Devotion Bullying Poems

First crawl


I learnt to crawl in a tie,
Banker’s suit and smile on a lucky tot.
Learning the secrets of trades and service,
I’d make a difference with...

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The Alex Joneses among us

As we are coming up to Christmas, which is a feast 
for the advertisers, and it is impossible turning 
or switching...

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Friendship

When you think you can’t go on,
And you’ve stopped singing 
In the middle of your song
And your body feels numb and cold
Cos someone says, you...

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Brooding River

This winter saw a lot of rain in the river near the houses, still running clear and lucid, giving its soul
to the ocean
On the...

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The little things in life we often
       take for granted and leave out
      ...

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Cought by your dreams
kept in my mind
spread by the spiritis
allover my senses.

Caught by the wind
spread to the prairies
to be ashes on the soil.

Touched by your...

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The mouse

My wife was opening the door to the verandah
when she spotted a mouse and fled to the kitchen
and shouted, “Kill it, kill it!”
I picked...

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Elvis, a friend.

Into my café, a young man who combed his hair
Elvis Priestly style and naturally got the nickname, Elvis
He didn’t mind; the name gave...

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The cancer ward.

We sat in the waiting room, of elderly people, with cancer
we had had surgery now we waited to see if it had been...

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Hello Nigerian youth!
How are doing? 
I salute your courage
I salute your resolve
To take back your country 
Bedeviled by evils of unimaginable proportion 
That threaten and...

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A mule’s dream

A farmer was ploughing the field
his tractor was pink in the idyllic landscape
He ran out of diesel and went to get some more
at...

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You have seen the damage fights can do
You heard sirens passing you
Yet still you raise your hand in haste
Cause the claims you made can't win...

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I stand freezing while our eyes gazed,
Your smile melt my frozen look down,
My world appears new: differently big,
Lacking raw tease in gay enthusiasm.

Smile
Differs
In strength's sight,
To...

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We stumble, we fall and we get up
We don't beg, don't kneel and we stand up
Failure will never be an option
Life is about struggling and...

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All living couples 
Got their roots in lovely hearts 
Watered by pure minds...

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