Long Impactful Poems

Glory to thermodynamics in general...

and generation of heat in particular
cuz yours truly 
spoiled with trappings 
of Western Civilization.

How ideal I imagine 
to dwell in a self sufficient domicile,
where thrum of the central heater...
automatically activated 
upon...

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Onerous task confronted teachers and parents

As prospective students
ably ready themselves to matriculate
and/or first set little feet 
inside halls of learning,
I rebroadcast a poem crafted
at the height of Covid-19.

A couple years gone back educators
adaptation regarding coronavirus...

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and spoils of Western Civilization.

Thrum of the central heater...
manually activated upon advent of twilight
(since yours truly not resident within "smart home"),
nevertheless warm cockles and muscles
appreciate basking, and luxuriating,
within climate controlled environment,
whether bone chilling deep freeze...

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 Was privileged to have sedentary on the seashore in seraphic poetic submersion;
 the ringing sounds from the distant horizon made me entirely lost in  speculation;
 when the sounds of waves from far nimbly...

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Give as you can co-invest green,
Receive as you need,
Be all we are cooperatively becoming.

A deep root chakra foundation
of healthy polycultural life,
positive/negative mind-embodied
consilient unstrifed life
is far more than pre-death
in win/win whole open systemic
EarthTribe regenerative/degenerative networks
supporting transportively...

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After years of the inner demon battle. 
Being told to fit in and just be a cattle. 
Takes its toll and boredom gets stale. 
Knowing the story has an unwritten tale. 

Some of us battle...

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The pavement
A wonderment comes to mind of this naming of this stand on concrete;
slow paced concrete, hurry start, give me a chance for a chase type of concrete.
Who would chase me?
Who would chase me...
Maybe I...

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Friendship: Just Like a Palm Tree 


By Izunna Okafor


From the crusts of lonely loams
It gently roots inner and outer
And softly pullulates harder and taller
To register its purpose to mankind.

Like the trunk, the bond glues harder
To...

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GHOST AND THE DARKNESS

Daunting, a late night movie, just before the verge of night spills into your lair. You can’t bury the dark at those times. The roar in the blackout. The snore at the...

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A Poem-A-Day:
I read today, in a poem entitled "Lion":

"I foraged, first to find the light dappling the leaves,
then breathed into an infinite power, feminine rust,
a coppery taste of salvage, leading me into a canopy of...

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I visited my grandparents today.
Their home has never changed
in all the years I’ve visited
since my life began.

The white ceiling is stained
in shades of orange and peach
from the tobacco pipe
Jim puffs on with grandeur.

The smell put...

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The church door was unlocked
So I went inside
Many pews had spider web barriers in place
Yet the linen was clean and ironed
Dates of mass clearly on the door
The bell ropes looked new and clean
It's a shame,...

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After an age, I found myself in her presence, 
Struck again by her simplicity, her very essence. 
A mathematician, now on a spiritual path, 
Her life, a testament to a transformative start.
A practical spender, a...

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Childhood memories
Brief - impactful moments in our lives
Profound neurological occurrences
Strongly anchored in our subconscious mind

Like an iceberg in the deep blue ocean
Immersed are the feelings frozen down below
Precipitating thoughts, emotions, and behaviors
Tragic and beautiful –...

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One who goes back through time
will experience everything he has done before
or she has done before
and will see the events and never ignore

When they go back
everything is usual
and it was only because
they experienced the events...

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My inner voice calm, looks for compassion.
   To give encouragement, it comes from within.
I look for honesty as my eyes turn inside-out.
   Always searching to bend nettles and thorns
  ...

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Behold my rebirth
As I take strides towards a brighter version of myself,
Emancipating from a darker existence.
As I begin to discover a revelation
As radiant as a star-studded night sky,

I venture closer to the mirror.
There, I feel...

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Life is beautiful she says 
while having tears in her eyes 
I wonder how she can still be so strong
even while life is doing her all kinds of wrong

“You only live once” though a cliché...

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Depart from your accustomed 
typically usual routine. 
Specialize in being a generalist. 
Immerse yourself fully in the whole entirety 
of the complete volume. 
You’ll be surrounded on all sides 
by a myriad and multitudinous plethora...

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My journey beginning weightlifting commenced on a warm spring day, when I was of the ripe age of 14. I had no idea the extreme weight this category of life held. The extreme passion that...

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Vanguard stood over his charge, giving him the go-ahead.
The soldier was unmoving, did he not know that he was dead?
You are alive now, Vanguard told him telepathically.
Why are my senses more real now? Asked the...

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Grass clutch to the music of dew when spring is near. 
When you glide, the breeze brings an impactful smell. 
The spring can hold the most sway; it will indeed appear.

Although sunbeams are splendid, the clouds are...

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Music makes one dance,
and the dancer expresses
the mood of its sound;
poetry makes one recite
verses that are lively or dark...
it's the state of the moment,
that voice trapped inside
longing to break free.

I lift the burden of heaviness
by...

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Five years was their prediction of my lifespan.
Approaching forty-five,
I have a lot to show and less to say.

Photography was never my thing
But I have the most impactful photo of the Earth.
a blurry dot in a...

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Assertive altruism always devoid of arrogance
Benefits, bountiful to share with blessed elegance…

Caring disposition midst compassionate heart forever
Devoted, dedicated commitment, wavering never…

Earnest faith smiting every challenge toward victory
Fervent trust conquering all trials against misery…

Goals that can...

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