THE JEWEL IN THE FOREST
...Africa,
The undiluted genealogy of humanity and humility
The undisputed abode of nature
Surrounded by wild bushes, forests, winding rivers,
Uncountable mountains, endless valleys, sacred hills
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Categories:
unquantifiable, africa, allusion, hope, hyperbole,
Form: Free verse
SPRING MADNESS
...SPRING FORWARD --> slipping & sliding ---> sneezING away ------))!!!
looming wet yellow haze : *SEVERE* outages : FUTURECAST
lIbErAtIoN Day/Daze! ; all ?|^devouring^|? (PM—AM) / gargantuan S...
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Categories:
unquantifiable, dark, funny, society, spring,
Form: Free verse
Here I Stand
...Here I Stand, a muse
On the sacred hills of Idanre
Overlooking the land of my ancestors
A Land overflowing with vast varieties of unquantifiable resources
Land of Noble kings, elegant queens a...
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Categories:
unquantifiable, africa, beauty, hope, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Like a Gem
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FOLASADE: LIKE A GEM
1. Dark and radiant, softly shining,
No blemish mars her flawless lining.
Polished, gleaming, rare in form,
Like onyx, she defies the norm.
2. Her eyes—deep wells of s...
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Categories:
unquantifiable, allusion, angel, celebration, dream,
Form: Rhyme
Algorithm Almighty
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Algorithm Almighty?
By Mark D. Stucky
Will AI’s promise
outweigh its peril?
Do we need more intelligence
even if it is not our own?
If AI someday emulates God or Dev...
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Categories:
unquantifiable, computer, internet, science, science
Form: Free verse
WHAT LOVE MEANS
...Love is:
The hallowed window,
Through which our heart mirrors
The intrinsic value in our fellow human being
It is the manifestation of the portrait of our heart
And inclination for the perpetu...
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Categories:
unquantifiable, beauty, celebration, humanity, true
Form: Free verse
I dream of my African King Enoch
...Dreams of My African King
In the quiet hours of night, my African king visits me. His presence, both vivid and elusive, dances across the tapestry of my dreams. We spar—our voices colliding over t...
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Categories:
unquantifiable, abuse, africa, america, anger,
Form: Free verse
NIGERIA AND BAD BELLY
...Nigerian people let us embrace the truth,
Bad Belly is Bad Belly
It is Bad Belly when your Father beats his chest,
And declares that "he is the giant of Africa,"
But he cannot boast of ordinary ...
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Categories:
unquantifiable, africa, betrayal, corruption, humanity,
Form: Free verse
WHEN I GROW UP
...When I grow up
I will love to know why
People call a Snake specie Rattlesnake,
When all snake actually Rattle
When I grow up
I will love to know why
People call death A Bitter Experience,
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Categories:
unquantifiable, allusion, culture, humorous, language,
Form: Free verse
THE VANQUISHED
...Folks, I perused it in black and white;
The Octogenarian verbalized after the civil war that
"There are no victors and no vanquished."
Scores of years gone by, we now visualize
Who the victors an...
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Categories:
unquantifiable, africa, betrayal, corruption, history,
Form: Free verse
On Edge
...I woke up this morning
Enveloped by overwhelming feeling
Of being left behind
In a jungle of calamities
Which my father land has become
Dehydrated of every positive mood
Which give...
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Categories:
unquantifiable, absence, allusion, conflict, corruption,
Form: Free verse
I Can Imagine
...I can imagine
Watching the morning sun
Slip through the curtain cracks
And dance upon your sleeping face
Seeing the different hues of perfection
Twirl upon your lips
As natures orchestra too b...
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Categories:
unquantifiable, appreciation, good morning, love,
Form: Free verse
Reflections On a Spring Day
...Pleasantly radiant, tranquil weather
blue skies & gently benevolent wind
a shimmering gift from Mother Nature
(a smoldering summer lurking in the distance)
Compulsively tracking an unquantifiab...
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Categories:
unquantifiable, anxiety, dark, society, war,
Form: Free verse
Just An American
...JUST AMERICAN
Oh to be called an
American
to have that title
to be that title
to feel that title
but alas here…
in my land of the free
that title eludes me…
ain’t it ironic
and ic...
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Categories:
unquantifiable, america,
Form: Rhyme
The 'Talent' Gene
...It is the most selfish gene
The one that make us distinguishable
Our uniqueness and special abilities
We owe it all to its infinite mutations
It is the most abundant and the most taken for gran...
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Categories:
unquantifiable, inspirational, planet,
Form: Prose
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