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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 W...

Particle

"Particle" https://s15.postimg.cc/xuqshtg97/photo-1519636243899-5544aa477f70.jpghttps://s15.postimg.cc/xuqshtg97/photo-1519636243899-5544aa477f70.jpg I am that ...

The Muse

"The Muse" https://s15.postimg.cc/gdskbturv/photo-1516006747776-1be786d87e72.jpg the clouds are gathering angry dusts chase the seven hurricanes that scatter th...

Night, still

"Night, still" https://s7.postimg.cc/a03fqzpdn/photo-1502053877922-431b5e61e449.jpg Time is a breathless runner whose footfalls switch days into nights into day...

GENDER IMBALANCE: The need for Juvenile Education in Africa

'I'LL TRAIN MY BOY(S), AND LET SOCIETY TRAIN MY GIRL(S)...' https://s18.postimg.cc/971rwnycp/photo-1501869150797-9bbb64f782fd.jpg Some years ago, I eavesdropped...

MAY DAY

"May Day!" https://s18.postimg.cc/bd1jk6hqh/photo-1519669072050-a51e9a929312.jpg A day of nightmare When termites cease work To reflect on the absurdism Of dail...

THE SEED

"The Seed" https://s18.postimg.cc/sy7owjxhl/photo-1458014854819-1a40aa70211c.jpg Here was I planted and here must I bear. But if the soil turns rock Or the sun ...

EARTH IS NOT SAFE

"Earth is not Safe" https://s18.postimg.cc/g50qufw15/photo-1494854597826-36acda2f8548.jpg . . . he arms them and sends them as w(r)enching weapons into my life ...

LET ME BE

"Let me be" https://s18.postimg.cc/df03hr02x/photo-1423420634464-89006b3454a8.jpg There she goes the childless one with none to run her errands There she goes t...

KUDOSPOETRY #2 - SEASONS

"Seasons" https://s18.postimg.org/twrmsh16x/photo-1478558284440-e15abf10c81d.jpg In earth, our sires sowed and reaped their sweat in season. Now ruined — that e...

The Kudos Poetry Competition # 2

@damianjayclay and @nikisteemare proud to bring you a new poetry writing competition. The Kudos Poetry Competition has only TWO rules: We would like to apologis...

SLEEP

“Sleep” https://s18.postimg.org/6nyw6g7pl/photo-1518964392857-88332d1cf619.jpg Sleep is when we slip into… and forget who we are where we are what we have… We s...

CORRUPTION

“CORRUPTION” https://s18.postimg.org/d1equqqi1/corrupt-147974480.png -i- You are a ten-letter word a virus cast in letters of vice the flesh of a tumor scrawlin...

SUNRISE

“Sunrise” https://s18.postimg.org/539aw55a1/photo-1433477155337-9aea4e790195.jpg Calmly, the sun grows from the East hills, a tendril from a yam heap. Patiently...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAMIAN JAY CLAY.

March 29, 2018 https://s18.postimg.org/6kupk5adl/000675860310.jpg I dedicate this piece to you @damianjayclay: ”On your birthday” I’ll send you not jewels nor c...

Song of the Thief

"Song of the Thief" https://s18.postimg.org/6fgssuqu1/photo-1465838244287-96cccd978d9f.jpg If I steal my neighbour's chick they'll shout aloud my name. If I pin...

The Kudos Short Poem Competition

@damianjayclay and @nikisteem are proud to bring you a new poetry writing competition The Kudos Short Poem Competition has only three rules: >Resteem and give a...

TIME - Pt 1

“Time” https://s18.postimg.org/x0w6qwewp/clock.jpg I Time exhumes man-buried honour And ploughs up earth-buried woes Time ploughs in old heroes And tills up new...

STACH Authors of the Week, #22.

STACH is a Steem Hotspot in Port Harcourt Nigeria, West Africa. The Hub was created as a means to help young Nigerians have a place they can identify with in te...

Power Pun

"Power Pun" https://s17.postimg.org/qtwfi4v73/fantasy-3186483480.jpg source:pixabay.com Power to the powerful Power to the popular Poverty to the populace Pover...