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Litany of Poetic Devices

The night peevished in silence
Here on the grass I sit-but my heart stood
I hear my tiny thought tingle
It fluttered in my head like the wings of a bird
But, will this peace that I seek find me? 
Even the sea is a lion that dares the dry land 
Tick tock the clock sounds endlessly
Everyday was never a happy day
Fightings fightings killings
What a sad joy
More dead at hand. Souls finding the sole way to live
Whilst every smile was a pretense, there was more pains to harbour
The world drift slowly to its extreme end every seconds
But, will wait man, patiently , till love and unity king again. 



1. Personification ( the night peevished in silence) 
2. Antithesis (here on the ground I sit -but my heart stood) 
3. Alliteration ( I hear my tiny thought tingle) 
4. Simile (it flutters in my head like the wings of a bird) 
5. Rhetorical question (but, will this peace I seek find me?)  
6. Metaphor (even the sea is a lion that dare the dry land) 
7. Onomatopoeia (tick tock, the clock sounds endlessly) 
8.internal rhyme (everyday was never a happy day) 
9. Repetition (fightings fightings) 
10. Oxymoron (what a sad joy) 
11. Pun (souls finding the sole way to live) 
12. Archaism (whilst every smile was a pretense)
13 tautology (extreme end) 
14.  Inversion ( but,  will wait man, patiently, till love and unity king again)

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Fool Me Once

Wow me; mister
have I kept save my fortune
in the itchy palms of a trickster? 
who lives  away in Neptune? 

Oh - such a tender talent, so sweet
He'd bath his promises in sugar
so that I fell for his tingling tweet 
and then stick at me his venomous tongue of a cobra

Ah. I made a common thriftman
become a huge success
whilst I made me,  the opposite man
What is this terrible sense? 

I see the fool he's made of me
I wonder what beginning is there at this end

        21/08/2018
      Sponsors name: Brenda chiri

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So Long My Lover

What a gleeful pain to say you goodbye
here on my rocking  chair
but I had  once loved this love lie
Oh! the pain is so  unfair

I shared in your illusionary dreams
and invested in it, my time
gave up every of my happiness and dreams
Yes, I felt it is no crime

I forgot even my home
'Cos I found a better one in your strong arms
but you were all a lie who took to a trustable form
Now my heart weighs more than a yam

The love fire died in this pretty eyes
So long my lover. Hatred is hardened every muscle in my heart
  
                  21/08/2018

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A Cry For a Change

Pleasure is of heart
Happiness is of flesh, right
Lets reason with the eye
And Give the mind a try

There is a loud cry for a gathering 
Empty sits for a tough thinking 
Earth sure seem comfortable on her wheels
Yet how do we fix her broken legs?