"Houses"-so the Wise Men tell me by Emily Dickinson

"Houses"-so the Wise Men tell me- "Mansions"! Mansions must be warm! Mansions cannot let the tears in, Mansions must...

"Hope" is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson

"Hope" is the thing with feathers- That perches in the soul- And sings the tune without the words- And never stops-at all- And...

"Heaven"-is what I cannot reach! By Emily Dickinson

"Heaven"-is what I cannot reach! The Apple on the Tree- Provided it do hopeless-hang- That-"Heaven" is-to Me! The Co...

"Heaven"-is what I cannot reach! By Emily Dickinson

"Heaven"-is what I cannot reach! The Apple on the Tree- Provided it do hopeless-hang- That-"Heaven" is-to Me! The Co...

"Heaven" has different Signs-to me by Emily Dickinson

"Heaven" has different Signs-to me "Heaven" has different Signs-to me- Sometimes, I think that Noon Is but a symbol ...

Arcturus is his other name by Emily Dickinson

"Arcturus" is his other name- I'd rather call him "Star." It's very mean of Science To go and interfere! I s...

THE PERSEVERING TORTOISE AND THE PRETENTIOUS HARE

  Once a turtle, finding plenty In seclusion to bewitch, Lived a dolce far niente Kind of life within a ditch; Rivers had no charm for him...

THE AMBITIOUS FOX AND THE UNAPPROACHABLE GRAPES

A farmer built around his crop A wall, and crowned his labors By placing glass upon the top To lacerate his neighbors, Provided they at ...

Dark Fantasy

DARK FANTASY Dark Fantasy The forest is of ebony  Night is moonless and starless,  sable and silent. Air as sticky as tar Sloughs on the roa...

Came this Lines

... came these lines {for oluwamarc}  .  From where came these lines?  That strike rebellious mind like Jack the ripper Whose beauty fad...

Just a Dream

JUST A DREAM I caressed a silvered floor With my slippers of gold On a mansion mounted in the deep heart of the sea; I Imposed the day u...

Only in Memories

Only through memory  .  It was not far before long  When our stares would meet all night long Your little smiles I would see, when my li...

Light

Though I may  walk in  darkness  The light shines bright  Though am blind and cannot see The light guides me Though my problems could be...

Save Your Tears for the Next Heartbreak

Save your tears for your next heart break  .  Kolade was my first love My rainbow, oh my once true love  He came into my life not long a...

Yearn

YEARN {Soul Poet} . . Do you yearn for  someone just as I do, When he went to The Trojan war for glory. . . You must have hated Odyssey ...

If I Knew This About Love

Only if I knew what love could bring  I would have made it my everything, It would have been my whole You came to redefine the meaning o...

If I Knew This About Love

Only if I knew what love could bring  I would have made it my everything, It would have been my whole You came to redefine the meaning o...

Scent of the Rose

Blow upon my garden that the spices may flow out – Song 4:16 Some of the spices mentioned in this chapter are quite suggestive. T...

Carrying Your Cross

Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me – Mark 8:34 The cross which my Lord bids me take u...

Carrying Your Cross

Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me – Mark 8:34 The cross which my Lord bids m...

GRACE IN THE MORNING

GRACE IN THE MORNING          Come up in the morning ... and present thyself unto me in the top of the mount – Exodus 34: 2 ...

Wait Patiently

WAIT PATIENTLY And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise – Heb 6: 15 Abraham was long tried, but he was ...

Books

Perfection of Suffering

Perfection of Suffering The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me – Ps 138:8 There is a Divine mystery in suffering, a ...

Deeper

DEEPER Not much earth – Matt 13:5 Shallow! It would seem from the teaching of this parable that we have something to do with the soil. The f...

Free Through Suffering

Free Through Suffering Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress – Ps 4:1 This is one of the grandest testimonies ever giv...

God Bless My Father Land By Obi in Chinua Achebe No Longer at Ease (Page 78)

God Bless My Father's Land God bless our noble fatherland, Great land of sunshine bright,  Where brave men chose the way of ...

The Murder

The Murder Her lifeless body lay in the cold Like a fallen tree Her soul by now must have crossed the great river Perhaps...

Hope for the Poor

Hope of the Poor       Oh! Poverty, why have you made  My home your dwelling place, Father's hard work is reduced to ...

Chains of Colonialism

Chains of Colonialism CHAINS OF COLONIALISM With hands full of weapons, they came. Marching like a legion force, With whi...

Alakowe Tale

Alakowe's Tale Alakowe's tale Beneath the Palm shade We sat, engrossed with Ayo Olopon Wasted gourds of palm wine rested beneath ...