"Houses"-so the Wise Men tell me- "Mansions"! Mansions must be warm! Mansions cannot let the tears in, Mansions must...
Sunday, 24 September 2017
"Hope" is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson
September 24, 2017
"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
September 24, 2017
"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
September 24, 2017
"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
September 24, 2017
"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
September 24, 2017
"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
September 24, 2017
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
September 24, 2017
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 ...
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Dark Fantasy
September 20, 2017
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
September 20, 2017
... came these lines {for oluwamarc} . From where came these lines? That strike rebellious mind like Jack the ripper Whose beauty fad...
Just a Dream
September 20, 2017
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...
Friday, 15 September 2017
Only in Memories
September 15, 2017
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
September 15, 2017
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
September 15, 2017
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
September 15, 2017
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
September 15, 2017
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
September 15, 2017
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
September 15, 2017
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...
Thursday, 14 September 2017
Carrying Your Cross
September 14, 2017
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
September 14, 2017
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...
Tuesday, 12 September 2017
GRACE IN THE MORNING
September 12, 2017
GRACE IN THE MORNING Come up in the morning ... and present thyself unto me in the top of the mount – Exodus 34: 2 ...
Monday, 11 September 2017
Wait Patiently
September 11, 2017
WAIT PATIENTLY And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise – Heb 6: 15 Abraham was long tried, but he was ...
Sunday, 10 September 2017
Perfection of Suffering
September 10, 2017
Perfection of Suffering The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me – Ps 138:8 There is a Divine mystery in suffering, a ...
Saturday, 9 September 2017
Deeper
September 09, 2017
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...
Friday, 8 September 2017
Free Through Suffering
September 08, 2017
Free Through Suffering Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress – Ps 4:1 This is one of the grandest testimonies ever giv...
Thursday, 7 September 2017
God Bless My Father Land By Obi in Chinua Achebe No Longer at Ease (Page 78)
September 07, 2017
God Bless My Father's Land God bless our noble fatherland, Great land of sunshine bright, Where brave men chose the way of ...
Sunday, 3 September 2017
The Murder
September 03, 2017
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
September 03, 2017
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
September 03, 2017
Chains of Colonialism CHAINS OF COLONIALISM With hands full of weapons, they came. Marching like a legion force, With whi...
Alakowe Tale
September 03, 2017
Alakowe's Tale Alakowe's tale Beneath the Palm shade We sat, engrossed with Ayo Olopon Wasted gourds of palm wine rested beneath ...
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