People Hyperbole Poems

It was a strange and unexpected experience.  

Suddenly, I found myself in a place called Happy Valley. A man was on a park bench...

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Marks, Marks, Marks
Haunting me around like a group of sharks
A 2 or 3-digit number
that my parents think will decide whether I'll become a doctor or...

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Not so TREU, will monopolise through and though
It will be better, if you could forget about your
And the long two weeks' that broke who..?
Maybe me?...

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Behold the Pied Piper has tossed his pipe belatedly in the trash
   Having led folks down some garden paths he trousered wads of...

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"A rich is 
always wise 
____________

in the eyes 
of villagers "

April 26/2023
By Alfonso Warally Ngengethe 
Mussabwa Chris 

Message:   
Question in mind of majority
...

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Strings and reeds
Is what it needs
Bassy sounds
and a
Groovy beat
A conducter
to give
Direction
The right singers
to collaborate
So we can
do our thing
and 
Celebrate


Get it right
a classic
Composition
Been sung
Many times
In ever...

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IN THE RAINBOW OF REINING JUSTICE 

Red is the flowing blood of liberation;
Black is the blood that flows from arteries
of those systematically murdered and
denied justice...

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We were at a children's party
He told me about his ukulele 
When he played in front of audiences
People would shout out, "Did it shrink?"

He worked...

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(Apropos Of A School-Day Happenstance)

There she stood on the edge 
of the cliff of loneliness—her
tiny eyes staring out into space.

As I cautiously approached her,
I softly...

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Fact Or Fool Who be You

I have seen
fools ranting 
what's up Pink Floyd
No thinkers, no education 
only poets with muse and frustration

The deniers of science
are...

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It's my body, and I'll cry if I want to!
Lie if I want to!
Die if I want to!
You might die too if I come near...

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Sometimes I wish I could go back in Time, 
salivating for intelligent conversation...I think,
Shakespeare would have been interesting -- 

Most people today, seeming more programmed
than...

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The Present Juneteenth & The 4th...

Beginning with the celebration
Of our Juneteenth,
We prepare a new perspective
For the 4th of July:-
Though this nation now stands stalled
On the...

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I was in a sound sleep
    ahem.. ahem...
    ahem.. ahem...
Suddenly heard someone cough
Then, i quickly opened my eyes
to just...

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Here's the deal, folks...
   This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this...

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