Ghanaians are beating
The drum of shame
For Nigerians
Which they will later dance to
Calling Nigerians in Ghana
All sorts of names, due to some misunderstanding
Now they're promoting hate just because of mistakes.
Ghanaians are on the street
Creating scenarios
Nigerians the villains
Forgetting they triggered it
Forgetting what their Ghanaians
Are doing to Nigerians as well
No country without a foreigner
There are also foreigners here in Nigeria.
See Ghanaians on the streets pretending
They're perfect and absolutely innocent
Because of the acts and misconduct
Of few Nigerians in Ghana
Now they're protesting for disunity
Your mind is the greatest treasure, work on it
If we can't unite and live in
Oneness, peace and unity within ourselves
Who or where else!?... Let love lead us.
Categories:
on it, africa, anti bullying, black
Form: Didactic
you're only as beautiful as you feel
youth is in the mindset
captive no more than a fleeting sunset
love blossoms rooted in the heart
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Categories:
on it, age, beautiful, heart, love,
Form: Free verse
You do not care about anything other than what you want,
since you can’t get it,
you crave it as a need, costing you your way.
Don’t sleep on it; do it.
Don’t just try it, perfect it and make it yours.
Don’t even think about entering the room;
it’s a trap! A snare you can’t escape like that.
And what do you do? The opposite.
Weakness brought in fear,
fear encourages limitations,
and look where it got you now—
drowning. Shade a tear for the last sip
Categories:
on it, absence, america, butterfly, deep,
Form: Free verse
As sure as scientists ask why
and winged creatures fly
Politicians will lie ~
and soldiers will die
Categories:
on it, bird, death, flying, integrity,
Form: Couplet
At the end of the day
Does it get you anywhere
&
Does anybody actually really care anyway
Give it some thought
Have a good long hard think about it
Sleep on It
And when you wake up in the morning
Does it
or
Will it
Matter
Any more or less
And has it got you
Anywhere else anyway
Categories:
on it, care,
Form: Free verse
Another bank going down the drain,
You may laugh, I don't think it's funny.
They tell us all we're not to worry,
But what's happened to all my money?
Categories:
on it, money,
Form: Rhyme
Wendy named her dogs Piddle & Poop
When she caught them in her chicken coop
Neither one would beg
For a Grade A egg
But they love her chicken noodle soup
Categories:
on it, humor,
Form: Limerick
How do you deal with something you didn’t think needed to be dealt with.
Something you just brushed off and ignored.
It wasn’t important.
Its okay, I’ll get over it.
Untill one day.
One moment.
It all comes back in a different light. Or darkness should I say.
You didn’t feel this way about it before.
So Why now?
Why is my heart racing?
Why am I struggling to breath???
Why don’t I feel calm anymore??…
I want to speak about it, but the words don’t seem to pass my lips.
Asif it’s stuck.
Read.
They say read others experiences see how they deal with it.
So I did..
PTSD it seems.
Makes sense.
But How do you have a brain disorder and NOT know.
Re-experience..
It’s happened before.
Why did you take me back to that place.
I know you didn’t intentionally want to make me feel like that.
It wasn’t your fault.
But yet it was.
I know you love me.
But you didn’t listen.
I said No.
Categories:
on it, abuse, anger, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
it's not much
but it's all i have
if you want it
AP: Honorable Mention 2022
Posted on May 29, 2022
Categories:
on it, age, body, love, sweet,
Form: Free verse
Putin has a vicious guard dog
Because he lives high on the hog
He's hoping Jinping
Will do the same thing
So Biden will cringe when they blog
Categories:
on it, dog, political,
Form: Limerick
And once again the quiet Night comes
Bringing to life many zillion Flames
Some vague, some clear, some near some remote
Smeared on the Night's long black over-coat
Blinking their eyes, these Stars hide and seek
Drawing smiles on every watching cheek
Amid these, some look like burning coals
They have our names crafted in their souls
Every single particle of sand
That slips like cold water through our Hand
And is engulfed by the tormented Waves
When reaches bottom of the deep Caves
Breaks the hourglass ___ Ignites into flames,
Transcends barriers of times and space
Flies___ until reaches the end of skies
Each one that you see with naked eyes
Have a gem in them, an ember wish
A Heart's beat, that refuses to perish
When dreams are shed__ this sand reaches end
Turns to glimmering suns___ to heavens __ assend
(Paghunda Zahid)
(26th Feb, 2021)(3:56 pm)
Categories:
on it, desire, sea, sky,
Form: Couplet
I need to stop being
sarcastic all of the time
- yeah, I'm on that.
Categories:
on it, 11th grade, humor, teen,
Form: Senryu
When I am reveling in love of family
Toasting virtues of revered friendships
Savoring freedoms that let me be
Luxuriating on sandy white beaches
Endowed with means to live carefree
I wonder if my life is laden in dreams;
When sadness reigns face of anguish
Bearing glumness of stygian grief,
In harmony of the galaxy solace I feel
Purging clouds of bleak melancholy
As moonlit gleam rescues my evening
I wonder if my life is laden in dreams;
When new day glints wondrous valleys
As I bask in hues of resplendent prairies
Admiring nature’s ebullient beauty--
Golden sun beams on tenor of streams
Rushing to rivers and mighty blue seas
I wonder if my life is laden in dreams;
When I rejoice in tranquility of music
Strumming rhythms of euphoric lyrics
Cherishing chorus of happy memories
Turning setbacks into success stories
Comforting soul in misery of defeats
I wonder if my life is laden in dreams;
Or is this divinity’s sacred blessing
Evincing revelation of stellar deity:
There is a star with my name on it.
November 10, 2020
Placed 2nd: There is a star with my name on it poetry contest
Sponsor: Silent One
Categories:
on it, blessing, introspection, life, star,
Form: Verse
Star
Twinkling,
Brighter more;
Blossoming like
Sakura buds, anxiety fading,
Pacifying the tempest within me,
Soundly sleeping,
Making each,
Moment
Count
10/11/20
There is a star with my name on it Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Silent One
Categories:
on it, flower, imagery, sky,
Form: Tetractys
On this ebony canvas of the dark night sky,
There is a shining star with my name on it
One that has led me throughout my life
Beaming with hope, wrapping rays in a bow
Around my fragile heart and soul inside of me
Giving me direction of a will beyond my own
Giving me strength not to lose sight or be blinded
This star with my name on it, no-one can see
But on wings of angels, it has certainly carried me
In this quiet night I sit, observe, remember and know
This star reflects the deepest truth inside of me
As it reaches in the well of everything I’m meant to be
Heidi Sands
11/9/20
Placed 2nd in There is a star with my name on it poetry contest.
Categories:
on it, hope, life, light, star,
Form: Free verse
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