Good on'ya Biko, well done there mate..Keep hammering
In the results should be great.' Aussie needs us all to work
Together 'now more than ever'
Categories:
biko, community, encouraging, endurance, freedom,
Form: Rhyme
One plus one equals two
Let's dance to the tune of figures
Boy! Plus - a game of the Littles
Shall we strike the ball of tímes then?
Times!
An event that adds up, you'll say.
Nay - times will for sure blossom our pockets.
Biko kwanu, stop them.
Reach out to the masters and bless their loins.
Nevertheless, times won't time us again.
Until then. Adds plus times -
Figures of the gods!
Categories:
biko, abuse, bereavement, corruption, death,
Form: Burlesque
Minority rule Apartheid
We, majority, asked:
How? blaming the victims of hate!
I heard Gandhi, Dr. King, Biko
II
Now we who have media, wealth, vote ...
Ask Lincoln to police Minneapolice (Mean Polis?)
We quote, "Be the change you want," but
Dream dead Saviors, hate Prez Obama, First Black
III
We were asked to solve (apart-hate) - apartheid
We did so, without the vote, money, or hate
We are hard - fair - on you for murderous policing:
Just don't kill unarmed Blacks. You need LINCOLN for that!
Categories:
biko, africa, america, angst, international,
Form: Quatrain
Athol Fugard is a leading voice in theater of Africa
will he condone silence about the street execution f George Floyd?
Dennis Brutus was being deported from USA in 1980s, from U. Penn
(I helped get him to speak against South Africa's Racist Constitution,
at Ohio University in 1984. I confess, with Libyan money as donation!)
Would the late Dennis Brutus be quiet about fascist cop Derek Chauvin?
I grew up under apartheid, deemed inferior to every white-skinned African
Not allowed to go or study where I wanted in South Africa
And loved to hear Steve Biko, Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King
Would they have been silent about "BLACK LIVES" don't matter?
Why do you write?
Are you really in the tradition of free expression, and poetry for ALL?
Categories:
biko, america, hate, political, prayer,
Form: I do not know?
I can'T breathe
John Vorster Square
Steve "Bantu" Biko
Many a freedom fighter
Paid the ultimate price and
died in police custody
But all poor
George Floyd
Seemed to be fighting for
Was
AIR
The right to Breathe
Not to become a Martyr
For any person be he black or white
For Richard Lamoureux
I can'T breath
Poetrysoup Contest
8th June 2020
Categories:
biko, slam,
Form: Free verse
Charis, a brightly coloured tomato,Out under the sun, playing hide and Seek. With no care in the world.Responsible! I don't want it mom,Or so she thought.
Charis, a hardworking student,With a zeal to be the best,And very much different from her peers.Legend has it she passed all her test.
Charis, a darling friend to those she adores,Treasured in their hearts.With so much love around her She was destined to fly.
Charis, a great sociologist,With so much potential and Fantastic credentials fear she is a magician.
Charis, my sweet caregiver, She listens and knows just What to say, when to say it And exactly how to say it.
Charis, my beautiful exotic neon flower,With the voice of a thousand nightingale And beauty to match that voice,Chey!!! Kill us oooo, na u biko!.
Charis, a girl after God's own heart,Listening to you song Is like looking into the eyes of God,We feel our maker when you sing.
Charis, in the end you are many things,To numerous to mention.Good and bad, you are still you.You definitely have made my sky blue.
Categories:
biko, celebration, cheer up,
Form: Free verse
**************...........**************
Mother Says
Mother says biko hapumaka
Je suis fatigué
These things keep revolving
Maybe not like a revolver
If i could only take a sling shot
Hit this situation in the groin
Mother says biko cherum
Be patient oh!
À perte de vue
Tout macherait comme sur des roulettes dit maman
She who would do the impossible
She who would beat the odds
She who is my god in second.
She who starves for her child to eat
She whose tears soften hard rocks
She who is my god, the second
Mother says, jowo oko mi kan se daradara ti o le se
And you'll make it out somehow
O so ti o ba ti mura
Hold my hands, close your eyes
Et laissez-moi vous guilde à travers ce monde sans âme
'Orisha bi iya osi laye yi'
Mother says, jowo mase binu si ibinu
Sabali, soyez patient en tout temps
Be careful enough not to stay out too long
And don't do things you shouldn't,
Do miss me when I'm gone.
Godwin Henry Osaigbovo Pa Shakespeare
X
Obiozo Osariemen Emmanuel Dr.Jay
Categories:
biko, child, friend, future, mom,
Form: Didactic
Biko came down from heaven
brought a message from Jesus to impart
the sun comes up every morning in full view of the day
one must be humble enough to bow the knee to pray
I'm a messenger from the most high God
as a beacon of like to a hurting world in need of love
Harken onto me dear woodsmen in your strife
I'll draw waters from heaven for you to quench your thirst
for I was hear with the Timber Wolf basking in nature's sway
fill my beak with fallen residue that fall from ivy dew
Come bask in the vast expanse between space & time
we are all chosen for a purpose from a grand design
Categories:
biko, anger, anxiety, arabic, art,
Form: Free verse
Stand not there at my door and weep
I have nothing to offer you but words
I am just an ordinary poet in my world
I am not a politician who kill and lie.
Go to Aso Rock and meet them in columns;
Those who chameleon their colours are there,
Maybe they would teach you how to steal,
They only teach how to steal when you want to.
I am just an ordinary poet in my world
I don't know how to lie through my nose
I have nothing to offer you but words
So don't stand there at my door and weep.
Don't you stand there and weep, biko!
I have nothing to offer you but words
I am just an ordinary poet in my world
I am not a politician who kill and lie.
(C) John Chizoba Vincent
Voice Of Vincent 2016
Categories:
biko, africa, art,
Form: Blank verse
they are innocent and gentle
going about their normal life in their
school
kidnapped and deprived of their
fundamental human rights
so inhuman and barbaric
still causing panic
over 200 of them were kidnapped
ever since then nobody can even take a
nap
taking to the streets and chanting...
"Bring Back Our Girls"
it saddens me that after about three
weeks
all efforts to bring back our girls are
still not yielding a positive result
our girls should be free again in no
time,
peace must return to all the four
corners of the nation
pray for Nigeria
a lasting solution to the situation is all
we need
please 'biko' BRING BACK OUR GIRLS
Categories:
biko, freedom,
Form: ABC
Word of earth, words of giving birth
These are words of wisdom for what they are worth.
Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth
These wise words were written biblically
B-I-B-L-E
Was & were written for you Eternally
The recognition for B.C. revolution
For thy Death brings forth evolution
Wise are the words were heard they were spoken
Wise are the words spoke before they wrote n'
Wise are the words that suffered before bones were broken
Wise are the words received as grace for an eternal token
When Life faces reality, Words face society
Contrasting the seed bearing fruit of humanity
Words lack the breath of consciousness
Only wisdom has the power to possess
The wise could hear freedom before it come
Ask Mandela, Biko, King and Malcolm
From the darkness, their words are heard
Wisdom from their words lights up the world
Man call themselves human but they are not humane
Thinking their mind is in the box they call the brain
Shaming the presents
Categories:
biko, words,
Form: I do not know?