childhood days
...Who knows where have gone the days of childhood,
when we too used to be children.
There was no worry or worry, he used to play in his mother's lap.
I used to pass the time in small mischiefs.
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Categories:
mischiefs, childhood,
Form: Rhyme
A Visit from the Grandkids
...They look at you with their shiny bright eyes
They smile at you through their adorable styles
They run around the house doing cute little mischiefs
They fill your heart with so much delight
The...
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Categories:
mischiefs, grandchild,
Form: Narrative
The Timestamp
...A day goes by in a wink,
Did I maybe have a heavy drink?
How Did I end up here among these shrinks?
For, everyone seems to know and say what I think.
My thoughts go wandering
To the good old d...
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Categories:
mischiefs, change, confusion, destiny, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
For Oscar On His 12th Birthday
...Beloved is the heart of gold cast in he
whose dear life for would my own sacrifice -
how quick its forge and youthful alchemy
heat and cool in the pit of fire and ice!
In time the tempere...
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Categories:
mischiefs, birthday, son,
Form: Sonnet
The Will
...A will is set up
So that
It is valid
So that no mischiefs
Will come in
So that no quarrels
Will arise
So that no snatch
Will happen
So that no court cases
Will be ushered in
So that the ho...
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Categories:
mischiefs, blessing, money,
Form: Free verse
A Dream
...Is death the border or end of life
Before a rebirth
Is life the border or end of death
After a rebirth
If a dream of hell is a bad omen
One has to stop mischiefs
If a dream of heaven is a good ...
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Categories:
mischiefs, death, dream, heaven, life,
Form: Free verse
Fragility Against Prowess
...Having been strong was a practical tool to battle
those adversities that taunted me more than
classmates' games and mischiefs;
I hardly fall for anything other than candid affection,
admitting my...
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Categories:
mischiefs, bullying, change, character, emotions,
Form: Rhyme
Choice-Wise
...Annette Arnold had recently left college
And was thrust into flimsy dating realms;
She grabbed pen and paper to describe
Top-choice dude of her fanciest dreams.
Dashingly handsome and of comp...
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Categories:
mischiefs, allegory, allusion, boyfriend, cute,
Form: Rhyme
The Rose
...Beautiful as the blossoming flower
Prickly as the thorns
To every undertaking
There may be some difficulties
To every gift
There may be a request
To every offer
There may be some mischiefs
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Categories:
mischiefs, love, rose,
Form: Free verse
Father
...FATHER
Father, a strong figure,
who we look up to and admire
for he is the provider and the protector,
who puts roof over our head
and puts food on the table.
A good father is a good provid...
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Categories:
mischiefs, father,
Form: Free verse
True Myth
...TRUE MYTH
It's you I love
It's you I adore
Aww! Why dost thou keep me ignore?
I thought you gave it a second thought.
I thought me you loved before
Not knowing it was just for friendship...
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Categories:
mischiefs, beauty, break up, cute
Form: Rhyme
Chiefs of Mischiefs
...Chiefs of mischiefs are-
Vulnerable honourables
Who wear the outfit of oppression
And vicariously dishonourable
Upon putting our nation to recession
Chiefs of mischiefs are-
Magnanimous messe...
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Categories:
mischiefs, corruption, freedom, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
Pastoral Reminisce
...Listerning to pings of the cattle bells
In the lower velds full of pungent smells
Soothed by sounds of cooing doves
Startaled bunnies and wild goose
Remember the silences of the Chiremba hills...
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Categories:
mischiefs, childhood, remember, youth,
Form: Rhyme
The Thrill Is Gone
...Hushed whispers rise with the moon,
Tiny footsteps cross the cold linoleum,
I saw it all in the morning room,
I saw the figures.
Tiny voices echoing like squeaks,
St...
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Categories:
mischiefs, 7th grade, absence, deep,
Form: Sapphic stanza
A Cry In the Night
...Your voice kisses the breath of the morning wind
Snapping in the solemnity that bears a cry unto God.
Angels have come to earth; that in slumber seemed,
Like the wind creaking among the faith we o...
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Categories:
mischiefs, anxiety, dark, death, evil,
Form: Free verse
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