Rehoboam
son of Solomon
his power shackled,
impaled upon opinion
misled by scoundrels
sounding off
Some Democrats, the
speaker of the house
maintain their ground
beyond the pale of
socialist opinion
still trawling the waters
July 27, 2019
The pale means the area enclosed by a fence (usually made of spaced planks of wood pointed on the top) and later just figuratively 'the area that is enclosed and safe'. So to be 'beyond the pale' was to be outside the area accepted as 'home'.
Categories:
rehoboam, 11th grade, political, power,
Form: Verse
King Solomon was wealthy and he also had the gift of being wise.
But during his later years, he didn't do what was right in God's eyes.
Solomon's foreign wives decided to interfere and prod.
They managed to convince him to worship false gods.
God made enemies rise up against Solomon.
And the kingdom was later taken from his son.
Solomon's son said that he would work the people harder than ever before and they rebelled.
The kingdom was taken from Solomon's son just as God said it would be, King Rehoboam failed.
King Solomon was once a great man but not during his final years.
God was angry because he was the one who Solomon chose not to fear.
Categories:
rehoboam, bible, god, religion,
Form: Rhyme
NIGERIA II
Nigeria is this you the mighty?
The diamond in sought by moon faced ladies
From world of tale where value values
Discovered and polished by civilized dignities.
Nigeria is this you crumbled by hatred?
Pure gold covered with dust by the miners
Curtain call is for Cain
A land blessed than the biblical Eden
In the hands of greedy Rehoboam
Who swore to break your back with horsewhip
Children who delight in kill’ their mother on Birth stole.
Desperate ritualists who choose to Sacrif’e the oval.
When shall you rise in the hands of your enslavers?
Like Joseph of the coat of many colours.
Categories:
rehoboam, education, history, peace, philosophy,
Form: Sonnet