Stars shine to brighten the night;From Walewale to Kokomlemle, the sky binding ties,Perfectly! despite the lies in sight;Little children enjoy games of the hour;Even the taste of lemon that is sour;Yet their parents end their insatiable desire;To avoid the shadows of the men of fire;Same night that brought forth little babies;Turns to day for theContinue reading “Starry Night”
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Poets’ Poet
Pan-Africanism, the root of his poetic journey;Sorting through life’s abundant milieu;To collect reasoning behind damning calamities;And present in a folkloric, balladic pieces;John was his name till he was fully conscious;Politically, radically and socially he conjures;Through the minds and bodies of the sojourned;To continue in the spirit of the big gems;The Singing Net; The Oath ofContinue reading “Poets’ Poet”
Osagyefo
Series of warfare and imperialistic scare Never stopped him from shooting up to the cockpitNeither did the turbulence and mistWithdraw him from penetratingThe white-looking black raped virginOf immense riches and sweetnessLabored and not favoured to towThe repentant hoe as a wholeTo the fore of freedomFreedom to institute the defunct kingdom of black originAboriginal rights blurredContinue reading “Osagyefo”
The Agony of the Cock
Driving down the hillThrough the wind at a maximum speedA cock crossed with a walk of easeHonk, honk, with disbeliefThis cock stood right in the path of deathA hit, then a squealIts family is bereavedI ruled out suicideBecause this cock was dead blind in one eye
In Between Break Ups
Breaking up and making upMatters notBut in between break upsWhere you would find heatFirst week with reliefDrifting into disbeliefThoughts, regrets, mixed feelingsScreaming through the heatStruggling to stand on your feetAlas, enough is enoughCraving to be lovedUndeserved loveThat deserves no lastThis must be lust
Ismail Akwei 