tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21728564467700871912024-02-18T23:29:13.289-08:0080% perspirationPoetry, prose, ideas, literary experiments, opinions, reviews.Warpedpoetichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397238051319545301noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172856446770087191.post-13043642063591593432021-01-04T13:33:00.002-08:002021-01-04T13:33:36.315-08:00And the righteous shall know the wrath<p><span style="font-family: Special Elite;">This tender bruised sun, heavy with the bulging anger of rain, settled into the horizon like a sore, as the boy wandered down the evening road. He had lost the slippers somewhere down the road, after the first drizzle, after the first crowd of boys had rushed him, after he had ran and fell into the manhole, after he had washed his bleeding knee, after the kind lady had given him a lift, after she had tried to kill him in her bathroom, after he had climbed through the window and broke his wrist on a flowerpot. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwaXUD0wF_I80FSYMXmFWrOwSCBkvPqEPXUrmZBbVU8P-fixjdtsZrG9K4a68fIBdbgK7aoTKWvOv5Yhrs_LhQ1PgPYkmi4bJNB2TYGSTwuJsrvYGojR8dZoJIlYkXOLPOt3CWcBcYC6ki/s720/people-1316406_960_720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="612" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwaXUD0wF_I80FSYMXmFWrOwSCBkvPqEPXUrmZBbVU8P-fixjdtsZrG9K4a68fIBdbgK7aoTKWvOv5Yhrs_LhQ1PgPYkmi4bJNB2TYGSTwuJsrvYGojR8dZoJIlYkXOLPOt3CWcBcYC6ki/s320/people-1316406_960_720.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Special Elite;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Special Elite;">He stumbled near the parked cart filled to the brim with rubbish and rested his hands on the rim, catching his breath. He wiped the sweat from his brow and tried to wriggle his wrist to feel how painful it was. It was swollen. He sighed and pushed away from the cart but the owner, a madman dressed in rags, his face hidden behind the buzzing wings of black flies, stood before him, watching him with red angry eyes. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Special Elite;">i will drop you off the earth, <br /></span><span style="font-family: Special Elite;">the dun sun in the sky is a witness to hell.<br /></span><span style="font-family: Special Elite;">i will crush the battle that is your soul, <br /></span><span style="font-family: Special Elite;">the river that are old tears is my skin.<br /></span><span style="font-family: Special Elite;">what do you dangle before me-your trauma, <br /></span><span style="font-family: Special Elite;">the goddess of your chest, your hungers,<br /></span><span style="font-family: Special Elite;">the god of your fingers? This boy, you<br /></span><span style="font-family: Special Elite;">are a thing of beauty, an unsung villian <br /></span><span style="font-family: Special Elite;">in the eternal tale of pain and memory.<br /></span><span style="font-family: Special Elite;">how long will you wander the dusk of <br /></span><span style="font-family: Special Elite;">this road? how long will you linger<br /></span><span style="font-family: Special Elite;">like dust unsure of direction to home?</span></i></div><p><span style="font-family: Special Elite;">The madman sang. The boy staggered from the cart as if drunk but the mad man grabbed him by his broken wrist and squeezed. The boy screamed and it was night. The boy opened his eyes to the darkness. He was lying on the floor near an old abandoned building in a fetal position. There was dried tears on the side of his face. He struggled to a sitting position, placed his two hands on the floor and then shock filled his face. There was no pain in the broken wrist. He checked the hand in the poor light and he saw that there was no swelling either. was it a dream, he wondered. When he checked his knee though, that wound festered there. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Special Elite;">It was morning and the sun was not there. The clouds hung low, their heads joined together in gossip, dark anger etched on their brow. The boy wandered from his sleep into a path that trailed through a farm. He passed several early birds working already on their plots. He eyed the ripe mangoes that hung swollen like pregnancy from the bent sternum of the mango tree. His fingers itched to grab a bite of that succulent skin but an old woman watched him from under the shade of her raffia hat. She had a big stick in her hand and her muscled arms looked like they knew how to use the stick well. The boy moved on.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Special Elite;">The path journeyed into the road, the asphalt black like a starry night. Across from the left, a bare football pitch was in use. Several boys were kicking a rubber ball round and round, up and down the pitch, yelling at each other, savage with their fists and feets, nose running, spittle flying, drowning in sweat. The boy watched them with the hunger of the lonely then he shrugged and turned his eyes to the lone distance that beckoned to him. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Special Elite;">He walked long until the wound on his knee began to scab and heal the quick healing of the young. the hunger pangs become claws tearing into his stomach walls. He holds the stomach and groans, bitter with pain. The pain increases as the claw lick his blood from his stomach. He falls to the ground and cries out. The road does not reply or rush to his aid. It has its journey to complete. A little girl comes out of the mirage of the road, bouncing on her feet, a stick of sweet sticking out of her spit clean lips. she stops before the groaning boy and asks,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Special Elite;"><i>"Do you want sweet?"</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Special Elite;">The boy groans his reply. The girl removes the sweet from her mouth and stretches it towards the boy. The boy opens his mouth to receive the gift but before the sweet could enter the boy's mouth, the girl withdraws her hand and giggled. She did it again and again, and each time, the boy fell for it. His groans gradually became a roar. The little girl, innocent in her mischief, did not see when the claws in the boy's stomach tore out of the boy, grabbed her by the head and dragged her back into the boy. It was a fast thing. The boy laid there, staring at the purpling sun, screeching in horror from the sky into the nonchalant velvet of another evening. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Special Elite;"><a href="https://pixabay.com/illustrations/people-man-men-male-adult-person-1316406/" target="_blank">image credit </a><br /></span></p>Warpedpoetichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397238051319545301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172856446770087191.post-42268972132160969122020-12-31T13:45:00.002-08:002020-12-31T13:45:59.448-08:00We did nothing: A poem<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwAo_Fef8xVsEV_MNN9Z6Edwq9j4zBJQMsVzN-xJS20Dx39kZ_3YUtXrOkzQTIrT-Zoko5JTfkM6QxCpao1WCkBEG8s3TgjElDd4wbJsmBDgZz09yb8ssieaUPaQc5KN2i3I7iFvXaVUIo/s960/cemetery-2140402_960_720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwAo_Fef8xVsEV_MNN9Z6Edwq9j4zBJQMsVzN-xJS20Dx39kZ_3YUtXrOkzQTIrT-Zoko5JTfkM6QxCpao1WCkBEG8s3TgjElDd4wbJsmBDgZz09yb8ssieaUPaQc5KN2i3I7iFvXaVUIo/s320/cemetery-2140402_960_720.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Special Elite;">the ground feeds us the song of the spun seasons. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">The countrywide fire raze through the cocoon</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">of the many voices that we call home. it is there </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">we carry, all the dead, all the harmattan seeds </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">bouying the waves of bird wings fleeing the opera </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">of silence. it is there we roll the mat into the maw </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">of godless yawn, like yam heads, we plant headstones </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">to count the teeth of war. where the footprints </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">of leaf boats sail into sunbeams still reeling </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">from the brightly lit fingers of missiles are, </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">you </span><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">will find the baby toes of flowers fluttering </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">out of the miserly dirt, eager like any child to play </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">with bullets, roll with tank wheels, dangle from the lip </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">of hellfire. The soil is soft with sin, thick like black </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">flies, the heat curling from its tongue like a pipe </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">smouldering with the ashen remains of many forgotten </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">names. where are our brothers & sisters? for widows </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">in weeds weeding </span><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">the plots of husbands whose </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">uncovered faces </span><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">or porous chests grow garlands that </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">little girls learn to turn into crowns, there </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">& here is the same. we collude with heaven to weep </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">& wipe the traces of the crime & the trees carry </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">the canary to where the gong dances </span><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">like fireflies </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">pushing the flesh of night </span><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">into an artificial dawn. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">let us turn our faces </span><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">to the wall, fill our ears </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">with candle wax </span><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">& say, nobody is gone, no one is lost. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">let us be mute like water inside ears, stirring drum </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">into the hollow cacophony of an empty theatre</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">& if there are crosses, we did not stab his side </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";">or put the nails, we did nothing, so let us be. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";"><b>Note:</b><i> it is necessary to have conversations around war, violence and the effects both long term and short term of it all. </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite";"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Special Elite;">Image credit: <a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/cemetery-grave-burial-ground-2140402/" target="_blank">pixabay</a></span></div>Warpedpoetichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397238051319545301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172856446770087191.post-18233597116839816552020-12-30T11:11:00.009-08:002020-12-30T12:40:36.195-08:00Come: a poem<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; 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font-family: Special Elite;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">Let's break back on the sternum</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">of this earth, grind the teeth</span></div><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">of trees into the long legged noon.</div></span><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Come, is this not why we are here—</div></span><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">to crush the towers of sky</div></span><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">into the hungry bosom of the sea?</div></span><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Have we not been violent to the grass</div></span><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">sticking their flimsy blades in retort?</div></span><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Have we not cooked the soil</div></span><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">seeking for roasted nuts hiding golden</div></span><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">seeds? Come, let's bend the waist</div></span><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">of the wind into service, let it revolve,</div></span><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">gods let it revolt the earth from</div></span><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">the milky way into the distant stars</div></span><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">dying their unwitnessed deaths.</div></span><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Come, let us be righteous about this,</div></span><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">let us call the name of gods & carry</div></span></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 17px;">their name like bloody axes into night.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 17px;"><div style="text-align: center;">Come one, come all.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Note: </b><i>It has been a very long time since i bothered with this blog. So much has changed in my life since then. The blog still remains my room for poetry and experimentation. I hope that i will be able to bring to you both works that touch me and my own works that hopefully will touch you. </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>If you have been waiting for my return, thank you for trusting. If you are coming for the first time, then welcome to my inanities. </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>image credit: <a href="https://pixabay.com/photos/fire-brand-explosion-skyline-pair-2842647/" target="_blank">pixabay</a></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div></span></div></div>Warpedpoetichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397238051319545301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172856446770087191.post-17693432392575125192015-10-26T19:52:00.002-07:002015-10-26T20:04:23.372-07:00JOURNEY MERCIES<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The tires screeched a skid.<br />
The bus made a superb ballet twirl<br />
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The audience screamed encore;<br />
Ambulances echoing the dirge.<br />
Outstretched hands to bloody performers<br />
As the smiling innocent day<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Herald of a
beginning!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Insane musings
of the irate mob,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nerve numbing
screams of the few.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Set us free!!
These chains squeeze!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tongue lashings;
Saliva splatter...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Deadly venom on
pink tongue;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Killing the
makeup of ministers,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TV
personalities, hungry aides</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And jaded
journalists.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We want change!!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span></div>
<a name='more'></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Interviews on
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Attack of
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Confused wisdom
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Propounded and
properly pounded</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Into the mortar
of the screamers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Heated debates
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Professional
politicians prostitute services</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">From one party
to the other...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ha! Its a freee
for all.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dirty
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We want jobs,
good roads, electricity, water, husbands,...is this too much?</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Winners
everwhere...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All of them
decampees;</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prostituting
heady philosophies.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The screamers
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Digesting well
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Accepting
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We want three
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And who cares if
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Loses its green?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You are not
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you are not a
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Oh sorry,
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When I grow up,
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The little girl
says</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Eagerly watching
the convoy.</span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The mob
disperse...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are fine just
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Change nothing.</span></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Awards come
tumbling.</span></span></div>
</div>
Warpedpoetichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397238051319545301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172856446770087191.post-61599068911361750092015-10-05T10:22:00.001-07:002015-10-26T19:38:11.328-07:00WHAT DO YOU SEE <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Although the technological advances spearheaded by the western cultures have greatly improved the lot of Africans over time, it is sad to see us forget our own unique identity that made us the people we are. The present generation of children will never know moonlight tales or games; they will never understand the proverbs and nuances of their mother tongue; they will not find fun in the festivals and spectacles of their culture. This is sad. Is there no merging of the western culture with African identity? Are we to, therefore, leave the palm wine for the Chardonnays? *just thinking out loud*</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> I</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Do you see the
ancient moat</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">That surround
the ancient abode?</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Do you sigh
when you sight</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Oranmiyan’s
Staff at the beginning?</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">What goes
through you</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Watching the
meandering Ethiope</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Sweeping out
of the base</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Crisscrossing
the southern places?</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Do you feel
the feverish pulse</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">As the Kanuri
beauties sway</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">To music old
as time?</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Does your
nerves tingle</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">When the slow
beats of the Benue</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Pulse through
you?</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">How do you
react to the Fulani herdsman</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Hopping up and
down</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Laughter
creasing his parched face</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">With staff
held across his shoulder?</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">When did you
forget</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The entrance
to the fattening rooms</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Of beautiful Calabar?</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Do you still
watch</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">For the
spirits at the festivals;</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Spirits that
blew smoke and fire?</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">II</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><b>photo credit</b>: Fattening room:http://news2.onlinenigeria.com/mobile/mobile/headline/404990-the-world%E2%80%99s-most-shocking-initiation-rites.html</span></div>
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and wet screen</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Of nature’s
mysteries,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">As this bus
sways along</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The treacherous
road to Benin</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Is all I see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Sweaty
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The silent
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<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Of the
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on the bus to Benin.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I am a bard,
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Tears and
laughter.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">My hand poised
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">My colours
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And my models
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<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">My prop is scattered
across the universe.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The world; my
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<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
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outside and watch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Pause and stay
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">My heart is
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bent.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Words, my
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Poetry my
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">photo credit: http://wheretheclassroomends.com/revitalized-poetry-overview</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On my way to Auchi
</span><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Ha! I perceive
Atlas</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">In the
frowning sky,</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">His back bent
with weight.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Yes I did
perceive the goat-faced charlatan</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And I laughed.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I perceive the
smoke from the burnt length</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">On my way to
Auchi.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<a name='more'></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I think i just
saw a phallus!</span>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Do not
judge...</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The trees
shrouded</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And the
mystery disappeared.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">It is late and
my heart despairs.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">It rained on
me, my bag and shoes,</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">On my way to
Auchi.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Saw rows and
rows of gallons of oil.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Not crude. No!
Palm.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The trees
shadowed the sky</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Like a drive
to a possibility.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Where? I don’t
know.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The man at the
park smoked weed</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I was eager
for a toke,</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Thought I
quit?</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Yep, I did.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I write in a
swaying bus</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">On a long
route,</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Late in the
afternoon</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">On my way to
Auchi.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">photo credit: http://www.yourepeat.com/g/Auchi</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">photo credit: http://news.jeebboo.com/2012/09/09/superstitious-why-even-rational-people-hate-to-tempt-fate/</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Blanketing the
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">In diamond
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<br />
<a name='more'></a><br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">photo credits: http://www.cliparthut.com/fast-cartoon-cars-clipart.html</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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Warpedpoetichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397238051319545301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172856446770087191.post-85801648603359734692015-08-31T03:55:00.000-07:002015-09-02T03:56:17.065-07:00Overdose<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The light bulb blinked on<br />
And took a look at the floor,<br />
Filled with the debris of the night before:<br />
The table, packed full; <br />
Two bottles; red wine and two glasses,<br />
A line of coke, wrapped weed and smokes<br />
The splayed ankles of the model, <br />
Panties hanging like an ankle chain on one.<br />
Music spilling from throbbing speakers.<br />
What a party!<br />
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The fan turned a lazy 360,</div>
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Swinging the necktie, the head and the crooked neck.</div>
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The bloated body dangling a dance;</div>
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Faeces spilled on piss, swimming down twitching legs.</div>
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The music played on.</div>
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What a way to go!</div>
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Rigor mortis and bloated smile in a tango.</div>
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A wild dance, the home theatre echoed;</div>
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Sweaty window panes leaching</div>
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The moonlight, the pretty diamond stars,</div>
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The weaving trees and lapping sea.</div>
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The music played on.</div>
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The party continues...</div>
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The policeman wiped his brow,</div>
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Picked the weed and money,</div>
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Walked to the ankled panty,</div>
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Searched the still swinging, bloated body,</div>
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And walked out into the rain.</div>
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Found a dry spot,</div>
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Lit the weed</div>
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And started nodding his head.</div>
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Good weed, good music;</div>
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Overdose, hmmn..., more paperwork.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> photo credit: http://www.treatment4addiction.com/addiction/heroin/overdose/</span></div>
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Warpedpoetichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397238051319545301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172856446770087191.post-56524723967214226732015-08-24T02:05:00.004-07:002015-08-24T02:05:58.454-07:00DO YOU REMEMBER ME?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Do you
remember me?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I was the
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">As it billowed
across uncharted seas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">In lecture
halls and libraries.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I was the
candle flame that drove away</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The cobwebs of
ignorance</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And grooves of
darkness</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">That shunned
the illumination</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">That
Alexandria’s Lighthouse promised.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<a name='more'></a><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I am that which
penned Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex;</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Stood at
Galileo’s elbow</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">When he
shouted ‘Eureka!’</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I fought
alongside Alexander the Great</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">When he began
the carving of the ancient world.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I was there
when the Great Chaka bested Zwide</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And wooed the
beautiful Noliwe;</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I watched as Oduduwa turned his face towards Ogodomigodo, </span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And Eweka the great overcame the south to the west.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I saw
Pericles struggle</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">With marble in
beautiful Athens</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And Socrates
question the youths</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">From
foolishness to wisdom and back.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I sat with
Marx while he propounded socialism</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And held
Nietzsche’s hand</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">When he
glorified the Aryan race.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I tossed and
turned with Gates</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">As he polished
Microsoft to megabucks.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Yet I strode
with Ghandi along the salt mines</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">In Great
Buddha’s country</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">When the
revolution for freedom began.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I considered
with Dickens</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The fate of
the British poor in Oliver Twist</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And motivated
Columbus</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">To
circumnavigate the earth crust</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">With hopes of
reaching a rich coast.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I served with
Mandela</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">While he
languished in enforced solitude,</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">After I had stumbled
alongside Lincoln</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">When the death
became too much.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I believed Herbert Macaulay's grand dream </span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And considered with Soyinka, the culture of his people.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I was Captain
Hastings</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">In Doyle’s
Sherlock Holmes;</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"> Clark's Abiku, Ngugi's Petals.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I am Abraham's Mine Boy</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The oracle at
Thebes</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">In Herodotus’
ancient Greece.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I was the she
wolf</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">That breastfed
Romulus and his brother;</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The shining
light</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">On the brow of
the apostles</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">And the
designer of the Tower of Babel.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I am the cowried feet</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">that dance to unseen beats;</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">the scarred face that returns</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">again, again and still again.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I am the
poetry, the song;</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The prose, the
word;</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The drama, the
action;</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">The essay, the
thought;</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">I am the muse,
the inspiration</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Separating man
from the crowd.</span></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Do you
remember me?</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;">Photo Credit: http://bostonnextstep.com/</span></div>
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Warpedpoetichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397238051319545301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172856446770087191.post-10018121144778540802015-08-17T00:00:00.000-07:002015-08-24T01:05:40.238-07:00LOVE ASTRAY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A slice of lemon shaped moon<br />
Squeezed into the blue gray sky,<br />
Eyeing the depressed sun; head bowed.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
A flicker of starlight<br />
Diamonds on velvet hair,<br />
Hanging down her back; <br />
The moon, I mean.<br />
Woven until morn,<br />
Waiting for her darling sun, <br />
Waiting and waning and wasting away.</div>
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<a name='more'></a><br /></div>
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Brilliant smiling sun,<br />
Decked in liquid golden rays,<br />
Throwing golden motes of dust<br />
Like bubbles of gold dust <br />
Through the dawn sky,<br />
Towards the wasted slice of lemon shaped moon.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
He sighs; the sun, I must say;<br />
He looks again and sighs.<br />
Then he looks down<br />
And a golden warm smile <br />
Caresses the blue skies.<br />
She always waits; ever patient<br />
She always waits.<br />
"Mother earth, I am come."</div>
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Warpedpoetichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397238051319545301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172856446770087191.post-44258411005145039722015-08-10T00:00:00.000-07:002015-08-24T01:07:51.666-07:00MY TALE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I lie in wait,<br />
Deep within chill depths.<br />
Smoke, drooling from my lips;<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> Chill dew, leaching my skin.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Soon, I am chosen.<br />
Soon, I am revealed.<br />
My innards -spilled;<br />
My soul -emptied.</div>
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I lose the cold embrace<br />
And I'm tossed to the earth.<br />
I am rolled around,<br />
Then placed with other used siblings</div>
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<br /></div>
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We stay there, empty;<br />
Flies swimming in and out.<br />
We stay there, waiting,<br />
Then the strangers come.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
A strange place,<br />
A distant memory,<br />
A place within a place.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I am washed,<br />
Cleaned within,<br />
Dressed without,<br />
Then filled with liquefied heat<br />
And its locked in.</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I struggle to contain the bubbly soul within.<br />
I burn, I thirst; the heat, the weight.<br />
I stand with my brothers<br />
And we go on a journey.</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
I scream;<br />
I am taken from my brothers.<br />
I find myself in a cold place,<br />
With cousins and distant relatives;<br />
Friends and strange brown foes.<br />
I lay and am chilled.<br />
And the circle of life continues.</div>
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photo credit: http://thebusinessaim.com.ng/hero-the-local-beer-spreading-in-nigeria-like-wild-fire/</div>
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Warpedpoetichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397238051319545301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172856446770087191.post-8385375532881532032015-08-03T00:00:00.001-07:002015-08-03T18:28:37.160-07:00Do You Still Dream?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Life sometimes hits us with a lot of trash and slowly
kills our dreams, aspirations, ambitions. It is said, I can't remember
who now, that the grave is filled with great men. Some of these greats
were potentials that were never realised because they died. Don't go wishing
you did this or did that! Dream big!! Pursue your dreams! Live a
fulfiled life for God's sakes folks! Don't exist, live!! Happy new
month...love ya'll<br />
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<b>Do You Still Dream?</b></div>
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<b> </b></div>
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Good morning my dear.<br />
Did dreams sweep through sleep<br />
As you tossed and turned?<br />
Did you dream of beauty;<br />
Sweet, red lips, fair flushed skin, <span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> Long legs, wide hips,<br /> Protruding buttocks and breast?<br /> Did you dream to touch<br /> His heaving sweat slicked chest,<br /> Flat stomach and beautiful hands?<br /> Did you?</span></div>
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Did you dream of private jets<br />
Twisting you to vacation, <br />
Sipping champagne<br />
And eating caviar;<br />
Beautiful lady by your side<br />
Ensconced in furs,<br />
Designer sun glasses,<br />
Gold necklaces and diamond rings;<br />
Bought with your pocket<br />
Paid with her body?<br />
Did you?</div>
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Did you dream <br />
Of finding a cure to AIDS,<br />
Designing an app that aids,<br />
Helping the people that ail,<br />
Bringing the nation to the world stage?</div>
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Did you dream <br />
Of the fire that burns,<br />
The death toll and the mass graves,<br />
The eyes that shuns,<br />
The screams, echoes of scared babes?<br />
Did you?</div>
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<br /></div>
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Did you dream<br />
Of a book, your words penned;<br />
Of a song, your heart sang;<br />
Of a speech, your soul gave; <br />
Of an art, your spirit created?<br />
Did you?</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Do you dream...<br />
No more.<br />
Soul dead and crushed;<br />
Mind sundered and heart scorched;<br />
Feelings fled and voices unheard;<br />
Is world dark, dank and lifeless?<br />
No cricket chirp;<br />
No dancing wind;<br />
No waving grass<br />
Or hooked worm eying a fish?<br />
Do you dream no more?<br />
Do you?<br />
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Warpedpoetichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397238051319545301noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172856446770087191.post-73657887435581259862015-07-27T00:00:00.000-07:002015-07-31T01:00:01.409-07:00IT’S A FREE VERSE I WRITE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US"> <b>It's a Free Verse I Write</b></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US">Perspiration of a
word,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The tears of the
soul,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Pouring out in
iambic rhythm</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">On sheets of
unforgiving papers.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<br />
<a name='more'></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">White lies shine
bright,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Blinding truth to
darkness unseen;</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Turning dreams
into mares,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">With tongues
wagging</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">In derision and
satirical force.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">With all these
universality,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">I can’t see my
individuality.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">A free verse, I
write</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">But is that the
only thing</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">That is free in
me?</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Words shaken
together,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Running over,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Turned to the
editor</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">And realigned to
make sense</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">To an insensitive
race.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Don’t stop to
think,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Just write, just
write.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Sorrow, pain, joy
or rain,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Just write.</span><br />
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">photo credit: https://www.emaze.com/@AOILRROT/THe-LiTeRaTuRe-ThInG-MIGUEL-AND-CRISTY </span></div>
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Warpedpoetichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397238051319545301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172856446770087191.post-38086154912752207542015-07-20T00:00:00.000-07:002015-07-20T05:38:26.806-07:00OLD MAN TIME<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b>Old Man Time</b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Drumbeats of old,
tightened skins,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Breathing out
rhythms of the black soul.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The lash of
civilization cut short our song,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Taking our spirit
and binding us in chains.</span></div>
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</div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Intoxication of
power; this power first stolen,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Now returned, is dressed
in democracy</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Of a few
monarchies and takes to the streets</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">In habitual
confrontation with the discontented.</span></div>
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<a name='more'></a><br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Cacophonies of
airplanes and machine guns</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Ra-ta-ta-ing a
disserviced society.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Onitsha tradesman
clashing in cutlass juggle</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">With the cattle
herder that seeks Allah’s face.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The cause? I know
not.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Screaming mothers Raped,
mauled, battered and butchered.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Tearful, fearful
children Orphaned, destitute, malnourished</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Yet carrying guns.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Swaggering, gin
and hemp deranged brothers</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Holding guns for
strangers,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Screaming war
songs and battle cries</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Tinted with blurry
spittle at familiar faces.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Suddenly,
ceasefire…Realization? Who
knows…</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Throwing away of
hackles to entertain shackles</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">As khaki and
jackboots Press oppression into souls,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Already bent
souls.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Self enrichment
permanently implemented.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Crusaders
imprisoned, Blinded and castrated,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Tortured and
hanged.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Mothers are thrown
down from buildings.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Sycophants applaud
and egg on</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">“Glorify thyself!”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Death is sudden,
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<span lang="EN-US">A new dawn? Beautiful
sunlight?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Ha! No! A torch! It
is still night.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Agbada hiding
khaki;</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">General is
replaced with chief</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">But the boots
remain the same.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Power corrupts and
Absolute power…</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">You know the rest.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Power corrupted so
absolutely</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">That power now
means corrupt.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">To be completely
absolute that is the truth.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Till date we ask
what,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">What happened to
the drumbeats </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Of old tightened
skins,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Breathing out
rhythms of the black soul?</span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span lang="EN-US">photo credit: http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/4633548/Old+man/</span></div>
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Warpedpoetichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397238051319545301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172856446770087191.post-33518882995196313562015-07-13T00:00:00.000-07:002015-10-05T10:25:28.556-07:00I can no longer find my Muse. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US">I can no longer
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<span lang="EN-US">She has travelled
in a rush.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">From me, she has refused<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
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goddess so crushed</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">As to reject a
sacrifice.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">I can no longer
sing.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Like a nightingale
turned</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
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<a name='more'></a><br /></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The complexity of
poetry,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The my difficulty to show </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">The inner feelings</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That jump out</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Of my
consciousness, when I</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Am trying to express the universal</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Problems that
affects the balance</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">In this strata of
rocks, minerals and air.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">The pressure to
pass on into the future</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Has me by the
throat,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">As I try to
intimate my mind </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Into sharing
vague theories,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Which I cannot
explain</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Due to the disorganized
thought processes</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">That confuse my
brain</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
<span lang="EN-US">Each time I try.</span><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br />
<span lang="EN-US">photo credit:http://www.theoi.com/Ouranios/Mousai.html</span></div>
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Warpedpoetichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397238051319545301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172856446770087191.post-66015004185468746982015-07-10T08:18:00.000-07:002015-07-10T08:30:12.151-07:00FOR CHAMMI<div style="text-align: center;">
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This poem was written a long time ago. Like most of the poems i have posted so far, it was written at the beginning of my foray into poetry writing. It is actually a poem written for a woman, who i consider to be one of the most awesome of the beautiful ladies i have had cause to be in love with over time. She influenced the way i relate with people in a huge way and i am always grateful. I have sought her blessings to post this poem here, and she gave them. Unfortunately though, i gave her the first verse, she has never seen the second. hehehe....Do enjoy.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">FOR CHAMMI</span></b></h3>
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</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span lang="EN-US">Liquid eyes
glittering</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span lang="EN-US">Like jewels on a
sun bleached beach.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span lang="EN-US">Lips pouting like
a hybrid rose</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span lang="EN-US">Without the
thorns.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span lang="EN-US">Limbs stretched
like ivory tusks,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span lang="EN-US">Men still fight
for it.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span lang="EN-US">Hands strong and
soft</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span lang="EN-US">And like a doe you
stand</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span lang="EN-US">Proud with head
held high.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span lang="EN-US">I wish this
picture were eternal.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span lang="EN-US">I wish this
painting were permanent.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span lang="EN-US">But age will tell
its story.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span lang="EN-US">Breasts will sag
and stomach flab;</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span lang="EN-US">Cheeks will droop
and hips loose</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span lang="EN-US">But I’ll always
remember you</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span lang="EN-US">In your youthful
glory</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span lang="EN-US">When you were
beautiful and mine. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;">
<span lang="EN-US">For you, Chammi.</span></div>
Warpedpoetichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397238051319545301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172856446770087191.post-11810961129530258322015-06-18T13:58:00.002-07:002015-06-18T14:06:03.942-07:00 PEOPLE TALK<div style="text-align: center;">
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2QbvzUn7nRacpinEP9N9EycS5AJpz1sVREjclXWT82pY9pHWccZJfprV9-tLc6Uix92CSg4q8sDlXvpjoOLNrmKXTPurc_AUeK9yeCpG8YRSqYjejTQcYoWR5zr7g0Grqf-orgK2R23k/s1600/iStock_000019848195XSmall-copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2QbvzUn7nRacpinEP9N9EycS5AJpz1sVREjclXWT82pY9pHWccZJfprV9-tLc6Uix92CSg4q8sDlXvpjoOLNrmKXTPurc_AUeK9yeCpG8YRSqYjejTQcYoWR5zr7g0Grqf-orgK2R23k/s320/iStock_000019848195XSmall-copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
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People talk of beauty. <br />
<br />
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Stalking E! all day;<br />
The visions of Stephen the horror king<br />
Echoing in your head,<br />
A glass of McDowell's on your jiggly laps;<br />
Drooling at the silicone boobs,<br />
Botox cheeks, silicone buttocks, <br />
Machined tan and raised eyebrows.<br />
<br />
People talk of love.<br />
<br />
Watching telenovellas:<br />
Eyeing your daughter's friend;<br />
The one with the big mammaries and bum,<br />
Always giggling and jiggling on your chair<br />
That wifey's flabby, relaxed hips have dented.<br />
She's sixteen.<br />
<br />
People talk of health.<br />
<br />
BH; curling, slow smoke,<br />
Ashtray piled like peanuts.<br />
Ten more to go before lunch.<br />
Liver damage...<br />
you heard Ken's dead...<br />
You struggle in a blur to your bar;<br />
Today's a good day to toast the dead.<br />
<br />
People talk of wealth.<br />
<br />
You still got a plan in the oven,<br />
Waiting for the right time to pop it.<br />
Your grey hair's on your beard still;<br />
There's still time for a home run.<br />
<br />
People talk of God.<br />
<br />
Your last prayer leaped out<br />
As the shit struggled out.<br />
"God" you yelled in trickling sweat.<br />
"Jesus" you screamed in piercing agony.<br />
You never said amen, you just flushed.<br />
<br />
People, after all, will always tal<abbr>k</abbr><br />
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Warpedpoetichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397238051319545301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172856446770087191.post-4907575172044394032015-06-15T02:30:00.000-07:002015-10-05T10:27:16.177-07:00Free Poetry Submissions for International Poets<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<h2>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Introduction</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">I have always wondered about
ways to get my work out there. I mean garner readership and hopefully, a fan
base that will appreciate my particular brand of aesthetics. I had surfed the
internet for a bit, looking for poetry submissions, contests, journals that
cater to not just my style or genre but also to my culture and my geographical location.
Most submission sites will take anyone, so I didn't have a problem there. My
problem was poetry contests.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Most of the poetry contests,
I saw at first were mainly for the American or European community. By American
I mean both North and South America. But after some dedicated surfing of the
internet, I discovered poetry contests that allowed international writers to
submit and awesomely with no entry fee.</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><br />
<h3>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Submitting your work</span></h3>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Now some of us would be a bit
worried about putting the child of your inspiration, out there for public
consumption but I tell you, no creation is made to be left in a hard drive
piling virus or in a dusty cupboard as dust catcher. When God created the earth,
as Jewish history says, he saw that it was beautiful and he created man to
partake in the beauty that was the world. So do not hesitate, get the site that
suits you and start submitting.</span><br />
<h3 align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<u><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Contests</span></u></h3>
<h4 style="margin-left: 40.15pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;">1.
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Eldritch Press</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;">:</span></h4>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> The first contest
and my favourite on the list is handled by Eldritch Press, an Independent
horror Publisher. Poets and writers are invited to enter its 1st Annual Dark
Poetry Contest which will award the best manuscript of dark poetry with a cash
prize of $1,500 and a three year publishing contract. The second winner gets
$1,000 and a two year publishing contract; and the third winner will receive
$500 and a one year publishing contract.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Writers should not have had a
full length book or collection of poetry published in any genre. This also
includes self published books.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The poems must be original,
unpublished and written in English. Any style is accepted as long as it is
dark. The deadline for submission is September 30, 2015. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Submission Address:
poetry@eldritchpress.com </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The winning Poetry
Collections will be published in February of 2016. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For further information: <a href="http://www.eldritchpress.com/">www.eldritchpress.com</a> </span><br />
<br />
<h4>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;">2.
</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Ansfield-Wolf Book
Awards</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;">:
</span></h4>
<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 40.15pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 12.0pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This award recognizes outstanding
works that contribute to our understanding of racism and our appreciation of
the cultural diversity. Awards are given for fiction, poetry and
nonfiction. Submissions will be accepted beginning September 1. The
submission deadline is December 31. The winners are announced in the
spring.To submit a book for consideration, send five copies with a completed
copy of the <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.anisfield-wolf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Anisfield-Wolf-2016-Entry-Form.pdf" title="2015 Entry Form">Entry Form</a></span> <span style="color: black;">to:</span></span></div>
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Karen R. Long,
</span><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">c/o
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, </span><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The
Cleveland Foundation, </span><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1422 Euclid
Avenue, </span><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Suite 1300,</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Cleveland, OH 44115, </span><br />
<b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Phone</span></b><span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">: 216.685.2018, </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Email</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">: <span style="color: black;">Submit@Anisfield-Wolf.org</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Upon receipt, the books will
be forwarded to the jury. All submitted materials become the property of
the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and will not be returned. </span><br />
<div style="background: white; line-height: 12.45pt; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For further information: <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.anisfield-wolf.org/about/the-awards/">http://www.anisfield-wolf.org/about/the-awards/</a></span><span style="background: #F0F1F6; font-variant: small-caps;"> </span></span></div>
<h4>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">3.
Blue Mountain Arts: </span></h4>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="background: #F0F1F6;">is doing its Twenty-sixth Biannual Poetry Card Contest. The deadline
for submissions is June 30, 2015. 1st prize: $300 * 2nd prize: $150 * 3rd
prize: $50. In addition, the winning poems will be displayed on their website, </span> <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.sps.com/"><span style="background: #F0F1F6;">sps.com</span></a><span style="background: #F0F1F6;">.</span></span></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Some of the poetry contest
rules include: </span></b><br />
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> All entries must be the
original creation of the submitting author. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> All rights to the entries
must be owned by the author and shall remain the property of the author. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> The author
gives permission to Blue Mountain Arts, Inc. to publish and display the
entry on the Web (in electronic form only) if the entry is selected as a
winner or finalist. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Winners will be contacted
within 45 days of the deadline date. Contest is open to everyone except
employees of Blue Mountain Arts and their families. Void where prohibited.</span></li>
</ul>
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">How to Submit:</span></b><br />
<div style="background-attachment: scroll; background-position-x: 0%; background-position-y: 0%; background: #F0F1F6; line-height: 12.45pt; margin-bottom: 3.45pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 5.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Simply complete the contest form on the website, or if
you prefer, you may send your submission via snail mail to:</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Blue Mountain Arts Poetry
Card Contest, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">P.O. Box 1007, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Dept. E, Boulder, CO 80306.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For further information: <a href="http://www.sps.com/">http://www.sps.com</a></span><br />
<h4>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">4.
<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"> </span>Reward Publishing<span style="text-transform: uppercase;">:</span></span></h4>
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; text-transform: uppercase;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> 2015 Poetry Competition is now
open. The theme for this year’s contest is,<b> </b>Global Social Justice<b>. </b></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Contest Deadline:<i> </i></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">August 31st 2015</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Opening<i> </i>Date<i>: </i></span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">February 1st<b>, </b>2015</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This poetry contests is
searching for ten poets for one cause--to bring awareness to injustice around
the globe. From Cambodian work factories to the forgotten orphans in
Uganda, we are aiming to shed light and compassion through the poetic
voice. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Reward publishing is all about
powerful images and a consistent flow of rhythm. Poets are advised to submit
only unrhymed poetry. </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Where to send your poems</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">:<span style="background: white;">
Please send your poems to rewardpublishing@hotmail.com. Make sure to paste the </span>poem
in the body of the email as well as send a word document. Please include
your contact information and make sure that each poem is formatted on a
new page. Also include a short biographical statement with any
publications you have received. Lastly, there are many issues of
human rights and social justice, please take the time to write a sentence or
two about the issue you are bringing to light in the poem. </span><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">You can submit three poems maximum. If
we are interested we will ask for more poems. Poems must NOT be
published elsewhere and Reward Publishing will hold the rights. </span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Prize</span></b><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">: </span></i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This will be used as a non-profit
awareness fundraiser. Poets will receive one copy of the book, and a chance to
read at an opening event (to be announced)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For further information: <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.rewardpublishing.info/about-us-.html">http://www.rewardpublishing.info/about-us-.html</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">5.
James Laughlin Award: </span></h4>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Offered since 1954, the James
Laughlin Award is given to recognize and support a second book of poetry
forthcoming in the next calendar year. The award was endowed in 1995 by a gift
to the Academy from the Drue Heinz Trust. It is named for the poet and publisher <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/james-laughlin">James
Laughlin</a></span> <span style="color: black;">(1914-1997), who founded New
Directions in 1936.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The winner receives a prize
of $5,000, an all-expenses-paid week long residency at The Betsy Hotel in Miami
Beach, Florida, and distribution of the winning book to approximately
one-thousand Academy of American Poets members.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Submissions will be accepted
January 1 through May 15.<b> </b>Postmark deadline: May 15.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For further information: <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.poets.org/academy-american-poets/james-laughlin-award-guidelines">http://www.poets.org/academy-american-poets/james-laughlin-award-guidelines</a></span><b>
</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">6. TLR PROSE POETRY
CONTEST: </span></h4>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">The Lindenwood Review has
announced its free Prose Poetry Contest for Issue 6 of The Lindenwood Review.
Please carefully read and follow the guidelines below in order to have your
work considered for the contest: </span><br />
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Winner receives $50,
publication in Issue 6 of <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.lindenwood.edu/lindenwoodReview" target="_blank">The Lindenwood Review</a>, and three
contributor copies. Issue 6 will be published in spring 2016.</span> </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Honourable Mentions
receive publication and three contributor copies of TLR6. </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Contest entries
will be accepted from May 1 through August 1, 2015. Entries received
before or after this submission period will not be considered for the
contest </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Up
to three prose poems may be submitted per writer, but they must
all be included in a single Word document, with a document title
that includes the author's last name. If separate documents are attached
to a submission email, only the first document will be considered for the
contest </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We welcome submissions from both
new and established writers. Please note that current Lindenwood
University students and faculty are not eligible to submit work
to The Lindenwood Review. (LU alumni are eligible to submit.)</span></li>
</ul>
<div style="text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">·
<span style="background: white;">Submissions should be emailed to <span style="color: black;">TheLindenwoodReview@lindenwood.edu.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For further information:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://lumfa.blogspot.com/">http://lumfa.blogspot.com</a>,
<a href="http://www.lindenwood.edu/lindenwoodReview/index.cfm">http://www.lindenwood.edu/lindenwoodReview/index.cfm</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">7.
Fourteen Hills: </span></h4>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fourteen Hills is
currently CLOSED for unsolicited submissions until September 1, 2015.
During open submission periods, all submissions must be sent through <span style="color: black;"><a href="https://fourteenhills.submittable.com/submit">Submittable</a>.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We accept the following
unpublished unsolicited submissions:</span><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1 to 3 poems (ideally 30-35
lines with blank lines counted; maximum 70 lines</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> 1 short story or novel
excerpt (maximum around 25 pages) </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">3 pieces of flash fiction</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">1 piece of literary creative
nonfiction</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Up to 10 pages of experimental
or cross-genre literature (including graphic stories)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">3 to 10 pieces of visual
art </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; mso-list: l1 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 72.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Writers may submit once per
submission period. The submission periods are:<b> </b>
September 1 to December 1 for inclusion in the summer issue (released in
May) and March 1 to June 1 for inclusion in the winter issue
(released in December)</span></li>
</ul>
</ol>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Once published in our
journal, writers may submit again after one year. Please note that we are
unable to provide financial compensation. If your submission is accepted for
publication in the journal, you will receive two free copies of the journal
issue that your work appears in, and a discount on additional copies of the
issue.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For further information: <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.14hills.net/awards">http://www.14hills.net/awards</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">8. <span style="background: white;">Sentinel</span> <span style="background: white;">Nigeria:</span></span></h4>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 16.6pt; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Publishing and Submissions Cycle</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Publication Dates</span></h4>
</td>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Submit by</span></h4>
</td>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">February 15<sup>th</sup></span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="308"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">December 31st</span></td>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">May 15<sup>th</sup></span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="308"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">March 31st</span></td>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">August 15<sup>th</sup></span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="308"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">June 30th</span></td>
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<td style="border-top: none; border: solid black 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="top" width="308"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">November 15<sup>th</sup></span></td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid black 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: text1; mso-border-left-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: text1; mso-border-right-themecolor: text1; mso-border-themecolor: text1; mso-border-top-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: text1; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 231.05pt;" valign="bottom" width="308"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">September 30th</span></td>
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</tbody></table>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">*Submissions by e-mail only.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Submission Guidelines:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Poems</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">: Submit up to 6 poems on any
subject of 60 lines or less, or a long poem up to 200 lines plus 2 shorter
poems.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Fiction</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">: Submit Short Stories, or
Excerpts from Novels on any subject or theme up to 5,000 words long.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Essays</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">: Academic essays may be up to
6,000 words long.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Plays</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">: Up to 5,000 words.</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Reviews and Interviews</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">: These may be up to 3000 words
long.</span><br />
<div style="background: white; line-height: 16.6pt; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">All materials submitted must be in
English Language. We encourage poems written in Nigerian languages as long as
they are sent together with appropriate translations.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Sentinel Nigeria does not
currently pay for work published. This will change in the future, and details
of honorariums will appear here.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Submissions to Sentinel
Nigeria must be sent to: <b><span style="color: black;">submissions@sentinelnigeria.org</span></b></span><br />
<div style="background: white; line-height: 16.6pt; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For further information: <span style="color: black;"><a href="http://sentinelnigeria.org/online/submissions/">http://sentinelnigeria.org/online/submissions/</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">9. The
Russell Prize: <span style="background: white;"> </span></span></h4>
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Named after
Gale A. Russell and Gloria Baker-Russell, the parents of Two Sylvias Press's
cofounder Kelli Russell Agodon (who helped support her as a young poet), <i>The
Russell Prize</i> was created to assist and support a poet who has not yet
published his/her first full collection of poems or chapbook. The prize
consists of a $500 cash prize and vintage medal (sticking to Two Sylvias Press’
belief that poets deserve trophies and medals) and given to a poet of
exceptional talent and merit who has not yet received recognition in the
publishing world. </span><br />
<span style="background: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">This prize
has been created for no other reason than to pass along some good energy (and
money) to a poet without a first book or chapbook. We know how hard
the early stages can be for poets, and we want to tell you that we believe in
you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Note: Though the contest has
not started for 2015, poets are asked to check back in September 2015 to learn
more about the next Two Sylvias Press Russell Prize and the submission dates
for it.</span><br />
<h4 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">10</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">. Wergle Flomp Humor poetry Contest:</span></h4>
<h4 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 40.15pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> </span></h4>
<h4 style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 40.15pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: -18.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-weight: normal;"> Now in its 15th year, this contest seeks today's best
humour poems. No fee to enter. Submit published or unpublished work.</span></h4>
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Contest Opens</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">: Aug 15, 2015</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Deadline</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">: Apr 01, 2016</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Results Announced</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">: Aug 15, 2016</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Theme</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">: Humour</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Length Limit</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">: Submit one poem only, with a
maximum of 250 lines</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Entry Fee</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">: No fee</span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Prizes</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">: First Prize: $1,000, Second Prize:
$250, Honorable Mentions: 10 awards of $100 each and Top 12 entries published
online. All entries that win cash prizes will be published on the Winning
Writers website and announced in the Winning Writers Newsletter (circulation
50,000+).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">For further information: <span style="color: black;"><a href="https://winningwriters.com/">https://winningwriters.com</a> </span></span><br />
<br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">This list will continue in a future
post. These ones listed above are competitions that you can submit for now,
today. Do not second guess yourself, put your work out there and if you do not
win, at least you have taken the steps to sharing your thoughts, skill and
creativity. Peace.</i><br />
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Warpedpoetichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397238051319545301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172856446770087191.post-86960326940276938102015-06-11T08:23:00.001-07:002015-06-16T10:53:02.571-07:00Emancipate The Girl Child <span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span></span></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">A friend of mine posted this on her facebook wall, <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/youthforchangedevelopmentinitiatives/photos/a.1491258287830218.1073741826.1491250887830958/1589860641303315/?type=1&fref=nf" target="_blank">8 year old girl raped by a man and married to the rapist</a></span></b>. I felt this to my soul. How can a man decide that sleeping with an undera<span></span>ge girl i<span></span>s normal? Why will the girl's supposedly caring parents give the girl to the said rapist as his wife? What has this world turned to? Are there no laws protecting the weak, helpless and innocents? These thoughts ran through my head as i composed a short piece i titled What Am I? This is to help generate attention in a social media campaign to save this child.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">The issue of the safety of the girl child should be included in bills to be deliberated on and passed into law.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Please do read the link above and share the hashtag #Favour8yroldrapevictimneedsjustice.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #274e13;">WHAT AM I?</span></span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">What am I?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Gratification, satisfaction?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">The satiate of your pedophilic thoughts?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Groping hands, sly words and cruel grin.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">What am I?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">The gift of my mother's prayers?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Or the gift to my father's friends?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Smiling eyes, alcohol slippery, forced kiss.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">What makes you, man?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Emasculated pervert preying innocents?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Standing at corners, spying...</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Will help never come?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Will mother never see?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Dark chill night,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Shadows swirling down,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Soaking in sweat, tears, piss and early bleed.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Somebody help! He comes again...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">#Favour8yroldrapevictimneedsjustice</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><b>Note</b>: Girls, especially those below the age of consent need a voice to express
their fears and pain as a result of the torments of sexual predators. I
dedicate this poem to the fight for liberation of the girl child . peace</span>Warpedpoetichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397238051319545301noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172856446770087191.post-59076974528910248762015-06-06T02:13:00.000-07:002015-06-13T20:34:55.040-07:002015 ANNUAL SEMINAR AND POETRY PRESENTATION OF THE POETRY CLUB INTERNATIONAL (AOCOED CHAPTER).<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Adeniran O</span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">gunsanya College of Education invites you to a seminar and poetry presentation.</span></span></b></span></div>
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<b>THEME</b>:</div>
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The Poet: A catalyst for national growth and</div>
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development.</div>
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* The Poet and the god of muse.</div>
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* Language in poetry: a focus on the Yoruba</div>
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traditional panegyric.</div>
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* Impact of poetry in promoting academic excellence.</div>
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* Prof. J.P. Clark, poet</div>
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* Prof. Niyi Osundare, poet</div>
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* Mr. Odia Ofeimu, Poet</div>
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<b>GUEST SPEAKERS:</b></div>
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* Mr. Olumide Olulu Holloway (Spoken Poet)</div>
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* Dr. Dayo Akanmu Lecturer(Aocoed)</div>
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* Barr. Bola Disu. Fmr. Reg (Aocoed)</div>
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<b>SPECIAL GUEST</b></div>
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* Dr. W.O. Bashorun Provost(Aocoed)</div>
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* Dr. Mrs. Oginni. Director(Eksu Aocoed)</div>
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* Dr. Olamuyiwa Coker Registrar(Aocoed)</div>
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* Mrs. O.A. Oluwole. College Librarian</div>
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* Mr. Hafeez Oyetoro. </div>
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* Mr. Kunle Afolayan. (Actor/Producer)</div>
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<b>GUEST</b>:</div>
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* Mr. C.I. Anakoro</div>
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* Mrs. Adeosun</div>
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* Dr. Kikelomo Adeniyi</div>
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* Mr. S.S. Fowowe</div>
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* Mr. Ezekiel Bolaji</div>
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* Mrs. J. O. Odewunmi</div>
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* Mr. Bamidele Olatokunbo Sojinu</div>
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<b>ROYAL FATHER OF THE DAY:</b></div>
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* HRM. Oba Momodu Afolabi Ashafa - Aladi</div>
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Onijaikin, Lagos State.</div>
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<b>GUEST ARTIST:</b></div>
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* Olamsoj Creative Company.</div>
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<b> Date</b>: 10th July, 2015</div>
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<b> Venue</b>: School Auditorium One</div>
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<b>Time:</b></div>
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10am-12pm</div>
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(Red carpet/media)</div>
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12pm-4pm</div>
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(Seminar).</div>
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Warpedpoetichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11397238051319545301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2172856446770087191.post-59722326738157484432015-06-05T07:25:00.000-07:002015-06-13T20:35:53.747-07:00Dark Poems<h2>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been quite busy for some days now, thus the absence of posts here. well am back again and got some new stuff to weaken your knees as we continue our exploration of the dark parts of man. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have two poems today, submitted by good friends of mine. I hope they reach you where ever you may be.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first is by Eucharistus Valentino Omamogho, He is a really good poet (my personal opinion) and i do hope he would have the time and patience to contribute to this project of mine. His works can be found on voicesnet.com and on his facebook wall. He titles this one, Reach.<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The sun suddenly hates my path<br />
The tunnel is dark<br />
Claustrophobic,I scream help<br />
My echo replies<br />
So I close my eyes reaching out.<br /><br />
The child looks at his mother<br />
Down's syndrome,drooling saliva<br />
Terror in his eyes<br />
Concern in mother's eyes<br />
The child knows no love,only concern<br />
He breaths his last reaching to love.<br /><br />
Here we stand,hand in hand laughing<br />
Four years ago it was only a wish<br />
Fighting for what we share<br />
Falling in the dark pit of love<br />
Drowning in the tide of this great sea<br />
We would be living a wish in four years.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The next poem is by a very good friend, Oboerhiri Ojenikoh. She wrote this poem in memory of her dad, who passed away sometime back. His death affected her greatly as she shared a strong bond with him. She does not put a title to this piece; a spontaneous expression of feelings. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With tender love and care, you gave the very best</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Time heals, so I hear</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Though your absence is still painful</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The memories of you makes such pain bearable</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your words still jingle like bells in my head and heart</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In preparation, you excelled</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In discipline, you were the best teacher</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As an example, you outshined them all</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So hard, you worked to give the very best</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Life threw a lot of hardship your way</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yet every hardship was a step up the ladder of greatness cos' you conquered
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Silence, like the thick darkness of the night</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All I can see are tears on faces</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Praises of a conqueror are what I hear</span></div>
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Even in the cold arms of death, you were crowned a warrior<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Memories, blissful and sacred are what comforts me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Words softly spoken echo in reminisce</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't say goodbye</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Though you've returned to dust</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yet you live in me</span></div>
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My father, my friend, my teacher, my mentor</div>
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