Best Folk Poems

WHERE THE CITY FOLK LIVE

At the confluence of the cultures 
Where the politics ebb and flow
The tide of humanity crashes
Against their collective soul

The spires of religions
And posters of beliefs
Crush against each other
Through the weave of city streets

Registered colours of commerce
And trade mark tags of youth
Line...

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I do not like you folk                      
I do not like you woke   
I'd rather you not spoke
Your throats I'd like to choke
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Have you heard of Fisher Folk
Masked and disguised
Often difficult to see
When in front of your very eyes

Some will see through the disguise
Once engaged in conversation
Others will never see a Fisher Folk
Blinded by their manipulation

Fisher Folk do not fish 
In waterways of any kind
They only fish...

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tidy yarn woven
neatly spliced with home spun charm
gilded tapestry...

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It's never explained
why she and her son were spared
in the raid on their homestead
It drove her insane
and her boy became a mute
She sent him off with Johnson

Now she was revered
as 'big medicine' and 'touched'
by the Great Spirit to walk
in the unseen realm
Living in parallel worlds...
One...

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Amadioha the great god of Thunder and Justice
We have gathered at the shrine of Alusi’gwe 
To pour libations to you
Even as I do my folk song
Bring me the ogene, to awaken the spirit of my 
Forbearers to witness the doomsday they foretold
Give me the udu,...

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Better to be on the end

Of feckless bullying

Than to give into the virus

Of childish trolling

Because no 1 likes

When a hater triumphs

It's the 8th most deadly sin 

And gives credence to those

No 1 should give a damn about

Because if  they were to be ignored

Would anyone...

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I used to be a dreamer
until I fell for a dream crusher 

I used to be very optimistic
until I met  miss negative 

I used to have beautiful wings
until I ran into a shearer 

I used to be a lovely garden
until someone planted weeds


I used...

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Yup, here they come
 hippies, yuppies, kiddies and Millenials, generation X on the run
they gather at the restaurants and malls
 ten or twelve six feet apart walk along the walls
casually strolling pass the limited entry stores
 no longer able to stay at home, so tired...

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A wizened boy who lived at seventy-two Oak
Relaxed in his tub with a lemon salt soak
Ate a curly pretzel, downed a harsh throat coke
An honest child who sprang from truthful folk

Dressed himself in a red and yellow super hero cloak
Flew around New York City watching...

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 Colors in a smoky fire,
Dance the night away.
Flames rising ever higher,
Draw fairy folk to play.

Deep within a tree lined wood,
Lie secrets kept by elves.
If you catch an elf who’s good,
He’ll tell you them, himself.

Gnomes, they are another matter;
They’ll keep all to themselves.
Try to find...

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Folk often say: 
I wish the world was more loving,
How many people did you love today?


Folk often say:
Why is he/she homeless?
How many spare rooms, 
do you have in your mansion?

Folk often say:
I don't understand why is he/ she 
begging for food,
How much food did you...

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A Folk Song of India

My Video Song is also on You Tube  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukRQxnYGQwQ&feature=plcp

Background Note: Its  a story of a worried Farmer 
as his fields were dry because of no rains & 
the season of planting Rice was passing fast. 
His eyes were full...

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"The Folk Dance"
On the backs of well formed muscular miners 
Working hard in the trenches on a daily basis
For the men who need coal, fat cats and such
Dirty, sweaty and tireless toil try to wear them down 
Dehydration and soot inhalation runs rampant 
An epidemic...

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Walk out to ocean, this stony pathway,
Folk story declare, twas a snakes byway.
Climbed from sea, wormed onto the hidden cave,
Men explored and commune, the knowledge crave,
This legend lives on, even to this day!

Along the horizon, dawn caught away,
Rides in with glory, it's mystic gateway.
Morning shines...

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