Ode Love Poems

I.

ROMANCE begins 
with a supernovae
 as two

hearts decrease space between
walls and fears; the ice-floe
of painful life melts,

once powerful thoughts and
conviction now powerless,
against a force of...

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I trace my existence back to

Iye mwen N’ogie (My great Mother).

You see when I was but a foetus

In a womb of the homo sapien whom...

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I still remember mama's cooking.
It is said that one never forgets , no matter what age, now matter what stage, mama's cooking always remains,etched in...

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When I think about you I get lost in my mind all I see are images of you & I intertwined
You would think I'm talking...

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You are my dog until the day I die 

Black nose always sniffing
Pink tongue always licking
Blue eye always shifting
Brown paws always kicking

Purple collar always tagging...

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Ode to My Love Jesus Christ--


My love Jesus, you inspire me to write.
I love the way you look, I pray humble,
Invading my mind day and...

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ACT 1, SCENE 1
Opening night of a new West End Production called
‘Shakespeare: Ode to a Character’
Curtain rises
Enter BENEDICK (in full costume as Ophelia from Shakespeare’s...

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It is a true gift to know you, 
To share my joys and tears with you
It is a gift to explore
All of the possibilities
That make...

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Undeclared
A valentine’s day ode


For all my bashful valentines
Who love me but can’t share it
Today’s a very special day
On which they can declare it

Was I just...

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I want to enter you like a poem in flames,
And bleed inside like a beheaded rebel.
I want to join a revolution of forgotten kisses,
Slowly awakening...

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HOW I LOVE CROCHETING....HOW IT RELAX ME SO....
EVERY TIME I USE MY CROCHET HOOK....
I'M SOMEWHERE ELSE...FAR AWAY I LOOK...
WHETHER I'M DOWN IN WONDERLAND....
WHETHER I'M IN...

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She is whipping winds.

Salt,
washing over my hair, eyes, skin.
Numbingly cold waters,
as if just unfrozen,
spilling into, refreshing
the Bay.

She hosts,

An eroded map
Of webbed and pebbled paths.
Barnacle scattered
grit.
Rolling...

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the worst battle is between what you know and what you feel 
if my life was a jar 
if my life was a painting 
if...

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The fluttering of wings,
The chirping from above,
What music do they bring,
Those birds that I love?
With weeds in their mouth,
Tangled with hay,
They fly back south
For a...

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With trepidation, loneliness, and fear,
I called to you 
And you lived pristinely
You lived in my heart 

I heard their mystical, sage voices cry out
“The one...

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I promise
I got you forever
I promise
To be the one fighting
No matter what
No matter who
I promise
Even in the darkest times
You will always find light
I will never...

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I am the unchosen but yet highly acclaimed ardent 

I Haven't received my awaited chance but I am anonymously delk in my own way 

I...

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I have become so weak now, 
that the only strength I stand with,
is the strength of my attachment.
The attachment of my improbable love.

I now know,...

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When the bronze-skinned, 
silver tongue surfer
came smoothly yacht cruising
at year’s end
All the island ladies,
at the cabana house welcoming party,
mosh pit fell in ... 
Fell in...

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I took a chance,

that you would be the one

my banged up heart

beating new beats

life flows in through windows

and doors

long closed

love peeks through mirrored lenses

asking me...

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