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KNOW YOUR FRIENDS

Some friends send messages of care in daylightBut tend to bend their actions into a biteWhich lends its root to your failure or death IIPotatoes are like tomatoes…but grow not well togetherPeppers are as edible as beans…but grow not well togetherSalt is sweet but can act like poison to kill plantsEvery plant has its affable […]

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WHAT I LOST

Our last point of call was the bar Which scrapped many a scar And relieved us from stress Borne out of work duress Through jokes and stories Listening to ladies’ sorries …as they tripped and balanced their heels Now the bars are closed and so have our socialization …planting depression told by even our expressions […]

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SEE ME

See me See me in the rising sun …as pleasant rays to bless your days Please look …look to see …see me II See me See me as the purest droplets of every rain Which falls as tool to cool the wool – …the wool of your anger Just look …look keenly …keenly to see […]

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THE FEE OF MY SILENCE

I’d rather you suffer in my silence …which shuts your door with doubts …and still opens your windows of hope Because I know you’ll split us into you and I …and put us in a ring of animosity …no matter the sound which walks the red carpet of my mouth So please read the pleas […]

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THE FIRE STATION

He says he has an active fire station …one where fire engines of pleasure are kept He says he has a vibrant fire station …one where vehicles of tickles are stored He says he has a yummy fire station …its working hoses posed to show doses of loses …of champions But the cantankerous Abena Freda […]

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MANEEZHAY’S SWAN

Around a table of seven souls …seven spirits with seven bodies Craft Beer Market’s belly hosts …awesomeness in utter beauty Laughter and happiness …friendships and love Life is living under the Maple lamp II An evening of knowing An evening of beauty An evening of culture …shaping our structure 7pm smiles chiming a 9pm stop […]

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DEAR RAEESA

Storms form in sunny morns …to break norms and act worms on our prized lands But know they always end up inside our lands …dying to fertilize them to help grow our crops of growth So never stop to bow to cops of challenges My dear Raeesa II As we are humans We have our […]

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THE OFTEN UNNOTICED BLESSING

A great friend is like a clean river In days of drought A good friend is like the most delicious meal In days of hunger A good friend is like rain When you, like the earth, scatter in dust, They fall to piece you together II A good friend is like thunder Giving shortest light […]

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LIFE

NOT NEGLIGIBLE (TANKA)

I Free flowing urine In storing tanks of seen beings Really give pleasure It’s little drops of urine Which burn and cause eyes to tear II One would think they are Insignificant, but no They are those who cause burning Sensations, they do. Burning sensations known for Its inter-external tears (This poem talks about the […]