease;                                            
Forest of thousand demons,                              
Gods are not to blame.                                     


The year of locusts:                                        
Our husband has gone mad again,                   
The black boy,weep not child;                        
Hope of the living dead.                                  


An African night's of entertainment:                 
The credo of being and nothingness.              



Contest: Get your scissors out: cut-up poems/word collage.
Sponsor: Charlotte Puddifoot.

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Poet Destroyer A March 31, 2014 at 10:21 PM KAYOD5, Congratulations :) awesome winning poem..... XOX ~LINDA

Debbie Guzzi March 27, 2014 at 2:07 PM Congrad's on your win, Light & Love

Connie Gildersleeve March 26, 2014 at 6:34 PM You've certainly arranged the cut-up words brilliantly. Nicely done and congrats on your well deserved win - Connie

Dr.Ram Mehta March 26, 2014 at 6:20 AM Very creative to pen a collage poem and congrats on the win, kayod5 Kayod5 Kayode March 26, 2014 at 7:00 AM Thank you Sir,it is nice to hear from you.

Donna Jones March 25, 2014 at 10:22 PM A stunning example....congratulations on your win... Kayod5 Kayode March 26, 2014 at 7:01 AM Thanks Donna.

Charlotte Puddifoot March 25, 2014 at 7:04 PM another very intriguing piece here; you created an effective atmosphere of sinister sadness with your arranged words; I particularly liked that last line - congrats on your win in my contest :)

Debbie Guzzi March 3, 2014 at 7:34 PM What were your words friend? That last line a real gut punch! bravo! Light & Love

Robert Pettit March 2, 2014 at 11:53 PM Looks like Charlotte will like this one. I do. Kayod5 Kayode March 3, 2014 at 12:29 AM Thank you Robert,you have really made my day with fun;may the Lord bless Robert Pettit.

Nette Onclaud March 2, 2014 at 4:15 PM something really out of the ornery, kayods.. enjoyed the elemsnt of contrast.. huggs! Kayod5 Kayode March 2, 2014 at 8:45 PM Thank you Nette,have a great week.One love.

Richard Lamoureux March 2, 2014 at 12:55 PM Very cool, it creates a very interesting feel. I like it. Kayod5 Kayode March 2, 2014 at 1:15 PM Thank you Richard,I am happy you like it.Have great week ahead Richard.

Andrea Dietrich March 2, 2014 at 11:52 AM hey, it held together pretty well if it were done the way Charlotte said to do it. I just can't bring myself to do this kind of challenge. I am too much into "order" of things!! But this comes off looking pretty well ordered!! Kayod5 Kayode March 2, 2014 at 12:15 PM Thank you Andrea,this is collection of titles of sixteen books,from seven diferent authors,all the books are available on net, I'm able to do this because of the experience I had in the past when we used to write poems with James Hadley Chase's titles. Nice to read from you,happy week ahead.

Jack Horne March 2, 2014 at 10:20 AM will have to try this contest - yours worked very well Kayod5 Kayode March 2, 2014 at 11:03 AM Immense thanks for the compliment Jack,I wish you luck in the contest.

Russell Sivey March 1, 2014 at 9:59 PM Wow, you have clipped certain lines perfectly my friend, giving new meaning within their new combinations! This is a hard assignment, one that I feel is quite difficult! And you have done masterfully with your contest entry! I surely enjoyed reading this amazing poem this evening! What a superior piece, Great Work!! Kayod5 Kayode March 2, 2014 at 12:13 AM Thank you Russell,happy Sunday.