Long Air condition Poems

~My True Story 16 Years Of War~

!6 years of living in fear every minute, 16 years living with barely 
any electricity,water, food,hurt from humiliation standing 
in line for hours to maybe obtain a loaf of...

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THE PASSION OF CHRIST
A Confrontational Poem by Atsu Adaletey

The Passion 
Of Christ 
Is a Mission
With Thirst

The Passion
Of Christ
Is a Vision
With a firm Decision

The passion of Christ
Is faith in Action
Not a Risk 
For Experimentation

Is not to...

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Car Trouble

The car started slow to go as cars go
Silent on the ride it motioned down the road  
Leaves could be counted on the trees as I passed by
I counted every one just for...

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im livin in a world, where all eyes on me.
trying to curve my own route.
but route 66 keeps finding its way to me.
ive been plenty sick, in all the events layed before me.
even when i...

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Let there be light
Today October 1st 2014
Nigeria celebrate 54year of
Independent

Let there be light
Now To the men on the hills
We are tired of darkness
We are feed up of heat
Our light builds are tired to sleep 
The...

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Super Star Hotel,
Supremely, located at the center of Takoradi city
It’s magnificently attractive, beautiful and excellent,
Coupled with the nicely-looking light green colour which reflect its purity
Besides, it’s hardworking, cordial professional management.
SSH, is capable to host students...

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Everyone in the soup chant my name, because I'm bringing another poetic attack.
Ryan, you've had your 5 minutes of fame, now I'm breaking your poetic back!
So you need to be realistic, read your slam, then...

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Ageism 
Summer is always hot in the valley the sea breeze does not reach here. 
I have a fan blowing shifting the air giving the impression of cooling the air.
By all means we are prosperous...

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The Two Nation America 
It was in Huston some years ago my ship was being repaired, 
it was a dry ship – no alcohol allowed- its skipper was teetotal
we had to be too, petty tyranny....

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Sixty-four Forevermore
By Franklin Price
6/4/2018

Sixty-four forevermore
This month it has been fifty-four
In cap and gown walked down the aisle
The memories still make me smile

Many together all the years
From one through twelve from milk to beers
Sometimes bad but...

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How do you fence out a song, should have made
My heart sound proof against the burglar's voice
Or set my slobbering soul in airtight steel barricade
How do stop the catlike notes from climbing joyce
And beam, or...

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I was a mosser
For many of years
Hard manual labor
Not what it appears

Sphagnum moss a life
For underprivileged some
A way to make a living
Not who you want to become

Working grueling hours
Amidst the dreadful heat
No indoor air condition
Gusts...

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The Invader 

August night, air condition off no electricity, dying in my 
own “sweat,” a word I wasn’t going to use again. A sudden 
gush of hot air makes the curtain move, in a surprised...

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The a/c in the truck has been broken
I adjust the wing window, but it's sucking
Another red light and I'm steering wheel tapping
There is a rattle in the speaker that's blasting

The summer breeze is just hot...

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April came and the rains did fall,
May and June came with flowers for all.
Summer brought the heat of season,
and people sat in the living room air-condition.

Fall brought colors bright and bold,
Halloween haunted spirits nights cold.
And...

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The big cat
It was a brilliant day, summer lasted long
in the rustic landscape, I lived, when I saw a cat
in the yellowing grass, no it was not an ordinary cat,
but a cheetah, it had been...

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Ships of Poverty 

Going through the Suez Canal in the fifties was
fraught every porthole and doors had to be 
locked or we were robbed. 

The ship swarmed with carpet sellers, thieves
and people selling dubious alcohol...

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Suppose there is no life in space, just us. And we inhabit Mars,
air condition Venus. Hold family barbecues, national holidays
on Mercury. Fly to Jupiter for spas of ammonium nitrate.
And go farther afield in the galaxy...

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Years later
his is alone in a hotel room.
The air-condition sings to him,
the muted TV blinks its bright eye
into a darkened room.

It was in a motel room,
a room not so well appointed,
that a poem came to...

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You will agree to this I'm sure.
We can't control the weather
but we can the temperature.

All this last week....so hot.
As much the breeze
beneath my hugh oak trees
as in the paved parking lot.

The wind crispy in its...

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The cold, is here again.
Our lips, are getting dried again.
Lip gloss sellers, are inflating its price again
Men will bear this brunt, all again.
The leaves are littering the ground again. 
Late student will have to pick...

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Not socially inclined 

We drove to Cascais for two days holiday at 
a posh hotel and I promptly fell ill a sort of fever
I do not travel well.

My wife and her extended family had a...

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