THE QUESTION
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Every plant
In the overflowing forests,
All of the fungi and fruits,
Time woven in soil,
All of the birds in the air
To the beetles upon the ground
And everything in b.. Read more
STILLED
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Silence had fallen like a destination.
The peace was shatteringly painful.
There’s simply nothing I could do.
All I wanted was to be with you.
No wind, no sound. Stillness echoed
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STILLED
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Silence had fallen like a destination.
The peace was shatteringly painful.
There’s simply nothing I could do.
All I wanted was to be with you.
No wind, no sound. Stillness echoed
.. Read more
THE PAINTING
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A lone painting upon a wall, mounted in a wooden frame. The wall, upon which the painting hangs, is deep green, extending from ceiling to the dark floorboards.
The entrance.. Read more
HOPE IN GREEN
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As are the flowers of spring,
The proud daffodils,
The hoards of bluebells
That carpet woodland floors,
The primrose of anticipation
That yellows February’s dark
Int.. Read more
THE SHADOWS OF TIME
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At the other edge of time,
A beginning at an end
Where time has a shape —
Circle, octagon or triangle.
A formless mist
Or a pitch in sound,
Doppler’s sym.. Read more
I WILL
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I will live how I want.
Earn what I need.
Eat when I’m hungry.
Sleep when tired.
Choose my own books.
Write my own stories,
Unfolding like time.
Paint in colours how I feel.
Nev.. Read more
OCCITANIA
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Once in ancient Aquitainia
Troubadours flamed
In an age of culture and verse
From before Romania.
Stories written and performed
Upon an impromptu stage
For two thousand ye.. Read more
INTREPID
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Intrepid deep where the fishes sleep
And kelp serenades a wreck.
Like mermaids’ arms
Tide drifting weed dances to a secret.
Salty saline brine dark rests
The ghostly corpse of .. Read more
RETRIBUTION
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A rubble-strewn street. A woman of about thirty years is standing still in bright sunlight. The light shines through the blue, yellow and red patterns of her pretty dress that.. Read more
BEAT
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Passing people on the street
Like an invisible man.
Drinking alone in a bar.
Blending into the background.
Insignificant as if a wallpaper star.
Breathing like a robot.
Slowing who I .. Read more
THE PRICE
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The dogs are howling
And the wind is blowing.
The rain is coming
And the lightning is striking.
The trees are breaking
And the church bell’s ringing.
The cattle are hiding
.. Read more
THE OTHER SIDE
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On the other side,
Over the river and far away
The three-headed dead dog
Howls before day
And the sun rises,
But they do not see
So deep in me.
They are waiting —.. Read more
PASSIVE
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There are children
Playing in the graveyard
Where soldiers of old lie.
Flowers linger in late autumn
As the evening light dies.
The grass remains uncut
And the stones tilt in th.. Read more
THERE IT WAS
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A damned fly had landed, distracting me from my newspaper. I carelessly swatted it away.
Hot and steaming with a froth on top, a cup of coffee sat placidly upon the grey .. Read more
A POEM WITHOUT A RHYME
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There’s something for everybody
In the place where there is nobody.
In a world where everybody
Is somebody, no one is anyone.
If you want it.. Read more
MY ONLY HOPE
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CHAPTER 5
Amaka woke up feeling hungry and headache
She searched her bag to see if miracle will happen
She saw twenty eight thousand naira and was shocked
How come? She .. Read more
MY ONLY HOPE
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CHAPTER 6
Hey,stand up..the old woman shouted helping her stand to her feet
Thank you ma,Amaka said amidst pains
Do you want to kill your baby? The old woman asked pickin.. Read more
MY ONLY HOPE
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CHAPTER 7
Nnedi was busy in the kitchen making dinner when her daughter came in staring at her like a witch
What's the matter? Nnedi asked
I'm pregnant mum..she said sitt.. Read more
MY ONLY HOPE
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CHAPTER 8
People shook their head when they Amaka going into the labour room
She cried her eyes out, whenever she felt like giving up the last word she said to her father .. Read more
