Long Conviviality Poems

1st wind, childhood
2nd wind, jobs, career
3rd wind, elder life.

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(originally composed approximately a half 
dozen plus years since this revision now, 
September 13th 2018 ~ 12:48 ante meridiem, 
which missive, I came across scrolling down 
volatile Memory Lane.)

As my recent blank day of birth...

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On a fine April day, set out in the great cruise ship, Titanic,
Into the pelagic waters of Atlantic, with the weather alluringly sweet.
Plush it was with beaming fellow travelers and amenities astounding.
A journey of great...

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How Times Have Changed~

We ran so innocently in lush, soft, beautiful grass!
Dreamt of wonderful futures on the finest, fresh smelling sheets.
Mother treated each child as her very own angel creation.
When apart, we pigtailed beauties, actually...

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DON’T THE COUNTLESS COUNT?

What if “what if” didn’t matter at all?
What if the word “if” didn’t exist?
Would madness and sadness continued to call?
And would disdain, pain and petulance persist?

There are countless millions of people waiting...

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DON’T THE COUNTLESS COUNT?

What if “what if” didn’t matter at all?
What if the word “if” didn’t exist?
Would madness and sadness continued to call?
And would disdain, pain and petulance persist?

There are countless millions of people waiting...

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THE AL-ANDALUS QUARTET: PART TWO
CÓRDOBA / QURTUBAH   950 AD / 339 AH

From Madinat al-Zahra
and the City of Córdoba, the roads
to the Renaissance are renamed and
traveled, patrolled and protected, routed
and projected by the Umayyad...

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A deep, dark kindred spider looms to proffer the sentiment, 
That abuse just objectifies the long persistent winter:  
Scouring around playfully, but embedded in the night - 
Two way of seeing it but only...

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It was the drifting time then  
With its flow I could freely fly 
Across the span of the azure sky 
To distant lands beyond the horizon 
Soar along with the floating flock 
In the...

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The gray exhaust of  twelve warm hearths
Chased the clouds into the afternoon sky.
There stood the stalwart mansion
At peace with its surroundings
And steadfast with its environs.
Beckoning an affectionate greeting
Just beyond the bridge, it appears
To give...

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BEAUTY BLOSSOMS AT A BLESSING’S BEHEST

She was new to me on New Year’s Eve
Even when I felt my senses take their quickened and quiet leave
She had on high heeled purple patent leather shoes
And a patent...

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I spent my day shopping for rubies
Far East posting covert listing
Mr Patwari’s emporium 
Assistants ever so obliging

Hexagonal set quaintly bulbous 
does cheapen the overall effect
Disappointedly I turn aside
Mr Patwari, whose tone inflect

Secretly, soft whispers in...

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By Izunna Okafor


Novelty
Novelty
Novelty
All is novelty

Easter is here 
The much awaited Easter
For our Christ is risen
Where are the Christians?

Our churches are empty
Some even are locked
As if the Christ himself 
Had failed to resurrect.

Our hands are coated
Our...

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Then was the flowing time 
On its wings I could freely fly 
Across the span of the azure sky 
To the horizon of distant lands 
Soar alongside of the floating flock 
In the warm air...

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La Dolce Vita  Part One 

How sweet life is, indeed!
The air we breathe, our nightly rest.
Think back about your very first
steps.
You played games outdoors with
your nose not stuck to a screen.
You romped in the woods ever...

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That first non-rhythmical matter, 
Floated on the new dust of light, 
To whet the eleventh spark clatter, 
Such that its dividend split tight; 
A web, a sea of ringed atmosphere, 
Then a cob of meteoric...

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Adoration grows tenfold, sublime serenity convenes
Above the starry skies I see legends meet
Cloaked in a whisper of a mist delighting the mind’s eye
Gently gliding towards my sight I draw a deep sigh
Contemplation of wispy memories...

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A dapper morning awaits
         as I gaze out
        to an awakening
       steeped in conviviality
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There was a time then
When I could fly free
Across the span of azure sky
To the shores of distant lands
Spread joyous wings
In warm air of conviviality
But…

There was a time then
When in unfurled dawn
Rinsed by the golden...

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                 All Clouds Lead to You 


       Imagine us, high above the earth,
       Laughing on a...

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Bursts of laughter and splashes of colour
Sounds of hilarity and tales of adventure
Sparkles of light and folklore dancing
Merriment dominates the order of things

Hark to the woeful, hear not sad cries
For tonight is the night the...

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Avoirdupois

The endomorph enjoys our affection
as the comic figure of tradition.
Friar Tuck, Falstaff, and Old Toby
recall rotund revels and ribaldry.
Devils are always portrayed as thin.
the clown invariably has a double chin.
Unlike the hero, who's always victorious,
his...

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