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Ebai Ayuk Nkem Poem
When I recall the good old days at school,
I marvel our mood at the times we stood,
Sometimes at noon, in line or loop,
Or simply too, be part of the brood
Indeed for food, we'd be in a jolly mood,
Hailing a croon with plate, fork and spoon.
Sometimes we'd be good and use the broom,
To clean the rooms or do a scoop.
Sure, for a boon we'd weed ‘round the coop,
And as a boost we'd get the soup.
In time of book we'd find the moot,
Many times too we'd just keep our cool.
As I recall the good days at school,
Oh! How I wish, I could relive a loop,
Once more but soon, yes very soon
Those olden days of splendid boyhood
Copyright © Ebai Ayuk Nkem | Year Posted 2005
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Ebai Ayuk Nkem Poem
I would have you visit a place.
A sight that won the gold medal of my heart,
A decade and three years ago.
The green tea landscape of Tole.
Long green hills of tea,
Planted in furrows of three;
Rippling as waves on a sea,
Stretching as far as you can see.
Reaching across the horizons,
To kiss the brink of the azure sky,
On a bright cool morning,
The green tea plains of Tole.
Yeah, a veritable greenery,
Creating a semblance of Eden,
On a bright warm morning,
The green tea hills of Tole.
And if I had my wish,
Then I could live within,
Or in a painted version, to always see,
The green tea landscape of Tole.
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I wake up this morning
My mind a turning
‘T is my last day of twenty
Thirty is mine at the next dawning
Yet without check spurs on the time
‘T seems teen days were yesterday
Yet fifty’s days seem not far away
Methinks, I’m plagued by aging
Man I’m still to commit by engaging
Yet without break runs on the time
Time flies by in so swift a manner
Where it proceeds to, I always wonder;
A decade only of childhood laughter,
Two decades only of careless chatter,
Still without halt spurs on the time
All gone now and in its tracks
A wariness of life’s path untried.
I think of my aspect in two score years time,
Crinkled with wrinkles, and crooked by time.
Yet without rush moves on the time
Nay, prior to the close of life’s batters
Will I think again the good joyous times,
When all my care was for eating on time.
Ah, it’s past midday and I’m yet to dine
Yet without fault travels the time
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After the length of life, comes death
A logical end to Physical Life, comes death
A true sign of hope or resignation, this death
An opening to new Spiritual Life, this death
A painful reminder of woes to the remnant
A new opening to life for the remnant
A closure of life's woes for the goner
An opening to that afterlife for the goner
I recall them that we have lost to death
I hope still we meet not in death
I hope this death be just the door
I wish them eternal life of bliss and More
Ye may groan or moan to death
Ye may smile or sigh to death
Ye may wish for another time
Ye may fear for another hour
But time will come for death
Be ready to go forth in death
By and by it shall be not over
But the best to come it's a startover
For they that in eternity believe
Faithful with smile we wish relieve
Frothing in sadness we contemplate
So is death, neither early, never late.
Copyright © Ebai Ayuk Nkem | Year Posted 2022
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It's bushfallers' Time.
So Tread with care
My Heart for U
Still beats with care
Be not a spare
But know, I am still here!
Copyright © Ebai Ayuk Nkem | Year Posted 2022
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Like the ring, without start or end
My affection hath run a course without end
For one fair of aspect, mind and heart
Birthed on the cravings of my ailing heart
Then thrived on the embers of will
It become my epistle, my life, my fill
A full heart with cravings but for one
A one with equal craving for this one
I was a better man for knowing you
It was a dream come true
Then comes now the time to part
I fear the workings of a new start
Deep within me only I cry
A Soundless and noiseless sigh
Many chances did we burn
'Gainst each other at times did we turn
A life of challenge we broached
But better for the love we poached
I'll yet again quite believe
To God for a better reprieve
It were a time of blissful joy
When well I thought we'd have a boy
But we courted later hopes for a girl
Then burned this dream too, and begot hell
My heart had found the trail
And known myself on trial
To provide would have done the good
Only love makes a man a dood
I have known Eden in love
The which overshadowed the Hell in life
It hath been more than the heaven of life
Never will I fear the Armageddon of love
Just a little more guessing
Or a clearer vision or blessing
Having the time to recover
And the belief in a rollover
Now may I calmly moan
No, surely rest and let my heart roam
And thereby contemplate a new start
With resilient heart, may I try this new start!
Copyright © Ebai Ayuk Nkem | Year Posted 2022
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In the chaos of stars above
I lovingly spy my one and only, a love
Though fleeting and swift, it can't be secret
The only Star for me; I can't be discreet
Among a zillion, love did choose you
My heart whistled a love's tune
Towards One pure star, bright and golden
Flashing white, blue and azure
A star for me, a star quite really
I'll read ye Soon a leaf of poetry,
With you, cannot my life be bleak
My days be bright, my nights be meek
A look ahead that makes no worry
I'll soon be crowned with fame and glory
I mean to shew love for my star in poetry
Doomed to contest with me, lo you'll all be sorry
It's won, it's done, it's bonded
My star will sail with me at dusk end
I'm sure to smile and shine well
It is a blessing sure to end well
Yeah, In the blinking chaos of Stars
You're the only Star for me!
Copyright © Ebai Ayuk Nkem | Year Posted 2022
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