Long Not my cup of tea Poems

2nd HALF - due to Poetry Soups file size limitation - 

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When Cinderella Chesterfield turned 17 years old, her and I were classmates in a class called ‘classic dance’.
I was just a freshman, while Cindy was a junior, and every Wednesday morning I’d be praying for...

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It's said that a house is not a home
rather, home is where the heart is
I can agree with this statement
Of course, I have a wife and 2 growing kids
And when it’s time to go to...

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CAUGHT IN THE REIGN

“am i a real princess?” she articulates.
the painting, on her canvas nails, pains her.
firm fountain of toenails are just fine.
shrugs, “who knows why!?”
her lashes, feel the flecks, of mascara.
her skin itches at...

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It was a long walk, with time heeling at my shadow. 
(and somewhere miles away the garage door closed, and the exhaust flowed,
and a small dog died in her limp arms)
I was friendly with God....

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Open the book of history chapter 19
Allow your shadow to roam on its surface, turn to verses twenty and 
wait. trace your finger forward, keep going; then Stop! Do you see that word corruption marked...

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My hair is mostly white with streaks of black here and there
My white hair marks me as “aged” --- is that fair?
I don’t think or feel old (to which my body keeps disagreeing)
Just let me...

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POETS ARE POOR


Omawumi birthed venom yesterday
She won't marry me again because
I am a poet, she said poets are poor
Is my pen not worthy to buy her make up?
If poetry gives no money I will still...

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If only you could just scan the
Screen of that scene Hollywood 
Dream! Lately though I been thinking
Of seeing a matinee and that the time
Is right. Yet instead I'd just rather
Be fed the glamorous life. I...

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You completed me before in the past; however, now, you h-
hurt me…you hurt me emotionally and emotional pain hurts the most 
(You lost the affection we shared that I adored – oh Lord of accord...

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Verse 1
Holy Mayorkas, you have been reproved
I have seen the illegals you are letting through
Distant hordes from down the line
Brand of people who ain’t my kind
Holy Mayorkas, you should be removed

Verse 2
Holy Biden, you are...

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One day, I decided I will beat Tom and be the first one to congratulate Potd poet. I kept my eyes on Potd screen, refreshing again and again. After a long time, I finally found...

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If they like let petrol be one 
thousand naira at the station,
It is not my business not at all
I will still have my tea taken 
Every morning with Agege bread.


If they like let them find...

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Sometimes some lost and lonely housewife I know well and knew put glossy
lip stick on and subtle pastel shade mascara plucked his brows and shaved
the pits of desperation the dust and grime the secretive desire...

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Coffee, it is evident, is not Sherry's cup of tea;
She likes spirits like sherry and brandy
and knows the ropes of winemaking to a tee;
An oenologist by profession, like her pal Brandy,
found her niche in viticulture....

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# Inspired by many people who overuse hash-tag for absolutely no reason whatsoever! (#):

# You’re acting like a fool, 
experimenting on every flavored pills!
Hash-tagging is worthless – 
Who gets hash-tagging thrills?
You’re just looking for fame...

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Last Meet 

         In evening I reached
       the glass house in my garden
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Not wanting to carry my own chair
Yet, for sure somewhere out there
Someone, behind the scene, likes my poetry
Not by its message, nor by its poetic artistry
 
Perhaps, they just simply like it 
Some may not,...

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An Ode to A levels

I thought I would try A levels, how hard could it be? 
Since then I have concluded, it’s not my cup of tea.
Brainwashed into obsessing over grades on a test, 
They...

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One fine day, when it was too hot
best to sit before a cooler I thought

to sit idle is not my cup of tea
I picked a magazine to see

one recipe just held my attention
let me cook...

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Splattering dried soil upon my face 
Lying on that bed for a space 
Space for stars, rainbows, and the moon I plunged my eyes; the sky took me into a room
 An inch of fumes...

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Cannot forget this dear friend from my youth,
Met her on practice wall, lithesome and fair,
Charms of a waitress, a confidence there,
‘Beauty,’ her virtue, and that is the truth.

Friendship developed, we flirted at court,
Love of the...

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Passed through a period 
of reading sports novels 
Passed through a Dreiser, Farrell, Malamud, Baldwin 
period 
I am great at dropping names, aren't I ?
I've read a lot of poetry and have published a number...

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My head is ringing off the hook yet my thoughts are disconnected
i try bridging the gap to see the big picture
but my view is past due & i have no choice but to respect it
CLEARLY...

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I don’t want what everybody has, that’s just not for me,
I look for one that’s different, not everyone’s cup of tea.

She’s not red and loud and flashy, racing down the track;
She’s not afraid to get...

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