Manuel Poems

The Rippled Effect

...THE RIPPLED EFFECT

A doctor's failure lies in the grave,
A life lost, a soul from the cradle to crave.
A teacher's failure roams the street,
Uneducated minds, a future incomplete.

A lawyer's...
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Categories: manuel, 1st grade,
Form: Rhyme

MOTHER'S DAY POEM

...MOTHER'S DAY POEM

My Metaphor states: a bouquet of love, a garden of care,
Solemnly surrounds me with women beyond compare.

My wife, a partner, a friend, a mother, and a guide,
Nurtures with ...
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Categories: manuel, 1st grade, mothers day,
Form: Rhyme


Vocations In Verse

...VOCATIONS IN VERSE

In labs, clever Chemists concoct & create,
Crafting cures calculatively & combating fate.
Meanwhile, skilled Engineers erect and design,
Building bridges & making systems ali...
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Categories: manuel, 1st grade,
Form: Alliteration

CELEBRATION

...CELEBRATION

Celebrating 40 like a hottie, I victoriously venture valiantly in my New Era,
Vowing to vanquish every vexing challenge as I get older,
Yet younger, yielding to the years of yesterda...
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Categories: manuel, 1st grade,
Form: Alliteration

Forced To Relive The Trauma Of A Manipulated Unfair Trial Seven Times A Year

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Dear Reader,

How does one pen the unspeakable? 
To endure injustice not once, but repeatedly—like a cruel wind that circles back to shred what little is left of a tattered soul.

The echoes o...
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Categories: manuel, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse


D - D - B

...D.D.B {DAZZLING DANIEL'S BIRTHDAY}

Dazzling Daniel, delightful to know,
Amazing abilities abound, as talents grow.
Mesmerizing minds with masterful might,
Elegant echloens of energy echoes, a w...
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Categories: manuel, 1st grade, birthday,
Form: Alliteration

SITTING ON HIS ICE THRONE

...SITTING ON HIS ICE THRONE
 
In Stamford Bridge's chill air, he reigns,
Cold Cole Palmer, Chelsea's icy veins.
With passes sharp as winter's biting breeze,
He freezes foes, with calculated ease.4...
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Categories: manuel, 1st grade,
Form: Rhyme

The Depths of Providence

...THE DEPTHS OF PROVIDENCE

When Providence delays, don't lose your way
For God arrives with grandeur, come what may
Big dreams need persistent patience like sumptuous stew
Lest complacency dulls ...
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Categories: manuel, 1st grade,
Form: Rhyme

Glorified Street Nuisance

...GLORIFIED STREET NUISANCE

Fumbling fingers falter, failing to fasten firmly.
Fine fabric falls, flapping feebly for all to see.
Trousers tumble, torn from their trusty tether.
Tumbling to the t...
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Categories: manuel, 1st grade,
Form: Alliteration

DANCING DREAMS OF DAMILOLA JOHNSON

...DANCING DREAMS OF DAMILOLA JOHNSON
 
Dancing through the daffodils, bright & bold,
Damilola’s dreams in daylight unfold.
Delicate droplets of dew, glistening gold,
Delight in her laughter, a sto...
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Categories: manuel, 1st grade,
Form: Alliteration

Timeless Elegance

...TIMELESS ELEGANCE
 
Age notwithstanding, I'm lost in the fountain of eternal youth,
Motionlessly moving, with a heart that's full of truth,
Timelessly thriving, in a spirit that's full of proof.³...
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Categories: manuel, 1st grade,
Form: Rhyme

LOVE'S LONG VOYAGE

...LOVE'S LONG VOYAGE
 
Zoom! Zoom! Heartbeats echo & flicks like light,
Journeying from early Lagos to Port Harcourt late,
Sacrificing caution, adventure takes the wheel
To be with you, the one my...
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Categories: manuel, 1st grade,
Form: Rhyme

Birthday Wishes To Mom

...??????BIRTHDAY WISHES TO MOM??????
Across the miles, a love so true,
Reaches out to wish a happy birthday to you!
Though distance apart, you're always near,
In my heart, where love and memories a...
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Categories: manuel, 1st grade, birthday, mother,
Form: Rhyme

PICTORIAL

...??•???PICTORIAL???•??
 
Close your eyes... Open it and see,
Feed your sight as I spill, then follow me.
Zoom deep and see words ???speak 
As my pen drips??& brings to life, like a trick,4

Thi...
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Categories: manuel, 1st grade,
Form: Rhyme

Dad's Day Delight

...DAD'S DAY DELIGHT
 
Doting dads, divine and dearly,
Demonstrate devotion & dominion daily 
Diligent, dynamic, day and night,
Directing dreams, with a loving light.4

Exceptional dads, esteemed...
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Categories: manuel, 1st grade, fathers day,
Form: Alliteration

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