Your presence was love, joy and happiness It gave me warmth and comfort I was happy, free and satisfied You raised me up from my mother’s arm You gave me a name You loved me and cared for me Now your absence is cold Just like a winter It has caused sadness...
I had a dream Still in my memory I still dream it I can still see it Stairs I could not climb So high I could not see So narrow I became afraid I was ordered to climb it ‘I cannot’, I cried ‘Help me’, I cried I called no, one answered I looked up, no...
Grace, Mercy and Peace Three sisters of salvation Walked together Worked together Talked together And drew men together They showed Grace and abided with men They showed Mercy for those who asked for it And gave Peace to men Grace loved mankind and abided...
She is a widow To be honoured Relieved Protected A warning Not to be maltreated Defiled Abused Castaway Any one that does that will be cursed Abused and castaway Her husband is God He protects her Her children belongs to God He is their Judge He has established...
In those days, the good old days When men used to think together Talk together Nod together Shrug together And agree together In those days They use to walk together Work together And reason together Those days have passed away Men have torn apart They...
I’m confused I scratched my head I bang my hand on the table I frown What is the matter? My conscience My mind. I hear a voice It is behind me It whispers in my ear No! My mind is disturbed I did something I hid when doing it I looked left and right Front...
A child’s heart Spotless Forgiving and forgetting The heart always occupied Does not think evil Occupied with happiness Always looking for mother Always calling mother Seeking for love and care One minute with trouble One hour with happiness A child’s...
She has no job A lazy house wife who forgets her duty Her mind is always occupied with tales She has a large ear and pretends not to hear A fast brain that records all events She sneers She eyes Envious of every good thing Sneering has wrinkled her face...
He is a hunky man Very muscular Tall Ferocious Always with a long sharp matchet Ready to cut Ready to destroy His eyes are red Sneers at everything Always investigating as his chest heaves His nostrils a big cave His eyebrows bushy Moustache bushy His...
Love is a woman She suffers long and is kind Does not brag and never arrogant Not easily provoked and thinks no evil Does not rejoice in iniquity but rejoices in the truth She bears all things Believes all things Hopes all things Endures all things She...
She is a wise old woman with no wrinkles She moves with smiles She wears a long silver gown decorated with stars She has a long white hair and adorns it with a crown of diamond She holds a sceptre in her hand that is made of gold She tells the story of...
Wisdom is a beautiful mother Better than rubies She dwells with prudence She finds out knowledge with witty inventions She hates evil, pride and arrogance Counsel belongs to her for she is sound She understands because she has strength By her, kings and...
No matter what they do When they play a mischief Become stubborn Make you restless Remember who they are Angels without wings. When they scream and cry Spoil a precious object Make you angry and confused Remember they are precious Because they are angels...
I’m sick; home sick, it has no cure I’m sick; sick at heart, it has no remedy My mind thinks my heart aches My mind is far away, I want to go home I feel I once lived somewhere else Far in a land full of beauty Full of events I feel experiences I feel...
A mother’s heart, soft and gentle builds up love Gives peace and always prayerful A mother’s heart longs for her child Prays always and ready to embrace Her heart homely and peaceful Tender and mild. A mother’s heart, kind and meek never forgets her child...
Poems from the heart the spirit is moving I posses high powers of imagination The presence is still, calm and cool The strong spirit of tranquillity is around It spins like a typhoon and puts me into meditation. Poems from the heart the spirit is strong...
The African flute The talking flute It speaks It sings It mourns a loved one Feel the background to African music An identity to Igbo music, my Igbo land Recognition to culture A dancing voice No man can resist its power. The African flute The talking...
Horse, so beautiful a creature I don’t understand how God created it Strong, patient, obedient, humble and intelligent Wise, always alert, senses danger Always with the master Understands him Friendly to the friends Horse, so beautiful a creature Believes...
The Garment, costless? The tailor unknown The material, the quality, Very special but a mystery Specially made for Him His dressing, a different style The seamless Garment. The Garment, royal purple For the Prince of Peace A woman touched the hem Extraordinary...
They wanted to know What did they see? First they saw Him Second they doubted Third they followed Fourth they called their brothers The Holy book could not say The men could not say What they could say ‘We have seen the messiah’. I wanted to know I still...
Powerful, mild and gentle Mystery and miraculous First word spoken on earth Created and made permanent No magic has ever worked Nothing can change it. Creative, artistic and unchangeable Stronger than anything His words prophesied, healed and conquered...
He wanted to hear my voice I whispered it, It had numbers He loved it He wanted to hear more ‘Say it again’ he said He loved the tone of my voice He wanted to hear my voice all the time. He whispered my name It had numbers He loved it He wanted to say...
Giles is a saint An ageless saint I knew him many years back We lived in the neighbourhood I left him many years back I long to see him I wanted to see him I later saw him He was still the same An ageless saint. I met Giles He was a saint ‘Still a saint...
He came from an untrusted area Born in an unusual place But His origin one would doubt It happened just for a purpose As a special star shone. He grew up knowing the words Creating the best out of the woods Just as his father taught him But He had a special...
I am Melanin and not Melanie A Greek word for black I am a pigment and not pig dirt Omnipresent in nature I protect skin colour, I don’t destroy it. I am a beauty, just for its own good A protector against bad, just to be good To protect against much...
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