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samueloption (45)in #poetry • 7 years ago
When cometh that day?
One for the Road. . . To Keep Me Company My love That one? She is a baby when she sleeps And a tiger when she wakes. She is a cat When she walks And a Leopard When…
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samueloption (45)in #poetry • 7 years ago
Particle
"Particle" I am that molecule lost in ocean of time yet I strive to bestride time. I am that particle buried in a sea of clouds yet I fight to sink all clouds. I…
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samueloption (45)in #poetry • 7 years ago
The Muse
"The Muse" the clouds are gathering angry dusts chase the seven hurricanes that scatter them in all ethereal directions vulcanoes are erupting and earthquakes…
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samueloption (45)in #poetry • 7 years ago
Night, still
"Night, still" Time is a breathless runner whose footfalls switch days into nights into days into floods of rain of sunrays, into seasons... We wake, now, from that…
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samueloption (45)in #feminism • 7 years ago
GENDER IMBALANCE: The need for Juvenile Education in Africa
'I'LL TRAIN MY BOY(S), AND LET SOCIETY TRAIN MY GIRL(S)...' Some years ago, I eavesdropped into a conversation of some young high school boys, presumably my mates…
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samueloption (45)in #poetry • 7 years ago
MAY DAY
"May Day!" A day of nightmare When termites cease work To reflect on the absurdism Of daily labour and monthly pay That don't add up. May Day! A day of nightmare…
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samueloption (45)in #kudospoetry • 7 years ago
THE SEED
"The Seed" Here was I planted and here must I bear. But if the soil turns rock Or the sun fires flames; if the vultures perch and peck Or the hawks swoop and pounce…
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samueloption (45)in #poetry • 7 years ago
EARTH IS NOT SAFE
"Earth is not Safe" . . . he arms them and sends them as w(r)enching weapons into my life . . . smiling scissors, gorgeous guns and ravaging razors . . . he trains…
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samueloption (45)in #poetry • 7 years ago
LET ME BE
"Let me be" There she goes the childless one with none to run her errands There she goes the unmarried one leaning...but no pillar There she goes the promiscuous…
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samueloption (45)in #kudospoetry • 7 years ago
KUDOSPOETRY #2 - SEASONS
"Seasons" In earth, our sires sowed and reaped their sweat in season. Now ruined — that earth, from the sheep the lions reap. What becomes of the den, when the…
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samueloption (45)in #poetry • 7 years ago
SLEEP
“Sleep” Sleep is when we slip into… and forget who we are where we are what we have… We slip into sleep: the rocky soldier at battle field, the abstracted widow…
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samueloption (45)in #poetry • 7 years ago
CORRUPTION
“CORRUPTION” -i- You are a ten-letter word a virus cast in letters of vice the flesh of a tumor scrawling over our body like a pox. You are the seed transplanted…
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samueloption (45)in #poetry • 7 years ago
SUNRISE
“Sunrise” Calmly, the sun grows from the East hills, a tendril from a yam heap. Patiently, her rays negotiate for the sky, dissolving the gloom of night sky. We…
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samueloption (45)in #poetry • 7 years ago
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAMIAN JAY CLAY.
March 29, 2018 I dedicate this piece to you @damianjayclay: ”On your birthday” I’ll send you not jewels nor cowrie shells which you can lose to bandits; not…
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samueloption (45)in #kudospoetry • 7 years ago
Song of the Thief
"Song of the Thief" If I steal my neighbour's chick they'll shout aloud my name. If I pinch my wife's pin they'll pin my name on doors. If I steal a whole bank…
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samueloption (45)in #poetry • 7 years ago
TIME - Pt 1
“Time” I Time exhumes man-buried honour And ploughs up earth-buried woes Time ploughs in old heroes And tills up new stars Time rears impossibilities and…
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samueloption (45)in #poetry • 7 years ago
Power Pun
"Power Pun" source:pixabay.com Power to the powerful Power to the popular Poverty to the populace Poverty to the peasants Power to the Pilates Power to the proud…
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samueloption (45)in #steemit-uyopoetrycontest • 7 years ago
Steemit-uyo Poetry Contest - A Mother #MyEntry
"My Sweet Mother" Image Source: @samueloption She counts the steps of the moon and listens to my breath as I in pleasure mourn She lends a shoulder to stand in…
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samueloption (45)in #twbpoetrycontest • 7 years ago
TIDES - Writers Block Poetry Contest Week 6
"Tides" Tides rise to the high sky and return when too high Noon flames rage across hilltops but mellow to ash at dusk The green leaf repels the wind's wild muscles…
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samueloption (45)in #poetry • 7 years ago
AIDS to Beauty
“AIDS to beauty” Amidst the cosmetic dance which sinks the moral cosmos, the lipstick hides the virus lurking in the lips, AIDS to beauty. One kiss and you awake…
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