HEAD ACHE
Like the pestle…
Read More HEAD ACHELike the pestle…
Read More HEAD ACHEMusic brewing…
Read More HarmattanThis strive for…
Read More HOGWASH…A place between…
Read More Grief…is the judge
Read More Experiencebeyond me…
Read More BEYOND… For I seek peace…
Read More DUESShrouded in darkness…
Read More HIDING FROM THE DAWNI feel free…
Read More FREEThe greatest pleasure…
Read More PEACE OF GOD“He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life.” — George Sand, from The Devil’s Pool.
Read More A QUOTE ON POETRYAbout to die,
Don’t cry for me
like a phoenix
Arisen out of ashes…
life is intense…
Read More LIFE…It is our doctrine, it is our code…
Read More MY GANG AND GROOVEI have seen words…
Read More WORDSFlashing across my consciousness…
Read More MEMORIESHello guys! I’ve not been able to post daily as I have been unable to write any new poems(although the pain and sadness forced my hand to write my recent poem AGAINSG INJUSTICE)or dredge up old ones as I used to because I’ve been part of the #ENDSARS online campaign on twitter cheering up those […]
Read More INVESTED IN THE STRUGGLE FOR CHANGEPoetry should surprise…
Read More A QUOTE ON POETRYIn a catacomb of bones and sorrow…
Read More AGAINST INJUSTICEMen go rogue
Read More FASHIONYou never prepared to
See the devil in us
Let the rhythm flow into me…
Read More THE RHYTHM OF SPIRITShall I toss and turn?
Read More QUESTIONS ABOUT DREAMS, FIRE AND DEATHIt sharpens you into arrows…
Read More HATEI pay tribute to Africa…
Read More AFRICAThere’s a chill in my bones…
Read More THE QUANDRY OF QUARANTINEDespised by self…
Read More THE UNFINISHED POEMAnd the sons of men….
Read More WarFeeding on my hurt…
Read More PAINIf I fall, when I fall…
Read More A THOUSAND FRAGMENTSYou may walk or run the mile
And smile
you behave like a devil…
Read More FAR FROM FINEThat the mind may think for itself…
Read More EDUCATIONTo believe that man can transcend his selfish nature…
Read More TRUSTagainst all injustices and irregularities,
Read More WORLD OF LITERATUREA war of words marries no wife…
Read More STRIFE AND LIFEThey say breath is life,
So when I inhale I wonder…
Being able to touch the Divine…
Read More KINDNESSThe soul
Listens…
Galloping
along
the plains
of life’s sahara…
In the silky watery feel of deep darkness,
Evil lurks…
“It is a test [that] genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.” — T. S. Eliot, from the essay “Dante.”
Read More A Quote on the nature of poetry They say
love is blind
But I see
all the brilliance of you…
The blood flowing
out of my stab wounds
Down the knife
you stuck in my back…
Originally posted on Nelo's Blog:
Heyyyyyyyyzzzzzz! 😄 It’s a beautiful Sunday, and I am really happy to be alive today. I think I woke up with this gleaming sense of gratitude. Amongst a plethora of things, I’m especially grateful to have been a part of the Forbes Pan African Public Speaking Visual Seminar which…