Short Eme Poems

Kosi so chukwu ya dosa m
Ya bu onye kere m na udidi ya
So ya ka m ka akosara mkpa m
Ma ya eme kosi so ya na ime ndu m
Ndu na echeche m di ya na aka
Akokwalam onu na chukwu som
Agaghi eji uwa eme onu ma ihe m
Were na emesi ndi ogbeye ike
Chukwu bu onye we ihe nile na uwa
Kosi so ya ya were m mee na uwa....

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O'DI EGWU

O' di egwu ihe anya na ahu
Odi egwu ihe isi na ebu
Onye ma mgbe oga ala
Onye ma ihe ga egbu ya
Madu ta, ozu echi na abia
Onye na nke ya na uwa oma a
O'di egwu ihe na eme na uwa a
Egbe na achu ego, mbe na achu ego
Madu ka ana aria, onye ma onye oma ya.
O'di egwu ihe anya na ahu
Uwa di egwu na nke ya 
Uwa na eme ntuhari
Odikwa egwu....

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FREE VERSE
words
   framed
in
                  white    space

   phrasal lines
enjambed
with
      a line break
in a fluid
             left margin

   so flexible
continually
discovered  then


                                                                    discarded

later rediscovered &
reinvented

'twas ever thus...

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YOUR NAME

My Spirit sings
every time I hear your Name
what a beautiful thing,-
when it happened in Spring,
the moment you interned in my life
I had never felt the same,
Yes, I will give you all the blame
because I don’t feel ashamed,-
I will keep calling out your Name,
I will never let you go,
you are the keeper of my soul
I will always love you.

Poetic Judy Emery © 1999
The Queen Of Darken Dreams Poetic Lilly Eme...

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