Backwardness Poems - Poems about Backwardness

Under the veil of twilight, where shadows whisper secret truths

...Under the veil of twilight, where shadows whisper secret truths,
Lies an unspoken world, untouched by the gentle hand of forgiveness.
No forgiveness for deeds, not even for stray thoughts,
Where t...

Being In the Mind of a Savage

...Being in the mind of a savage.

All I know is how to act ferociously.
Manipulating the minds of the weak, fearful, and the victims.
Beating them into submissive.
Emasculating the strongest, just...

Ignoramus Life Limbo

...Mwizi! Mwizi! Mwizi!
Shika uyooooo
2am habitual
I toss my sheets stand by the window
They all speak at once
''Achomweee....''
I wear my walkies and switch my lights

I scrunch my nose
Freezi...

Twisted World

...We live in a world 
Where all things are moving
Where nothing halts
Where nothing turns back
Where all that it is is noise

We live in a world
Broken souls grace the streets
Hopeless lives is...

Tomorrows a Short Day

...At this very moment lost in life, predictability 
    Mind is a mess chaos reigns, steadfastness 
     Fighting with myself shut out, convertibility 
    Not through lack of confidence, faithlessn...

Turkish Poetry Translations I

...Turkish Poetry Translations I



Ben Sana Mecburum: "You are indispensable"
by Attila Ilhan
translation by Nurgul Yayman and Michael R. Burch

You are indispensable; how can you not know
tha...

To Our Promissor Leaders

...Had we have enough but day
This quagmire were no crime
We would keep mum and forget which train
To board to crush our multifarious pains

You by the Atlantic Ocean’s sides
Should we find: pulli...

Mehmet Akif Ersoy Translations

...Mehmet Akif Ersoy: Modern English Translations of Turkish Poems

Mehmet Âkif Ersoy (1873-1936) was a Turkish poet, author, writer, academic, member of parliament, and the composer of the Turkish Na...

In Your Dance

...Dancing
There is dancing
On the ground floor of earth
Eternally grateful by the beauty

I am sophisticated heart investor
Flora to flora
Fauna to fauna
I am seeking the lessons of body
No nu...

Rosetan People

...R Roseta is famous now, Italian town, beautifully "backward"
O Okinawa, Japan, shared health wonders with Roseta 
S Science proves both sides: Lonely folks "smoke" 15 cigarettes
E Even when they a...

Shepherd's Wallet

...Ignorance is a talking drum
Ignorance is a drum of backwardness
Like a clock with low battery
Moving anti - clock wise...

Python Dance

...after Odumegwu Ojukwu
after Chinua Achebe 
after Christopher Okigbo 
after Dele Giwa
after Kofi Awoonor
after Kwame Nkrumah 
after Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
after Nelson Mandela 
after Wole  Soyinka ...

Awkwardness

...carving their names on the world’s flesh like scars,
they won’t waste their breath on the news of dead men.
if there are things humans should learn, it is how to
leave their emotions out of the eq...

Rise

...Rise

Rise!
Rising to embrace the stars in far space
I rise because 
I
	Am
		A
			star

Sparkling
Through
All limitations just to keep
Rising

Even in my darkest hour
I rise
Go ahead...

Backwardness

...life today lived
in reverse gear
towards stone ages...

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