Best Catalysts Poems

In Africa babies die
in ignorance and squalor.
And all those who ought to care
ignore their anguish and pain.

Amidst ashes of despair
fear ignites into anger.
And raging pangs...

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Catalysts of powerful ripple effects—compassion and coldness


February 18, 2023
written for the A Ripple to Me 2 Poetry Contest       ...

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WHERE FROZEN EMBERS STILL BURN

When will periwinkle dreams entwine with my lifesong?
  deadly winter has blanket me? [Long, ah! so long...]
Has bloody ferns swirl...

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Intermingled in purpose,
hope, faith, and love
are the catalysts of life.
Undefinable, and yet
undeniable, they exist
in the realm of possibilities.
And though they remain
intangible and abstract,
they are the...

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"Woman raises over $315K for homeless veteran . . ."  ABC News Nov '17

			
A homeless man with only twenty dollars to his name,
a sincere...

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I don't want to tie you down,
I want to fly with you.
I don't want to march your feet along the ground,
I want to run with...

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Quote by Author: Each one of us owns a spark of the Infinite, 
and since the soul is imperishable, we can go on forever !...

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It's time to come clean, to own up and admit to my mistakes, misbehavior, and machinations. I joked about "plotting" and "ousting" people, and the...

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elementary science 
we watched with wide eyes
baking soda and vinegar
a little red food coloring
emerge from a clay volcano
the foam erupting
moving fast
mixing these catalysts
consequence happened
our lives
like...

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Nigeria,my country,
I remember you with mixed feelings
A great contraption
A mere geographical expression.

You have never been a nation!
A mere colonial creation
A time bomb awaiting explosion

You were...

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Once upon an early dark, upon the cusp of time, 
way before the planets came, and way before the light. 
Deep inside the black of...

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I am the mother of hundred billion,
Now dumb and ears shut,
Orphaned by my own children,
For whom I bequeathed myself,
I am the Goddess of creation,
The creator...

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Vast dynamic catalysts
     inaugurated biochemical
     (biological), geological,
     and/or meteorological
    ...

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Around me all my eyes can see
Beyond the ruins of tomorrow
confused and lonely people plea
Drowning in a sea of sorrow.

Every head is lifted high
Facing towards...

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Falcon flies
Through linen blue skies
With great speed he dives
His talons sharp as knives

He seems to be perfect in form
And acrobatics in air he can perform
But...

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