Dawn
At sun rise the
old cock crows
Radiant rays of
the golden sun glows
The early bird
catches the worm
Back to her nest
to keep warm
A smiling day
with a blue sky
Very high
singing birds fly
Melodic they
sing with a rhyme
Flap your
feathers, it’s not a crime
A new sky with a
blue ray
Golden hours of
a sunny day
A livestock
creature chew and brays
Mother duck
quacks and strays
The smoky cloud
gently moves
Little green
grasses perched by dew
Wet grasses
perched by doves
And the gentle
wind tapped and blew
Up and strong
human’s wake
A duty call;
chores they take
What a bright
dawn full of smiles
Drizzling dew
from miles
Oh no the cloud
drums!
It scared
pigeons pecking at crumbs
The happy sky
suddenly claps
What a bright morning
with rain traps
Feel the
pleasure of a new dawn
Smell the day
and breathe it down
Move your hips
and shake it off
Live your life
and make it puff.
A tale of thought
Deep cry with no
clue
Dark thoughts;
coughing
Thinking more
than a few
Seeing more of a
coffin
Braving and
bluffing
Swinging like a
dolphin
Flying plights
from the west
Thoughts worn
like a vest.
A happy tale
wrote
Having phrases
from quotes
Peaceful life of
milk and oat
Now a living
ghost
Seated and
thinking in the dark
As miseries of
life grumble and bark
Aches from
pains, a cause for scruff
Out of thoughts
is left with a huff
Though I don’t
seem to cope
With more
thoughts of a rope
Sad thoughts of
inept
In the past,
pains are kept
In a world of
much dues
Chained up with
creepy rules
Tales full of
tight shackles
Lies a bloom
made of sparkles.
Temper
Heart flamed up
like brimstone
Anger suit worn
with traces of stun
Boils up with
breaths of fire
Scattering and
yelling; rolls in mire
Her heart beats
in clock ticks
In and out it
pumps and kicks
With folded
fingers she hurts her feet
Roaring like a
lion; she grinds her teeth
Veins are stiff
with marks of folds
In combat mood,
fears no old
One can feel the
angered heart
Pained and
tensed; tears apart
Stares with
pains and shuts eyes
Rains abuses
like a game dice
A thought of
control crosses her mind
The wind of
regret taps her mild
Soft tears
quickly roll down slowly
Quietly seats
and bows solely
Rain of abuses
she begins to dry
Words from
scolding makes her cry.
Wild Rose
Dark room
without walls
Flying thoughts
without perches
Singing tongue
of a bleeding lip
Stolen kisses of
a nightingale
Broken mirror
left in piece
Shattered whole
torn apart
Wounded heart
left by the path
A loving gem
left with a hiss
Oh heavy drops
of a crying cloud
Cracked part of
a crying heart
Roofless state
of a baseless trust
Salted pains of
a bleeding wound
Falling petals
of a red rose
Injured hand of
a rose bearer
Stabbed back of
shielding friend
Betrayed love
with a busted trust
Empty smiles of
a loved one
Stolen love of a
trusted friend
Never to love or
never to trust?
Deceitful cares
of a friendly foe
Crying memories
full of webs
Withered heart
squashed and kicked
Forever stains
with dirty prints
Wild rose; a
cause of bleed.
Depression
I am more like a
kid without hobbies
An old forgotten
loner without buddies
Having days so
dark and cloudy
Hungry days with
hands so muddy
I was once every
woman’s dream
Back in the days
of a wealthy realm
My looks made
all ladies scream
Just with a
gentle rob a milky cream
I was super
attractive and blond
I was always
praised like a lord
Pretty ladies I
always fund
With ladies I
made a bound
But I spent
while others saved
I laved while
others paved
Heaved while
others craved
At my age I’m lost
and caved
Age has made me
old
Knocked without
notice and left with my gold
She left me
floating with a hand fold
Age and changes
left me cold.
PRAYERLIFE NWOSU
PRAYERLIFE NWOSU is a graduate of
Mass Communication. Her poems have been featured in various Poetry Anthologies,
Websites and Magazines which include: OPA Annual Anthology; Bridges to
Tomorrow, From Africa with love (International Human Right Anthology),
Anthology in honor of Late Professor Jerry Agada, 11th Woman Scream Anthology,
Abhyuday “The Rising” International Magazine, The Pine Cone Review Magazine;
Issue II, News Corner Media, Poemify Magazine; Issue III, Libretto Magazine;
Issue 07 & 09, 6th & 7th Chinua Achebe poetry/essay Anthology with an
award of outstanding entry, gisthub24.com, allpoetry.com, Upwrite Magazine,
Nigerian book of Miscellaneous Insults, Ghostly Ghouls and Haunted Happenings
Anthology, Voices of Africa Anthology, Voices of Revolution Anthology, The
Graveyard zine 5th Issue, Flora fiction spring 23rd edition, 13th International
Festival of the cry of a Woman: Mother Earth Anthology, 11th edition of
Otherwise Engaged Literature and Arts Journal etc. She is one of the editors of
Voices of Revolution Anthology; A Publication of the society of young Nigerian
Writers (SWNW) Imo state chapter. Currently, she is the state’s Information
Secretary of the Society of young Nigerian writers (SYNW) Imo state chapter.
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