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Seeing weary, sad,
hearing weepy, mad
touching wrinkled, old,
feeling present, bold.
Hoping I helped
in some small way
Make...
The sky is a green stagnant swamp.
The marching thunder approaches,
More rapidly with every peal.
Dawns light tries to...
Humans
Isn't that what we are?
all of us,
humans.
Abused, Stereotyped, Misuderstood,
Judged, Robbed, Betrayed.
Loved,...
The language that lived past Babel
Made of doots, hums, and cackles
A smile, a tear
A love, a fear
This is the language I...
Like a caged bird that is released,
An escape flight with no return,
Time flies and can not be appeased.
My longing...
Oluwatoyin is you,
Oluwatoyin is me.
She was pretty and vocal,
She was elegant and direct.
As gorgeous as the light...
Last night the breeze sang a lullaby.
This dawn it screamed in howls.
The distant rumbling approaches,
Unlike the peaceful...
We have saved Millions
Of litre of Fuel.
While we aren't
Out for a ride.
The skies seem clearer
We have momentarily paused...
The NBA is such an exciting league
Players working so hard avoiding fatigue
Various Dunks and three's
And steals to...
This daily dinning noise sounds painful
I do force this machine to work hard
Yet it may be my end some day
Behind the...
I danced with joy when i got scottie.
It was the best movement of my life.
My cheeks bloomed,
And i laughed endless.
On...
We were, two lurking knifes.
Against the LOW: Criminals.
We did cut some flesh of our minds.
Close your eyes, close the file.
I look around and I think what else could my imagination see?
A flower so simple and delicate, but to a bee it is...
Oluwatoyin is you,
Oluwatoyin is me.
She was pretty and vocal,
She was elegant and direct.
As gorgeous as the light...
Dear Black people
When we ask about our history
They show us a black man on chain
Being flogged by another man of diverse...
A passing thought while strolling through the dale.
With their limbs , on hikes , I’ve bumped my head.
Roots caught my boot...
the brightest colours fill my head
"will reach your destiny soon, heart said
the BLACK road the GREEN grass around
the sun...
(Limerick Style of Writing)
My darling, why you did cry,
Within me, in melancholy.
The time has been long,
Because of love...
By: Jilmilla Brumley
I want to write all my thoughts down. I won't because words have wings; they are air things who know...
How dare you ignore the war
In front of you?
How many?
How many more will be sacrificed?
To acknowledge the fearful faces...
*Poem by Alick Mushekwa*
*"What a life!"*
A life full of demands to which a stomach is a witness
Working hard is a...