JOSEPH C OGBONNA

 

 

The Wintry Woodlands

 

The snow-white plains give

The heavenly appeal!

It’s a dreamland where angels tread upon.

It is immaculate white and frosty!

It is the idyllic plains of Santa and his reindeer driven sleigh.

The flatlands of Rudolph’s nasal lamp’s myth and adventure.

Where Christmas cedars are ebullient enough for their adornment

With dazzling lights and colourful ornaments.

It is the ice skater’s paradise, where skaters glide on ice, using blades

Attached to winter boots.

They showcase astounding skill and grace on frozen ponds.

The wintry tablelands where foxes call

And beckon for a nocturnal oestrus cycle.

The wintry woodlands of the dormant deciduous trees

That have been seductively unclad by the alluring elements of winter.

The freezing woodlands where robins give a brilliant choral rendition,

And the Owls with their piercing screams, whistle and coo all night long.

 

Cessation Of Hostilities

 

I see clouds of hope in tranquil skies

Punctured by fighter birds and explosive arrows.

They are suspended above Canaan and Persian heights.

Right beneath on their tumultuous landscapes,

They overlook torn bodies ripped apart

By torrential and rocket propelled projectiles.

But they crave to silence the wailings of Rachel

Who weeps loudly over her slain promise.

But with the erosion of time, the serene skies remain,

Whilst the turbulence of the plains age and fizzle away.

They will be interred in the ashes of the Judean and Aryan past,

When Esther will once more please Xerxes

In the rebirth of a greater and regional Purim.

Then Cyrus will reconstruct, as Zion makes amends.

 

JOSEPH C OGBONNA

 

JOSEPH C OGBONNA is a widely published poet. Some of his works have been published by Spillwords Press, Micromance Magazine, All your Poems, All Your Stories, North Of Oxford, Waxpoetry Magazine, Orenaug Journal and in online blogs. He also has two self-published volumes to his credit. He is an Amazon International Best-Selling Co-author. He had also been aired by the BBC Radio 3 for a historic documentary. He lives in Enugu, Nigeria.