Stories To Live By
...STORIES TO LIVE BY
Oh! tell me tales that lift the spirit, energise the soul
Inspire a faith that gives the strength to drive toward a goal
Let not the story of the nation be a book of shame
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Categories:
self abasement, life,
Form: Couplet
World Rule
...Planet of unsettling decline
losing our swagger of firm footing
staggered by earth's vast pool of needy preservation.
To seek global rule to fix plastic shard oceans pu...
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Categories:
self abasement, appreciation, care, earth, health,
Form: Free verse
Sensitivity
...I know of your sensitivity
And your proclivity
For self abasement of yourself
So if you will allow me to help
I could show you
Just how amazing you are
You are like a shining star
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Categories:
self abasement, inspirational, spiritual, star, uplifting,
Form: Free verse
The Trial of Christopher Okigbo
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Hungry earthworms
Forever entombed in the bowels
Of mother earth
Awake
Defy this asceticism and prostrate
For your ultimate destiny
Lies not in the dogmatic
Steady march along beaten footpaths
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Categories:
self abasement, tribute,
Form: Free verse