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When Meaning Is Meaningless

When Meaning Is Meaningless The value of life is delicious debris When meaning is meaningless The victims search bread crumbs in the bounteous stale loaf The light of nude night blinks blindness What does meaning mean for life at the edge? for ant’s feasting in farmished frocks I find flames from the bottomless fire of life If you seek meanings on this ploughed lanes You sing museless songs of leprous crochets When meaning is meaningless Those who saw off meaning say: ‘See this sense with little sense and keep this lunacy living in the silent hut’ The dire strait of sense- less bigots Stifle the lobes of logic-quotient that can midwife meaning What meaning is in our meaning? Around the carnary class of misfiring mermaids What meaning do we allot a life laden in scars From fiery vaults and heart brakes from many lovers. We shall find the missing syllables and symphonies And sing songfuls in the sweet seraphdom

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Skat A

Date: 6/27/2015 1:51:00 AM

Ndubuisi, Congratulations on having your poem featured this past week. SKAT love

M. L. Kiser

Date: 6/10/2015 10:21:00 PM

This is some well-penned wisdom.

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 6/5/2015 12:01:00 AM

Ndubuisi Martins,,, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you have fun with this wonderful community. You'll find many friendly poets who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I will enjoy following you and your poetry when you are ready :) We are Lucky To Have you. Enjoy Poetry Soup:) Your New Poet Friend @-> LINDA <-@

Neva Romaine

Date: 6/2/2015 3:47:00 PM

Hey Ndubuisi, a warm welcome to Poetry Soup. Such a deeply mindful piece from you. Very well written. I look forward to more from you. Be Blessed, Neva

Ndubuisi Martins
Date: 6/2/2015 4:54:00 PM

Thanks so much Romaine. I will post more poems in the coming days!

Skat A

Date: 6/1/2015 11:28:00 PM

I like the alliteration in this poem Ndubuisi, Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile others passed when I first joined the soup. Wishing you and your poetry the best. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here STARTING with me- SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT

Ndubuisi Martins
Date: 6/1/2015 11:46:00 PM

Thanks for your comment. Hugssss* Ndubuisi

Ndubuisi Martins
Date: 6/1/2015 11:44:00 PM

I am a young single, shy and easy going Nigerian who just completed a master's degree in literature. I've been a poet for long but the muse deserted me when I keep losing them. I'm happy to rediscover Appollo and Hippocrate's magic again.