Best Ak Poems
Why the Ak-47 In the Hands of the InnocentWhy the AK-47 in the hands of the innocent
The innocent has cried out
For too long
For too long
We have been ambushed
By strangers
Unknown to us with a trace
Yes we can't suspect who
They are cos they aren't
Far from our lands
The scars...
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Categories:
ak, africa, for her, for
Form:
Epic
AkThe first time you kissed me it was a surprise, I wasn’t ready.
It was a sneak attack, funny ‘cause they say the girl ‘always knows.’
I think we’re lucky we didn’t chip a tooth.
The unexpected slowed me - ‘ok, that happened,’ I thought.
Because I’d wondered, before...
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Categories:
ak, boyfriend, fate, humor, love,
Form:
Free verse
I Refuse to Teach Macbeth When It's Forty Degrees OutsideKing Duncan wouldn't allow it
Chin sweat and air conditioning
Sending me into a linguistic shaming spiral
Flavoursome mints and sparkling water
Won't fix this wet nightmare
Telling the steps to SHUT UP
Sock sniffer
Chemical bomb leather shoes
Armpits oceaning
Give me Nigeria
Or the jungle
Where the birds don't sing
My wife has...
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Categories:
ak, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
Nigerian Police StationOnce, I was there to check a tall Zaki
And it became reason to meet khaki,
Very clean but most offices tacky:
A cop could turn one into a lackey!
I know The Police is for the Nation
But I shan’t again a Police Station;
A world plainly paramilitary,
Safer, not...
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Categories:
ak, africa, allusion, corruption, cry,
Form:
Rhyme