Conjugate Poems

Writer for eternity

...Writer for eternity by Adejola Joseph Author of Cracks On The Walls (poetry) 2022. An award winning poet from Osun State Nigeria. 
Writer for eternity
To change the course of history we have to wri...
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Categories: conjugate, celebration,
Form: Free verse

A Tale From The Loom - VI to X

...She lays the carpet on the floor as though a regal dress;
Each loving stitch sewn by her hand displays no sign of stress;
The time has come to greet her fate though not a hint of fret;
She sits wi...
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Categories: conjugate, adventure, fantasy, romance,
Form: Rhyme


birds at school

...I asked the blackbird at morning,
two plus two?
He began to sing,
Then I asked the robin
Three times three?
He began to sing,
I asked the cuckoo, 
conjugate the verb "Love" to me in the future...
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Categories: conjugate, bird, poetry, school,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberEchoes Of The Silent Shore

...How can I sever wolf-waves from the selfish sea?
I ache to cut the rogue from the relentless flow
his crest —swelled in high rise on testosterone tide—
swindles my tease to tame his blue Neptune f...
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Categories: conjugate, beach, conflict, longing, love
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMind of the Heart

...Line of inquiry:
“feeling not thinking, soul with love linking ~
we attained God consciousness unblinking”

The heart that pulsates within, we can touch and feel
Mind, unlike heart is an...
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Categories: conjugate, allusion, beauty, journey,
Form: Couplet


Eighteen

...Eighteen

A number that holds so much meaning 

Any individual who meets terms with this number never feels content

A singular tie to childhood is all that’s left

A bearing weight of adulth...
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Categories: conjugate, 12th grade, change, childhood,
Form: Free verse

Covid

...Covid

commiserate, conjugate
circumambulate around the 
circumference of the
continent
covertly circulate
in the crevices of 
confederates
cramped, crawling,
crooning in the
cavern of 
C...
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Categories: conjugate, confusion,
Form: Free verse

Second Glance

...As I conjugate my verbs I lock eyes with the one person I want to see. If I catch her looking back is she looking at or through me?

Her scent assaults my nostrils and I can feel the sweat begin to...
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Categories: conjugate, love, love hurts,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMy drug of addiction

...I see peace in the bright blue skies, in the paddocks green
In the warble from the magpies tounge in the breath of
God I come undone, in the pouring rain there are melodies
To heal hearts and fill...
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Categories: conjugate, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme

Macabiloquent Mastery

...As I ascend the podium, a predator of piquant pontifications, my eyes ravage the assemblage of adversaries, their countenances a canvas of consternation and morbid fascination. The atmosphere is heav...
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Categories: conjugate, dark,
Form: Free verse

Leading Life

...lead life with unconditional quality
not live to conjugate the future of the past
  Let's try to conjugate present tense always...
  as much as possible !...
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Categories: conjugate, allusion, analogy, appreciation, life,
Form: Light Verse

Resurrected Heroe

...RESURRECTION OF A HEROE:
This is ANDERSON WALKINGSHOES... 
CHORUS:
Far from comparison, far from fear.
Failure part of the journey; shed no tears.
Man...do... the best you can do.
Talents in yo...
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Categories: conjugate, beautiful, beauty, hero,
Form: Lyric

Premium MemberAnti-Vow of Modern Man

...I'll marry you, for health and wealth
but not till you're old and gray...

(I'm not opposed to leaving you
for a younger woman someday...)

Don't be surprised, my pet
afterall WE didn't wait
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Categories: conjugate, angst, blue, depression, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme

Caliber

...CALIBER:

Burn out the news,
If you think of it being new.
The talk of what I've been through,
Doesn't appear as truth.
It's a risky deal for you.
I'm seeing it with few,
To be an unimaginabl...
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Categories: conjugate, spoken word,
Form: Lyric

The Rabble-Rousers

...THE RABBLE-ROUSERS:

Can't define the last time we met.
That moment was very historical.
And it's always kept with a reminisce,
Since we all remain simply antithetical.
And it proves there's a ...
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Categories: conjugate, abuse, bullying, confidence, engagement,
Form: Dramatic Verse

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