Clement Poems

Come what may

...
From here to beyond eternity
I’ll roam this earth to find you
~ in storm or clement weather



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Ballad for the king Owa Clement Adesuyi Haastrup Ajimoko III

...Owa Clement Adesuyi Haastrup Ajimoko III by Adejola Joseph 
Sagacious king
Prudent king
You are an embodiment of knowledge 
Encyclopedia of principles 
One in a trillion 
A king with an uncommo...

The accident was accidental

...That day on Earth was filled with fun,
The weather was mild and clement.
The sun beamed down with gentle grace,
Cool air had just chased off the rain.

That party brimmed with food and beer,
We...

15 Hail Holy Queen

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Hail Holy Queen
Mother of Mercy
Hail our life
Our sweetness
And our hope!
To you do we cry poor banished children of (Mama) Eve
To you do we send up our sighs
Mourning and weeping in this va...

Cat

...Charming cheerful chemist chummy classic clement capacious
Aesthetic affable agile alchemist alert ambitious ascetic 
Terrific teacher thankful thoughtful tranquil trusty telepathic  
 


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A Crown's Desire

...In power's shadowed halls, where destinies lie, 
Two titans faced off, ambition held high. 
Henry, the monarch, resolute and strong, 
Clement, the Pontiff, with justice lifelong. 
 
Henry, a Tud...

Medusa’s Medicine

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     Laid out for surgery, a patient prude
     Swaps self guided for guile - Medusa’s will
     Noisy neurons mute, poor Nerida nude
     Serpent puncture spreads in her, poison pill
   
  ...

Bounded By Grief

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{"The ruins of you lie in the dusk, 
shall we take this dance or shall we not? 
You Grace me with your presence though my ambitious trust has vanished and fallen from a Terrance, your hand extend...

everywhere

...buttery morning
light
licks

there are daintily cupped blooms
small white weeds
that no one can name

the sun has spread its table

green rippled gardens
garner
flecks of gold

an old g...

Coffee: The Greatest Of All Time

...The little humble bean
that found its way into a cup
made a splash upon the scene
after Kaldi’s goat had stirred it up

it travelled fast and well
from Ethiopia to Yemen
some called it the dri...

Poeticism Admired

...Claims bestilled north river long shores of yore,
inscribed quill while floored, dry well mirror cracked,
breathes clement time preclude stray minds the score,
crept halls, wings, flights ...

Time

..."Seize the day, then let it go" - Marty Rubin. 

I capture the first chirp of the bird in admiration.
My heart merges with it. My hands fold in adoration.
The color-changing beams of the morning ...

Heart Gentle Eye Mindful

...Existence, herein, is like water in an earthen pot.
A grit on the problem is enough to bring it to naught.
The water in it is cool and as clear as a crystal.
Though physically brittle, both within...

Raining In Summer

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The charcoal cloud miasmic,  
melts in the ashen scorched sky,
summer drizzle descends 
with the fascinating flotilla
that floats in the arid air.
The seeping spectrum 
of the setting scarl...

Along Dry Path

...Am I fitful,
fluctuating, fluid? 
thin compass waver
as I jubilantly weave
lilac tree vignettes 
that weep or chortle,
rainbow figment curtain
rashly wished upon
in grain smudge zephyr
garne...

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