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Kwashiorkor Poems - Poems about Kwashiorkor


Beware

...Beware of politicians whose active manifesto
Is always to speak ill of other candidates and opposition parties.
They are the real problems!

Beware of political goons and rumour-mongers, spin...
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Categories: kwashiorkor, africa, corruption, life, political,
Form: Free verse

Paradoxes

...What Now?
Isn’t This Hell For A Believer?
Isn’t This Nakedness For The Textile Owner?
Isn’t This Fruits For The Promiscous Bride?
This Is Barreness For The Virgin Bride

So What?
Is This Not T...
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Categories: kwashiorkor, confidence, dark, extended metaphor,
Form: Dramatic Verse



Ode of Famine

...A prosy prose for deity to mourn,
As the hunger stricken wobbles  the ground.
Oh! the old retinues that feed besides our ribs.
Come again with their unbearable tax payers,
While the labourers' st...
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Categories: kwashiorkor, society,
Form: Blank verse

The Hungry Voters

...THE HUNGRY VOTERS.
 
At the moment like that one, no voter(s) can call(s) a spade not a spade,
Because the voted man has become the ‘I don’t care ruler’,
No listening, not even attentive to socie...
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Categories: kwashiorkor, corruption, inspirational, recovery from,
Form: Free verse

Kwashiorkor

...distended bellies
on limp legs
eyes round like zeroes
of unspent billions
of the world's richest...
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Categories: kwashiorkor, poverty, sick,
Form: Tanka



Water Is Life

...WATER IS LIFE
People ignore me because of my simple nature
If you ask me, I would not hesitate to say;
When the creator takes, I take, however, every other thing comes after me.
As a liquid, so color...
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Categories: kwashiorkor, life, men, kiss, men,
Form: Prose Poetry

Metamorphosis

...I ran, I chased
On faces of mortals, I paced
Unbridled success, I sought
To the lips of men, I listened
Wickedness laden my star with dust
Releasing a dirty downpour
Borne of kwashiorkor
Bulging beac...
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Categories: kwashiorkor, inspirational, world,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Anarchy On Our Hill

...Watching through the 
screen, 
A large-mouthed god 
flutters flag for the 
defeat in the ballot box 
And ordered the dove 
whose glory was stolen 
To seek haven in the 
external palms. 
What...
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Categories: kwashiorkor, death, depression, political, war,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things