On the paths of cheap thinking, steps are lost in the dust
...On the paths of cheap thinking, steps are lost in the dust
Of a road worn down by conformism demanding its toll,
For it's costly to step out of line, to defy the line drawn
With white chalk on the...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
birthplaces, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Bucket List
...Sometimes, our bucket list gets larger.
At other times, it is likely to get smaller.
There are times, parts of the list disappear,
not because we achieved them, but because we
were forced to rear...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
birthplaces, childhood, friendship, love, people,
Form: Free verse
Where the Seagulls Nest
...The waves rolling in crash against barren rocks
Where seagulls nest in the stark narrow crevices,
Their sharp squawking cries are heard for miles
Warding off the encroachment of large ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
birthplaces, bird, birth, nature, sea,
Form: Blank verse
Kigali, In I Am
...Kigali! You’re a dream differed
An indefinite dream for unkeyed
You break too many hearts
Heal too many souls abruptly
Kill so many indeed loves
...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
birthplaces, africa, analogy, character, city,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Climate Change
...We’ve been lighting our candles for aeons and aeons
And blowing the fumes to the faeries,
Thinking they’d take them and magically make them
Into a soul subscription.
And it seemed like a boon f...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
birthplaces, pollution,
Form: I do not know?