cowboy poemCowboy poem
Cityscape, tall building, and smog-filled evening sky
In New York, no one sleeps here; a camel smokes
a cigarette and no one finds that unusual
The big apple, tall women, and juicy scandals, what
else is there to know
Prosperity, even a bus driver can make it rich
be frugal, collect his mother's pension long after
She has died or gone to Galveston
...
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Categories:
abortion, absence, adventure, africa,
Form: ABC
MY CLARITY TO HERBaby we're still young
Vibrant and promising
I promise you
Together we can grow strong
Before we get old
We can correct our wrongs
So let the bond be strong, holding onto each no matter the circumstances.
Let's stay locked in
Together we'll build
Our own empire
I am the king and you are the queen
Ruling our...
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Categories:
africa, beautiful, care, creation,
Form: Narrative
MEDIATIONA couple of days ago
I had an encounter
It was very educational
Many lives in illusion
They're very delusional
If you're not aware
You'll fall in their well
Then You start living in a warfare.
They believe in illusion
Which is void
Thinking it's reality
No wonder
Christ was crucified
The truth is really bitter
They all like sugar...
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Categories:
africa, creation, dark, dedication,
Form: Narrative
The Ground Beneath Our FeetDeceit's bitter taste lingers like burial rice cooked in familiar space
The sharp edge of betrayal cuts deep from within, a wound that never heals
Innocence fades like pencil marks erased as life's indelible script unfolds
The ground beneath our feet will be our roof a somber truth we cannot escape
Loyalty's test lies in water's gentle flow yet...
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Categories:
africa, anxiety, confidence, confusion,
Form: Free verse
NOW THAT WE ARE AWAKENOW THAT WE ARE AWAKE
Now that we awake –
We had all the long while
Been in deep dreamless slumber
And while we were still
Still slumbering in our
Unreal bed of red roses
They planned, practised and projected
What “tomorrow” would likely bring
Now that we have realized with pain
That the “tomorrow” we failed to plan for
Has changed herself to...
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Categories:
1st grade, africa, anxiety,
Form: Other
The Festival of African RainThe natives have
(since the seventh month peeped
through the lean crescent eye of the moon)
worn cloaks of festivities.
They dance the rites,
squelching proudly in mud and green pools
of water.
On their heads are smouldering fires of corns
And pears, and ingredients of a lush season.
Behold their mothers’ breasts!
Flopping tonelessly with life and ceremonial milk.
The engaging flesh of birth.
And their...
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Categories:
africa, rain,
Form: Free verse
Redemption untoldRedemption untold
Lies are never far from fallacy
Secrets are never far from power
If the soil is polluted
The root can’t bring no good tree
Their must be a truth untold
In a dying world
In a world full of wars
In a world of turmoil
In a land of needs and wants
I...
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Categories:
africa, courage, freedom, inspiration,
Form: Epic
Black beautyRich as earth’s deepest soil,
Your melanin glows in silent pride
A tapestry of dusk and dawn,
Each shade a story woven in light.
Your smile breaks like sunrise,
Casting warmth across the world;
Your eyes hold galaxies of hope,
Sparkling with unspoken dreams.
In every curl and coil you carry grace,
A crown of nature’s own design;
Your silhouette sings of strength untold,
A dance...
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Categories:
africa, appreciation, beautiful, beauty,
Form: Free verse
CONTEMPLATINGI'm standing
In a line
Patiently waiting
For my turn or time
Standing in the lane of success.
I keep wondering
So many had made it
Why is mine staying longer
Sometimes I admit
Maybe mine is bigger
Or it will never come to my time or turn.
I keep racing for it
So many times
I work and prayed
But...
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Categories:
africa, creation, dark, deep,
Form: Narrative
WEIRD LADYShe's so wise and courageous
She's so contagious
She's not everyone's type
She's good and bad
Depends on how you ride
Stay on the tide
She takes no bribe, even if you're her tribe.
She's a God sent
With nice cents
Like she burns insects
She wears unisex
Never urge for sex
She's offset
Don't upset her.
She conscious
She never reap
Where she...
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Categories:
africa, creation, dark, dedication,
Form: Epic
Cultural AppropiationTo Hell with Cultural Approiation or Cultural Copy.
It is very very wrong and unconscionable unless we are copying uplifting values only.
Copying poor value systems like smoking ganja or cigarettes, over excessive rum/alcohol drinking gun running, crime, and even gloryfying submersive gansata rap lyrics are wrong for our children's sake. these are bad examples.
I...
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Categories:
12th grade, africa, age,
Form: Ballad
Danger in the Jungle
Categories:
africa, animal, anxiety, dark,
Form: Haiku
GHANAIAN GIRLI told her I'm a stranger
A souvenir
She thought I am from Ghana
Because I'm black like Ghanaians
She concurred
While listening to my accent
She confirmed I'm a Nigerian.
She said she can't
Wait to have me
Saying I'm one of a kind
I'm always on her mind
She called me the law of attraction
Because like a...
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Categories:
africa, creation, crush, dedication,
Form: Narrative
GUIDELINESUnity brings all together
Humility keeps them forever
Humiliation sets them apart
Prosperity makes all bright
Possibilities they all ride or strive for.
No discipline
No results or success
Steady insults
Brings you regrets
If you wanna know
Please always ask questions
Not living with assumptions.
Every habit
Is a consumption
Consuming your time or money
Giving memories
When...
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Categories:
africa, children, community, creation,
Form: Narrative
BaobabNight’s lingering silhouette no longer
Shields my restless shadow, which clutches me
With gusto and haunting trauma.
My naked thorax seeks raffia clothing;
My ribs rebel against enchanting shivers from the spine of terror.
Adam’s greenish raiment I long for,
Among wet strings of strong bows fastened
To the groins of departed giants.
My feet, caked by frozen sand dunes,
Tramp gently and defiantly...
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Categories:
africa,
Form: Free verse
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