Poems
We have got a collection of thought-provoking poems authored by poets from different backgrounds.
DINNER AT THE KING’S YARD
DINNER AT THE KING'S YARD It was dark and quiet Seldom, if sun rises at the moment Fracas at the market Sun has lose it sight Birds showing what they've got Plainly from the gut Sonorously without faults On the Iroko tree near our hut When a boy stares...
MARCH’S MATCH FOR JONATHAN THE BUHARIST
March’s Match for Jonathan the Buharist At the end of the scheming month Seal your quick speaking mouth Call me no Seer or Prophet For I am but an ensnared Poet Though they sign an accord I do not see peace as a chord Tying us to the feat of the future...
TO MY KING
TO MY KING Now I can tell where you have been for days When I was striving to survive and stand And help my children in the barren land A forsaken home for unwanted preys I can tell where you have been my dear head When burning rivers were taking over...
WHAT’S LEFT
WHAT’S LEFT? What’s left but exhausted minds That parade in shirts and gowns Shrugging shoulders that tongues have laid on Like gods that have lost their omniscience To futile voyages Over the tombs of the living They drop wreathes Sending our spirits on exile What’s...
