Degraded Poems - Poems about Degraded

...We are going to dig to bury our dead: Mother, father, sisters and brothers, Uncles, aunts, friends and strangers. We are going to inter our dead: Archbishop, pastors, Houngans and vicars. The ......Read the rest...

...Loving and fighting Accusing, denying I can't imagine A world with you gone The joy and the chaos The demons we're made of I'd be so lost If you left me alone Laughing and ......Read the rest...

...Progress seems proudly perched on flyovers, Sold on many a toll-dotted speedways. Each, pylon-pecked, on hinterland hovers, And not on friendly crisscrossing highways. They slyly gloat over......Read the rest...

...The eagles have long left, scattered over miles; empty plastic bottle, condoms and diapers. Here under a burning sun human traffickers do not imply a rush-hour. Death is imported, life degrade......Read the rest...

...I know what’s true – I won’t be dissuaded I have my view And it can’t be degraded I won’t allow myself to be The target of a witch hunt The sword that cuts, It cuts both ways From the tim......Read the rest...

...This is their moment Place on your makeup and let us begin Cast the shadows of deceit with a grin Curtain calls and the show begins The world is their stage, action consumes. Warm hugs and I ......Read the rest...

... cold constellations degraded by detritus ~ cosmic collision......Read the rest...

...It's cloudy here. Like a stormy sea, with wind howling and waves surfing on the surface. I see minds blinded by evolution. Weight on shoulders, depression from screams, Eyes, falling diamonds Pe......Read the rest...

...The heart that beats does scream as my chest tightens, A sound so sharp it bleeds from me, my every will. Hath only the mind to break my faith and frightens, My soul under deep now slaved shall ev......Read the rest...

...With my heart soaring, my bones groan and ache. Over one's mental and body limits, pain forsakes Since we all must look inward for our spirit. An inborn vivacity that throbs with vital......Read the rest...

...Title: New Hope Author: John King Ayanfe © Date: 29/05/2023 From the fist of democracy we seek joyous feast Our feast of independence has been thwarted by greed's fist To speak in hope became ......Read the rest...

...Days passing on by Nights sometimes I try Finding the answers to the why Seeking to find Some piece of mind Keep looking over here Over there Eventually, that is where I'm bound Under the gro......Read the rest...

...The sunflower stretched With its stalk and its neck As far to the sky As it could – reaching high, Pushing its golden face With clumsy, awkward grace Trying, with all its might To reach the ......Read the rest...

...I’ve endured a thousand thunderstorms in my brain I’ve cured a thousand more to feel your rainfall’s pain I’m apologetic for the wrongs I’ve done to you and all, But I will not fall for your gain’......Read the rest...

...Stranded in war torn Sudan, Dreading yet another dawn. In Wadi Sayyidna town, Hopelessness was weighing down. Men and women, young and old, Watched the civil war unfold. Homeless, desperat......Read the rest...