Calabash Poems - Poems about Calabash

In the calabash of life, a profound journey unfolds as the space gracefully passes the baton in the art of apprenticeship. Success resonates like a fine chant, akin to the resonance of the four-lobed kola nut the water that flows, immersing its feet into gin and tradition. The apprentice, the Soldier's seed, navigates the delicate balance between the...

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Stock Market Crash at Calabash was in Calabash they had a stock market crash hit which was a smash...

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I was loving the sun, Not consciously doing anything My gourds hanging sweetly, Too big to move much Dancing with internal mirth Because I was being picked today It is always a relief to a calabash When the pickers arrive I heard laughter and stood a bit taller Glad I could see farther than bushes But no one showed, so I knew...

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So much noise and blindness in fast lanes of lives we lead When ears can’t hear Eyes to see plead And to our destiny we draw both far and near Dreading to love Longing to hurt Fearing to fly on wings of a white dove And nonsense and gibberish in overdose we blurt Challenging norms without pause Closing ears and eyes when convenience...

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The world is a calabash of herbs Some are bitter and often abhorred Few are sweet and always desirable For either case there is no foretaste...

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A Broken Calabash Dear proposal thank thee for thy courage Thank thee for thy care And also I thank you for thy love Although I am sorry Thy heart is too spacious for my love My love is too tiny for thy heart Countless time I have loved Loved Loved, loved a heart Countless time I fallen ...

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A farmer in my location I am Wise and knowledgeable I innovate Today I grow fish in calabash of beer They are happy swimming, eating Aquarium of beer is natural home My fish grows fat and foolish daily And when I harvest for meals and sale My fingers and arms they bite not I want all farmers to imitate me This is a good...

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Two calabashes of milk loaded ready for pleasure dangling as ripe paw paws swollen as tortured frog are within immediate reach I ask for a pint to remove thirst but she tells me in the face “You have hard brown teeth your stomach is for bones this milk is for the toothless and those with tube stomach go ask my father and mother get permission from God as...

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Silence stormed the house As he entered with empty calabash With its mouth facing the ground And he could tell from the faces Unanswerable stream of questions Of those gathered to scoop soup Whoever washed his feet at dawn; Cleaned the face with calabash water To pay visit to the sage’s kraal And came back with empty calabash With hands dangling like bull’s tail Closed ancestors’...

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Goodnight Mrs Calabash I hope to see you again real soon the time we spend together makes me smile I try to keep it very simple with her but I am in love with her all the while it's just that I respected her man he was a good friend of mine and he only passed away barely a year but I dream...

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How Blissful Thy Smiles Honey In Thy First Lob Into My Arms The Grin Of Thy Upturn'd Mouth So Sweet When We Dissolve In Blended Embraces Thy People Produce The Best Of Raffia Wines When I Taste The Sweet Of Thy Breathes In Thy Kisses Merrily Must I Drink Of A Rare But True Romance In The Air How Blessedly The Day I...

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How Blissful Thy Smiles Honey In Thy First Lob Into My Arms The Grin Of Thy Upturn'd Mouth So Sweet When We Dissolve In Blended Embraces Thy People Produce The Best Of Raffia Wines When I Taste The Sweet Of Thy Breathes In Thy Kisses Merrily Must I Drink Of A Rare But True Romance In The Air How Blessedly The Day I...

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How Blissful Thy Smiles Honey In Thy First Lob Into My Arms The Grin Of Thy Upturn'd Mouth So Sweet When We Dissolve In Blended Embraces Thy People Produce The Best Of Raffia Wines When I Taste The Sweet Of Thy Breathes In Thy Kisses Merrily Must I Drink Of A Rare But True Romance In The Air How Blessedly The Day I...

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How Blissful Thy Smiles Honey In Thy First Lob Into My Arms The Grin Of Thy Upturn'd Mouth So Sweet When We Dissolve In Blended Embraces Thy People Produce The Best Of Raffia Wines When I Taste The Sweet Of Thy Breathes In Thy Kisses Merrily Must I Drink Of A Rare But True Romance In The Air How Blessedly The Day I...

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How Blissful Thy Smiles Honey In Thy First Lob Into My Arms The Grin Of Thy Upturn'd Mouth So Sweet When We Dissolve In Blended Embraces Thy People Produce The Best Of Raffia Wines When I Taste The Sweet Of Thy Breathes In Thy Kisses Merrily Must I Drink Of A Rare But True Romance In The Air How Blessedly The Day I...

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