Best Ede Poems

Mma (Beauty)


Izunna Okafor dere ab? a


Kere kere ka ? na-egbu
?b?nad? n’anya onye ìsì
Onye chi ya g?zìrì
O were nke ya, mebe ngàlá

Mma ad?gh? n’ótú ?n?tsha
Maka na ihe d? ?t? bu ihe d? ?k?
? b? ezie na e nwere ad?gbòlója
Mana ihe a gba n’aka
E jighi ènyò ele...

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AWELEWA
(Beauty Lord)

Mojirola Amoke Orekelewa Omidan
Her beauty struck every creature
Like the camellic evergreen Flowering shrub.

Aponbepore Arewa Oleyinju Ege
Her allure utter chamomile of
Peace and pure love
Who then can deny not seeing her
When she majestically pass by?
Ajanaku koja mori nkan firi
Who can deny not seeing her?

You are the...

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Soul knowledge grown thru emotional searches
Eclipses vain ego perches attempts to take charge.
Living should be large from our soul’s core will,
Feeling joy thrill and pain spill, gilds soul’s sheaf.

Allow belief to trigger your spiritual agenda.
Cite déjà vu’s antenna as your eternal soul almanac
To map your...

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Anyammiri Ala Any? 

(Tears of Our Land)


 Izunna  Okafor dere ab? a


Ala Na?jiria ebegbuo onwe ya n'akwa
Anya mmiri anya mmiri ebe niile
Akwa ?t?t?, akwa ndeeri na akwa ar?r?
?nye ga-az? ala any? ? 

Chi ?b?b? were aka ekpe were dup?ta ya ?ra
Chi ?j?? ewere akwa...

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In Kettles Yard thet kept their art
Helen and Jim were the main part
midst stray objects,sculpture and glass
with pictures ,paintings unsurpassed;
Friend of artists,collectors too
their grateful gifts ,displayed ,on view
mnifested everyday
this art philosophy holds sway;
Brancusi,Gaudier-Brezska
Nicholsons,Wallis and David Jones
talent lights up their charming home
with revealing personal tastes.

A continuing...

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Hard
against 
driven rain
yet liquid to
light
it 
illumes,
enlightens
our transparent
lives


Partly inspired by a quote by Jim Ede (1895-1990) friend of artists...

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Her elegant art nouveau staircase was designed by Ede Magyar
We had never seen such a beautiful fixture in the town of McLar
We ran over right away to take pictures and ooh and awe over it.
Some hillbillies brought in mud, and the hostess had a huge...

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Sadness has fallen upon us all                                       ...

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Glass
pictures
stones,sculpture-
in light and in 
space

A tribute to Jim Ede of Kettles Yard-'A continuing Way of Life' This 'work of art' inspired by his 
visits to Dunbarton Oaks and the Phillips Memorial Gallery whilst lecturing in the  US

http://www.doaks.org/about/bliss_history.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_Collection...

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Knowing very well won't ask how are you;
Understand how much stressful to be lone;
Believe me, since you left all my joy flown;
Know you're sad, I'm also in hardship too.
Don't want to express what I'm going through
to return home, it's punishment for me;
There's limitation to...

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Chancery lane at 5 o’clock 
Towards the Strand I go
It’s a tourist kind of walk
I do not pretend to know
Every building that looks great 
Winter air is damp and soft
Passed the wig shop, by the gate
Of the Ede and Ravenscroft 
Stopped to see familiar faces
But...

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I won't say the glance at her made me feel
it's 'love at first sight'; but something I must
say, 'twas strange feeling which I couldn't conceal,
felt knowing her for long, whom I can trust.

Don't know, out of so many persons in
that hall, why I looked at...

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                In the darkest depths of the ancient grove 
                    ...

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In Kettles Yard thet kept their art
Helen and Jim were the main part
midst stray objects,sculpture and glass
with pictures ,paintings unsurpassed

Friend of artists,collectors too
their grateful gifts ,displayed ,on view
manifested everyday
this art philosophy holds sway;

Brancusi,Gaudier-Brezska
Nicholsons,Wallis & David Jones
talent lights up their charming home
with revealing personal tastes.

A continuing...

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