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consider; the ant
(Poetry)
8-07-2006
by olawale
No ruler
No overseer
None to nudge to toil
None to crack the whip to till
No motivator
None to hail, well-done
To reward for a job well done
None indeed has the ant
Spurring itself to action
For the harsh realities of winter
The...
Crude black
(Poetry)
2-09-2005
by olawale
black was found
down in the ground
black is crushed
black is burned
and our life it runs
white, brown and black
all we run on black
and it quelled not our hunger
even the pangs stronger
so we dug further
into the ground deeper
it got...
Dark and Lovely
(Poetry)
4-06-2004
by olawale
Dark and lovely
So goes the refrain
Of a beer ad.
Aren't you queer?
A beer and a face!
Hear me out,
I meant the richness and goodness
That can be found therein
Fortified with strength and vitality.
There you go again
Refrains...
Drum Beats of Hope
(Poetry)
6-08-2005
by olawale
A broken vessel
Into pieces it’s shattered
We laugh and wail
We dance and mourn
Hoarse we beat the drum
Drums of our agony
Drums of our frustration
Drums of discordant alienation
Sweat and blood we’ve shattered
Toil and agony of our...
feelings
(Poetry)
24-08-2005
by olawale
Its laughter ringing?
just my phone beeping
my heartbeat ticking
as velvet voices swishes
voices with soul and passion
much passion i lose caution
laying up my siege in velvet bricks
bricks mending my senses
my heart just stopped beating...
First love
(Poetry)
9-10-2007
by olawale
music that plays
hear what it says
it talks about days
days of my first love
about grace
music that flowed
through uncold hearts
music of hope
when i first loved
and dawn thrilled
wake in me
fresh love
first love
new love...
fly
(Poetry)
1-02-2005
by olawale
like i wanna fly
flap my wings and soar
rise to heights not near
soar high in the sky
like i wanna view from afar
perch on mountaintop high
chr r r r r ch r r r a bird cry
such music from the sky
break free from inertia
uninhibited i...
National Youth Service Corps
(Poetry)
18-06-2004
by olawale
A call rings out through the land
loud, shrill and clear.
To all the youths of the land
Trained in her institutions of higher learning.
A call to the service of the fatherland.
It excites their movement;
Over plains, rivers, hills,...
success
(Poetry)
16-04-2004
by olawale
success, failure
everyday decisions
things we do
things we do not
things we ought to do
things we ought not do
makes our
success, failure
Swashed Feelings
(Poetry)
15-11-2005
by olawale
its laughter ringing?
just my phone beeping
my heartbeat ticking
as velvet voices swishes
voices with soul and passion
much passion I lose caution
laying up my siege in velvet bricks
bricks mending my senses
my heart just stopped beating...
The full moon
(Poetry)
3-02-2005
by olawale
Ever been
under
a moon
so full
makes me to
wonder
and ponder
who rules
what tools
got a cue
see as it throws
the shadows
and it glows
'ven in the meadows
don't be no fool
think through
be true
to whom
praise is due
see the...
The Smell of Home
(Poetry)
27-07-2004
by olawale
This is not the smell of home
This one that wafts into my nostrils
And into my senses
Definitely is not the smell of home.
It is the smell of a strange land
The smell of home long gone from my nostrils
But remains in my senses
And home is...
white is dark?
(Poetry)
3-02-2005
by olawale
What are you?
White blanketing sheet
Here why are you?
To challenge the light?
Obscure our vision with white?
To negate the dawn?
White you are!
Why obstruct light?
Night is gone
Dark has lifted
Morning comes with vision
But white...
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