Inspiration Hyperbole Poems

Africa,
The undiluted genealogy of humanity and humility
The undisputed abode of nature
Surrounded by wild bushes, forests, winding rivers, 
Uncountable mountains, endless valleys, sacred hills 
And unasailable...

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IN BEING A COSMIC POETIC BUTTERFLY

When your mind
The cocoon 
Of your spirit
Releases itself
Let the rhythmic wings
Of your being
Soar your spirit
In the airways life 
With your...

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APROPOS OF POETIC SOUPING…

Sitting here
On the riverbank 
Of the riverbed
Of poetic creation
May the flow
Of my words
Stream joy
To the thirsty eyes
Drinking them
Hydrating weary souls
And may these...

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I had leaned on the bar of the balcony, when suddenly
My eyes and my mind have captured, from far away
A silhouette creeping down the steps...

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Many are her faces
          Wry, sly, a twinkle in her eye
     ...

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Let Our Swords Clash!

I found that life in my world is like fencing!
Tell me, World! 
What’s on the line?
Does the loser give in?
Ready or not?...

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There is a greasy odor in the air

At the window
across the room

the diaphanous wings of a fly

peal off accompaniment,
--a staccato--contradictory notes

to the stretched rays of...

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The time has come to damp down gridlock and polarization
  For the country's citizenry to treat each other with basic decency
   ...

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On Election Day



Party manifestoes re echoes for the last time
These saviours in their most humble selves
Are sincere with their requests;
They want to repair that which...

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Attention's gone
Doesn't seem like there's anything going on.

Sitting around
Trying to find something to fill this time I've found.

Frustrations show
I could've been more productive today, I...

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FOR THE NEW TORCH BEARERS (REVISITED)
	        (APROPOS MLK: PART 2)

They voyaged over many tempestuous oceans and seas; 
They...

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for karma nurisha wa kupenda lowe
(poem for a letter too long to write)

cosmic gem of the universe
exploded celestial beauty
princess of the milky way
poured into 
the...

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I looked out of my window
I saw the lad they talked about
He could dance on a thread
I could hardly stand on a rope
So I told...

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Rain made no apologies to sun
as it satiated a whetted appetite,
opined it was the right of nature
unconditionally given dispensation
by Mother Earth's nurturing favor
of life-giving creative...

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Persuasion's possessive verses
'midst absolute poetic madness
surrendered in rhapsodic poesy,
poets are a tidy sum of quirky &
care zilch of external perceptions,
content to breathe 'round seduction
and unicorns'...

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