Incense for the Healing Mind and other poetry

8/20/2019 Incense for the Healing Mind and other poetry

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Things Peculiar about Me


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I believe in war for the sake of peace

As I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees

And that every mind, in time, acheives

I want to realise my wildest dreams

And to swim these seas and climb these treesI want good tomorrows for me

From time to time I want a good read

I want her to say it’s you I need!", and indeed

These are the things peculiar about me

I want to, unleash the beast and, sprout wings

I want the perfect song to the perfect beat

I want to know better loves kissAnd a life which holds more bliss

And to be rid of passions disease

I want to one day be crowned king

I want to dance I want to sing

I want a family of my own to lead, and indeed


I wish I could taste the loss in sin

I want to know I was born to win

#et I want to live life and to feel

#et I want some rest and to heal

$ishing fate gave better cards to deal

$ishing in all for something surreal

I wish fate and I would agree

I wish my limits would set me freeAnd I hoped we were like! %ut now I see



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TruthStanding the test of time

It is the part words can’t describe

The truth, they say, will set you free

I only pray the world be true to me

I fare well knowing the truth on war

Every moral from the victorys' folklore

I take counsel I can say better for granted

To call lairs clever is truly madness

The wisest never argueThis implies each side speaks some truth

But the largest portion belongs to whom?

Unarguably me and not you

The king is always honest

But answers to none

And to the best of my knowledgeDead is the chosen one

Truth is keen to cleanse the mind

The sting in a friend’s joke

It is what makes me wonder why

These lies so often take hold

It is good to be wise

And wise to be good

Real eyes realize real lies

And all that much is true


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Truth is all I have to say

The key unlocking fate

The tree bearing fruits of grace

Good seed longing a place

It’s the sermon to preach

It’s the lesson to teach

Hidden like a drop in the sea

To counter worldly philosophy

You are scared to learn as you fear the truth

But if only you knewTruth resides in a perfect conscience

All else is truly perfect nonsense

Truth is a guide for life

Pray we all don’t live a lie

For Truth promises more than wealth

If only humans were true to self

The Truth of lies is void

Cursed is he with lies doth join

The full truth is a lighted candle

Half-truths for destruction are truly ample

A man may dream; No lie

The flesh is weak: No lie

The restless soul is searching: No lie

The truth will embolden: No lie

Promising to unveil the eyes


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Truth gives sight to the blind

A precious flower amidst the weeds

Truth, is the air I long to breathe

In its simplicity truth is concealedSeek it and it is revealed

Light in the abyss of darkness

But some questions must remain unanswered

While deceitful, truth is drawn from people

Truth in a babies cry

It stems from a fine Kings strideAnd generous in a ladies eyes

Coming in varied styles

Truth translates in wisdom or wiles

Truth revealed Truth unknown

Truth that’s seen Truth that’s spoken

Truth concealed, truth in the open

Truth that’s real, truth hoped for

Truth that heals, truth that harbors

Truth for me, truth for us all

Truth sacrificed at the altar of fear or favor

Comes round to poison our neighbor

What is truth but honesty’s mother?

Let’s be true to one another

Truth is the third side to every story

A doctrine to be kept holy


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Pure and golden distilled seven times

Such is truth devoid of all lies

A tool to discard all illusions

Prophets message from the futureThe truth is clear in its mission

Its reverse isn’t lies but confusion

A lie is a lie and a dissenter

Truth is light declined to enter

But better you both together

To you blinded and blind forever

No secrets exist; only facts we neglect

No lies but what we choose to hear

Nothing new under the sun

Nothing dearer than truthful words

Half of all theses are true with paradoxAll independent of “ifs or buts”

I find in the worthy pages

A Saint within the sages

What a bachelor sees from the ground

The elderly cannot from a treetop

What good is it being honest now?

Every lie will dig deep a rut

My smiles won't make your opinion candid

The insightful words are one half magic

My words of truth do a world of good


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Nice or not let the facts be known


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Truth is the sweetest honey

For some others, a bitter tonic

Some truth hurts and some lies heal

My only wish is that I die real

Evil is a liar more than a thief

Knowledge not ignorance does give bliss

For truth is treasure in Jars of Clay

May the truthful lead the way

• T.R.U.T.H., I say, is an acronym unto many!• To Realize Undiscovered Things Happen

• The Reality Uncovered To Hearing

• Total Respect Unto Timeless Hallows

• Theology’s Resolve Unveiling the Heavens

• Tenet Reasons Unbelievers Take Heed


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$ar


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Peace is not always promisedAnd hate destroys the hater

&ow does one survive daily warring' To abide in wisdom is safer

%oth generals have their reasons %oth tactics are peace through pieces

And on the (elds, plains and sea The ra)ed lands are plain to see

The practice for those without sightAnd those who are willingly deaf

$ar doesn’t determine who is right

$ar determines who is left

%efore my eyes one man falls *ust for two to pick his guns

If not for principles what shall we (ght for'If this life is mine help me die + ord

Tis’ not the best wall built or the strongest shield

Tis’ not the scathes which kills and fear instills%eing strong in will and slow to yieldIs not enough without wits and )eal

The dying soldier in my armsifts her head to watch glory return

I burned the white -ag and am now a warrior The .uestion is/ At the end who will be sorrier

Take wounds if at all for peace not for warFor this is the power of love0

$hat kills in tens of thousands' This is the love of power

I 1oked to their general over what ought to be done


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If someday we had a war and no one did comeFight for peace is our perfect pact

%eginners used eagerness, I used tact

The patriarch of warfare called the machine gun

Taught me to end the tales long begun+ne must (ght for what one wants

In order not to cry for things once lost They are right because they are powerful

I am powerful because I am right There is ever a war on truth

And the minds have been called to (ght

All is fear in love and war2ow all I love, I love the more

ove doesn’t live here or even visit I am a soldier till the war is (nished

$ar is birthed in envy and hatredet the power of love be a main stead

For war across and within nations

3annot survive without participation

I am not counting on you backing down4o blood must spill on this battle ground

4o to have peace, be ready for war This is survival secret and humanity’s law

My only weakness was lack of strength

Their only -aw was lack of e5cellence4he was in range, so was I Through her rage she was ampli(ed

Adhere to me but beware of him2ot taking victory is my only sin

6esist or you’ll be deceased", I insist


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Forsake this war for the peace released

%etween the vengeful and envious I saw A peculiar trial which broke into war

Principles sacri(ced at the altar of self7interest

3ause the war of moral illness


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It is the mother who bore only sonsIt is the sage who will sit at the right to 8od

It is the anointed 1udiciary of law These are they deciding before the war begun

ife is a war fought on the battle(eld of days$e are twice armed when we (ght with faith

et contentment be an ongoing battleAnd progress of any measure is ample


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Time

#esterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery Take hold of Time and proclaim a victory

Today is a gift that’s why it’s called the presentA person of all Times is called a legend #et in solitude the clock hands move slowly

The hourglass 9sand is patiently falling Time for a blink can never be bought

I take time o: then back to work #et times forget timeless lawsAnd I pray better times to comeMetal to rust and Man to dust

4ome aws partial and this life un1ust Time is cruel to all of us

;5perience is the teacher in lifePreparing us for the test of Time

I live my life that’s a Timeless practice$ho can foretell an untimely passing'

For Time is but a Tick and a Tock$hat eases hard Times is but love

#esterday is a memory, tomorrow is for treasuring The years keep coming but tomorrow isn’t

promised6on’t ga)e the future or reminisce the past

The present, I say, is all you haveFrom time to time I hope you see

4ome investment in time for you and me

Procrastination is yet opportunities graveTomorrow, tomorrow", takes work from today

And we are hurried, worried and lateIs that why it’s called the human race'

Few things everlasting come in an instant Time wasters are the greatest sinners

2ever make time for sorrow


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for our end is closer each morrow Time is ever short lest applied well

That’s the secret Time will never tell Tick the past and talk the morrow

To 1ubilate returns years of age borrowed

Procrastinators will always unite tomorrow Time brought me either hope or sorrow

$ork and play may kill Time Through night and day Time kills menI am slow to undermine lack of e5perience Times unforgotten are a mental weakness

I don’t count the days, I make the days count The sage welcomes his future with open armset not your life be measured in mere milage%less all who 1ourney the narrow and straight

Fate itself will yet asks these$hy wait'"6ark then sun to switch with night

ife goes on I 1ust forget why


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AuthorsAuthors’ pages bear fruit of re-ection

4olemn books and books for leisure

My mind is the beast to be harnessedAnd the forest for the harvest

#ou are impressed< I am content

$isdom then brings a thought une5pressed

Poets are tend to daydream all day

That silent someone with a lot to say

$ritten arts interpret the world

+r imbed a lesson preached

$isdoms key can unlock the door

4o the Author in you is free To touch each plane of the mind

4piritual, Artistic, 3arnal and 4cience

4omeone preach no7one battles alone

$ith stan)as deep enough to bathe a soul

$ords within the line a times rhyme

The verses themselves are wise

Me and my mega mind

Play a game of me versus I

And a little alliteration

The pen is mightier than the sword6ay by day I’ll write some more

Masterwork or &orrid bore

%ook enchanter or 4ti-ed banter

Page turner or dreary yawner

I only pray my work the former

Poet by night and playwright come morning

Playwright or poet 1ust state It’s lovely"

et every piece be a signature one

4o say Amateur" or $ell done" #ou may 1oin the Authors this world is one

%attles which make the $ar%elieving making me a victim makes you a victor$e found trouble because we were bored


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#ou substituting love for force The need for a hierarchy causing discord=engefulness does .uake my coreAuthorities ignore the oaths they swore #ou seeing helping the needy as a choreMe not having empathy like before These are the battles which make the war

Me wanting to take the place of the adoredForce being the only licence to e5ploreMe not realising what I preach for2ot considering principles before taking moreAll wanting to separate you from what’s yours #ou keeping us unsure of who makes us mourn The abyss of mediocrity slows all to a crawl #ou not respecting the hierarchy of laws These are the battles which make the war


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3rucial >uotes from the Truthful The facts and my beliefs have much that’s mutual The harmful must be destroyed before the neutral

Truth is any word which proves wholly fruitful&onesty is a discipline which keeps the mind youthful

3onverting and comforting words still wage a duel$isdom and wiles insist the truth is dual The dissention from half7truths is too cruel Truth is a total tool used to ruleike pearls before swine is the truth to fools These are crucial .uotes from the truthful

I have unravelled truths in my doodles+nly the cream of truths escaped 8oogle The truth seeks 1ustice not approval6o not scorn the truth be it usual

The truth is the useful and a needed fuel To love the truth is nothing frugal #ou seek truth only when there’s naught to loseI use the truth to wit and to woo%eing a 1ewel I knew the truth too soon These are crucial .uotes from the truthful


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Faces of &eartbreak

#ou unable to sustain most topics raised

2ot looking past the thrill of the chase

#our se57cra)e causing this endless train

?sing infatuation to temper the brain The fear of loneliness serving as a bond of pain

?sing their opinions as romance’s base

#ou ever loving me from far away

#ou forgetting I need ample space

#our priding yourself as a siren untamed

#ou waiting till it became too late

#ou not appreciating how heavily my -uids are laced

My cries of +h, not again"

These are the faces of heartbreak

+ne spurring the other to an endless wait

3onverting a 1ourney to a vicious race

%roken promises of things not being the same

#our heart being something of a tenant’s pay

8iving to each other the ords praise

#our envy’s bait making me feels unsafe

#ou not wanting me to be better than okay

Me wanting you to adapt to my ways #our disloyal ways led you to not meet my ga)e

%eing unwise you thought too highly of fame

#ou did err but wouldn’t rest the case

Me seeing you un(t for the rest of my days

These are the faces of heartbreak


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If

If you stay, stay forever

If you must leave, leave today

If you love, let it be unhindered

If you roused to hatred let it bay

If you change, change for the better

If you speak, mean what you say

In actions be wise and ever clever

%ut do not have ways of shame

And do not neglect to ever

Tell 1ustice of delay

May you live as you want

And never want as you live

And your gold (ll vast stores

$hile being separate from thieves

$ish you strong will not easily bent

$hile trespass will not bring short end

That (re and ice stay far from your heart

And wisdom like the stars guide your path

et not your kin have lost worth

;5tending to laymen and above all

6o not confuse religion with the ord


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ove

@eal love leaves no unwilling victims

@eal love ever easily listens

@eal love is nothing panicked or dramatic

My love is lasting but not automatic

My love is personal not autocratic

+ne part anity two parts magicIt’s almost like a door which could be opened

In this loving place I am named unbroken

To have a base of trust is a must

ove debates the all for one and one for all

My love doesn’t seek (rst to complement

@eal love will only bring out your best


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+4T

I am lost on the path to finding myself

I went through fire and arrived at hellThe moral compass led me yet I wander

Numbers without abundance make one wonder

Home is not a place but a feeling

I possess not the stamina within

I played it all or nothing; twas all for nothing

My dreams haunt me twice as often

Calculative measures become mistakes in turn

It is hopeless in every way but one

There’s an eternity upon me

And one is bold or forgotten

It was never a race but an open cage

Burnt by sunrays and beaten by rain

Four steps forward then five steps back

Home is anywhere I lay my hat

Cowardice is patience out of place

Addicted to sadness of way leading to way

I am not comforted by words you sayToo costly is the fare I pay

I am accustomed to new places

I will not run in these rigged races

There’s an eternity upon me


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And one is bold or forgotten


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She said, “Why don’t we get lost tonight?”

I damn the day I sought a truer life

My life everything but beautiful

Does joy first reside in the fool?

Three parts a maze and two parts a phase

Instinctive but uplifting is the craze

Questions unanswered fed the darkness

Warmth departed and I am broken-hearted

Who would opt for an existence unending?

Revelation of me being lost only half a blessingI couldn’t close the door on the open road

I couldn’t do more to save my soul

She is lost and he is lonely

Where is the joy that this world owes me?

Lost in coldness; Beaten past boldness

I sing, and must sing, of solace


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overs Today, you make my reality surpass my dreams

4o share your smile with no one but meI’ve got the keys to your heart I am a resident

And you can have my child as evidence

I know I’m not that funny;veryone else says I’m a little stupid

%ut, damn, your se5 really does it for mePlus without me with you are a little foolish

If the intentions in my heart are good Then know you are the one I want to give it to

I reali)e before it was too soon2o more shooting stars, I have the moon

B, C it’s real love D, E you are part of me, G I’ll spend the night H, IJm talking forever

K, L you are mine that’s why I’m inspired

@eal love makes the world go round #ou are my bride< you are my crown

$e know people will say what they want *ust you know our hearts will beat as one

The way you look at me with sparkle in your eyes$hen IJm with you how time -ies

Atimes laughing, oft smiling when you are hereI let go of an5ieties and fears

In my weakness and distress be my stayIn life’s harsh eminence love leads the way

4oon your loving will restoreife to what seemed dead before


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Perhaps one would need more than will To make the heart be still

I’ll talk to you in that loving voiceAnd make your drooping soul re1oice

#ou never did cra)y things to get a rise out of me;mbracing my humanity was my only fee

#ou’ve never been cold on the inside;ven from your tone there’s an invite

I’ll miss you when you are gone and IJm on my own&ow will I cope, moping by the phone' *ust kiss me now and mean it like I do

4o I’ll know you love me the way I love you


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%onds of Pain Thinking imagination couldn’t blunt bonds of pain

Thinking scriptures described the perfect way

&oping that there would be care in your love games

Assuming humans didn’t spring from apes

&oping the romance was worth the wait

Assuming with patience in decisiveness I wouldn’t end up late

8uessing with your promise I would end up safe

8uessing that there were no virtues of a .uick lay

These are the mistakes made along the way

Thinking the righteous weren’t entitled to hate

Thinking you didn’t deserve to live in rage

Thinking being well rounded would aid the race

2ot realising that I had been living in an open cage&oping more than oldness came with age

Thinking fate would guide speed without haste

8uessing that mi5ing some in1ustice in wouldn’t pay

Assuming divine favour was aliated with those who pray

Assuming that the ade.uate lie wasn’t It’s okay"

These are the mistakes made along the way


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@adius of @elevance6id being supra7ornately gifted make redemption my right

%ecause the radius of 8ods gifts stem from the wise'I began in an oasis without truth or lies

%ut my being sheltered was more evil than kind The radius of my mind brings the signi(cant highs

My signi(cant pri)e is beyond the radius of sight4igni(cant actions seldom depart from the radius of the right

I place signi(cance on enhancing my life The @adius of 4igni(cance is me, myself and I

And in my modesty I am wise

Me, Myself and II started at the end so where do I begin

Maybe I'm heaven sent, I'm born to win

I'm a real nigger all day and tomorrow

I don’t know of fairytales I only know of horrorI never took counsel from those who need it

Not one to be called defeated

Never wanted to bicker or gossipOr consider chatting a hobby

Never liked spelling mediocre with me

Not one to care who wins prom queenOr fancies trashy magaines

Or practice the !sit and hope"

#ver there to get up and $oI’m scared of myself because I’m scared of you

I'm scared to learn because I fear the truth Not one substituting force for love

Not one seeing only closed doorsOr living without a cause


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endrick amar is egend

I'll excel at knowing you very well

It’s a while since being under your spell

We’ve been through the same type of hell!

What was forged wherein Only time will tell

We must live in a world of plan B’s

Because plan A has fewer rewards to reap

Plan C it seems wont suit me

You either shout or say please

Who damns me for being in-between?

With whom should I speak and who shall kiss my feetAnd damned are ye who are in-between!

See, I know the rhythm of your heart.beat

In a heartbeat we’ll be living life

In a heartbeat love will decide

In a heartbeat we’ll escape this hell

In a heartbeat I learnt to love myself

You are getting to know me very well

Sharing philosophy is my note to self

Your enigma is a heavy shell

I can’t bear another fade out farewell!

This world comes with a plan B

Plan A brings sleep but has climbing steep

Plan C can be beat but promised no ease

Every plan brims with bad philosophy

Money talks and time will tell

Both say to steer clear of hell


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I am curious about the pain I felt

Do fate and justice even know themselves?

We should plan about how to help

But the wise as well act in stealth

There was just grief from bonds of pain

But I have prayed the joy back in place

And I find solace simple dreams

The Open Mind is like the crown to a king

You have plans to be redeemed

So planning with you is fine by me

It’s time I got to know you very well

It’s me, you; you, me and none else

We small talk and I hear wedding bells

But I’m not one that has dreams to sell

You live in a world which loves a plan BBecause the joy from plan A ever recedes

And plan C is the other side of that coin

But the personal path is the least void

Lamar knows glory is too affiliated with death

Kendrick can only regress to aggravated threats

Each plan demands blind belief

And.more so. for those peculiar to me

Yet all these plans hardly need. a team

And indeed, will you bear my seed?

I plan with you because the flesh is weak


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Interlude

8iving a deeper perspective into by e5plainingevery means I consciously employ in poetry writingcould be a simple task0 I en1oy writing poems and

stories/ but right now we will focus on the former/Poetry writing0

%ecause this presumably re.uires more raw talentfor the average person and because addededucation is always a plus am including this section0I strongly recommend this for determined, would7bepoets0

This is a uni.ue editorial which covers more or less

what the other books didn’t0 My secret is neverpurchasing beforehand a poetry7writing book orattending a poetry writing class0

I started writing poems because there were a lot ofthoughts in my head which wouldn’t rest0 I keptthese thoughts in a 1ournal and learned to perfectthe application in poetry (rst then lyrics andphilosophical te5ts at either end0

As a CL year old would be ;ngineer, I have only an+ level foundation in ;nglish as a (rst anguage butno foundation in ;nglish literature as a sub1ect< notwithstanding it is .uite comprehensive0 And for themost part en1oy the thrilling section on

&ow to write poetry

by +layiwola %0 A1ayi

4tart with a .uote

To begin, you may or may not choose a theme forthe .uotes you are going to write0 This is especiallyuseful info for poems with a vast theme such as Time or Truth0 6onJt worry about rhyming initially0


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>uote style writing helps to add meaning0 ;5aminemy e5cerpt

2othing everlasting ever came in an instant

$hat are time wasters but the greatest sinners'


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6espite what it seems these two .uotes, in thecouplet, aren’t intentionally related they arecentral on the topic so the relation is inevitable0 Ialso add that the rhyme for the (rst .uote in thecouplet came much later on in the process ofcomposing the poem, so go with your -ow0

$hen you have enough .uotes, you will have todecide between E types of poem0

>uick 4tart C7 ;5ecutive line/ This uses a noun

phrase to sum up the theme of the poem0 And will

serve as the e5ecutive line which will end each

stan)a0

>uick start D7 The blueprint/ &ere one chooses a

one or two word title to create a poem under such

as/ Truth, Passion, $ar, or @eligion0 And these one

word titles are e5pected to describe the title in its

entirety0

Although if say you (nd that all your .uotes

centre on an aspect of one of these themes7

instead of the entirety of the theme7 then an

ad1ective is introduced to indicate this7 such as

petty wars, conventional war or even pyrrhic wars0

>uick start E/ This encompasses the other types of

poem which don’t have the primary characteristicsof the other tactics7 but are still e:ective0


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4ome of my .uotes are sentences with their ownrhyme such as/

I will let your love restoreife to what seemeddead before

Many a time these legs brake From taking leaps of faith

I like to call this type of rhyming 4ingle @hyming0 Itis di:erent from en1ambment as a rhyme of the

main clause with the subordinate clause isnecessary to .ualify0


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There are blank verses which could contain contentfor poems, which have a standard, despite anyminor setback in the rhyming part of things0

In an ideal world, where the ne5t .uote rhymes with

the one which came before it, any unrhymed .uoteswould be used to title the poem0

First you start with a .uote which popped in yourhead

+r a clichN you spied o: the net

Then you may harness the brains inside

To (nd a match for which it rhymes

$hat’s your Title'

There are many ways to name a poem and here iswhere you are careful as well as 1oyful0 In the caseof a multi7worded title, on a vast themed poemsuch as war you can have many ideas as to whatthe title should be0 $rite down these ideas as theycome many a time the phrase is what poems are

made of0

+ne could easily write a poem on +ppression titled%ack to the wall"0 2ow with a minor alteration thattitle can be incorporated into the poem 7especially if bulk is lacking i0e0 My back is ever to the wall"0 Theonly thing left is to (nd a rhyme for it0

That is the advantage< there could be as many

potential title7phrases as lines which need to bewritten0 4o it helps when in a pinch to think of atitle, then another title, for your poem then usethese as part of the bulk0 This is also a great tool inweeding your poem and stopping yourself fromgoing o: topic0 0


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If at some point you discover that the title for thepoem you wish to write is a noun clause such as/&armonies to my heartbeat, Tears from an old manseyes and Things peculiar to me0 And you areunaware of the format which you want to start with

it is always wise to employ noun phrases to makethe bulk of your poem0 This takes us to

>uick 4tart C/ ;5ecutive line O%ob ;kat Format

%ob ;kat is a poet who wrote a poem called Tearsfrom an old mans eyes" and in this poem, thesentence/ These are the Tears from an old manseyes" was used to end each stan)a of the poem0 &e

developed a single poem with this format0 I adaptedthis concept and used it in various poems thereafter0

Tears are nouns< plural nouns so what ideally comesimmediately before the e5ecutive line are nounphrases which talk about something negative0 It isalso a plus if you can make these phrases Qwhichare the bulk of the poemR rhyme0

C2ame the poem 9 with a noun clause i0e0 ThingsPeculiar to me

D?se noun phrases to make up the bulk ofstan)as Oideally D7 stan)as

EFor the e5ecutiveS(nal line of each stan)a, addThese are the" behind it, or something parallel,and use this to (nish each stan)a i0e0 These arethe things peculiar to me

Adapt the previous, general steps to the speci(cpoem


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I use this 1uncture to remind us of the importance ofmaking the poem appropriate by following thetheme i0e0 A Things peculiar to me" poem can beused to address oddities which are adverse but notso adverse as to cause Tears from an old Mans

eyes"

These are the forces in economics, These are the

harmonies to my heart beat, and so on are more

e5amples0 6onJt be shy when using this trick0 It

solves many problems of formatting and titling0 At

times can then insert the .uotes you have initially to

(ll in the blanks

Alternatives to the ;5ecutive line beginning couldcome as/

I am lost on the path to (nding myself

+h! The logic in economics

The other advantage of this tactic is that it permits

the poet to be more obvious than in using0


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>uick start D/ The blueprint

In a poem on time, truth or sermons, there will bemany types of .uote which will need to show face in

your work0 As a poet you are to simply translate theobvious A time for rest and for work, a time to reapa time to sow, a time to learn a time to teach Qanactual teaching can be put in place of thisR, a timefor glory0000

Into something less obvious and more entertainingsuch as/ Time is ever short lest applied well, nothing

everlasting ever came in an instant, ;5perience isthe teacher preparing us for the test of time, and aperson of all times is called a legend0

Also commentary on corrupt times, yesterday,tomorrow, times personality, hopeful times QFromtime to time I hope you see that I desire good timesfor meR are e5pected to be present0 If it were a

poem on truth, the blueprint would be on bittertruth, the scarcity of truth0 #ou name it

4o outline the many subtopics and create .uotes foryour poem from them0

For a poem on a sermon, there will be a need tospeak on the whole of adversities in a direct butpoetic manner/ %efore hearken to repent why wait

till the dying breath" and such should be the bulk ofthe poem

If you are 3hristian something like/ #es the saviourhas shed his blood, why (nd a need to rebuke hislove" might also be a part of it0


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?se the various word forms of the theme word

The theme word in my poem on truth is in factTruth", there are many forms of this noun such as/truthful, true and truly0 4omething similar isemployed in the poem Time" as well/ Times, Timelyand Timeless are e5amples a variation of this0 Aswell as word clauses such as/ fromU Time to Time0

?sing these variations give the impression of onevisiting every area of the sub1ect being discussed asyou use every word form of the title word0 This iscan be a tool in practice .uotes0

&ave knowledge of clichNs centring on your poem

In my poem on truth I utilised a few pre7e5istingclichNs such as/ In every story, there is my side,your side and the truth shortened to/ the third sideto every storyU, the truth will set you free, andIgnorance is bliss0

These are all very di:erent clichNs, the mainpurpose of using clichNs to give your audience theimpression that you are, in fact the source of each of these clichNs as well as provide the knowledge ofthem0 %ut of course your poem must include mostlyoriginal sayings0

?se the clichNs seamlessly within your poem and it

will seem like you are a founding (gure in literature04ometimes some research may be used to gain abetter knowledge of them0 Then again, some clichNssuch as/ honesty is the best policy" or were runparallel throughout the poem0


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I must add that in the modern world of adult contentclichNs such as/ Fuck the world" and ife is abitch" are not to be e5empted from your glossary ofclichNs0 Indeed in the music album I am currentlyworking on, this is part of one of my e5emplary

verses0

ife is a bitch, guess I’m her man

4wept her of her feet, she never stood a chance

And when I fuck the world, I hope she’llunderstand0000

The fact is you can use your clichNs to form morecomple5U clichNs/

+ne spends time to pay attention and one spendsmoney to pay the attendant

They say time is money< well I’ll be leaping years

4tan)as for each poem have to be customised0

6e(ne the title

This is an e5tension of (nding the title0 #ou will also(nd it helpful and at times necessary to de(newhatever you are writing on0 ?se a creativeapproach when employing this tactic because thereare many often many potential de(nitions to the

titles under the %lueprint Approach/

+ppression/ #our laughter at my tears

%itter Truth/ The sting in the friends 1oke

$ar of spoils/ Ambition gone wrong


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Fear/ An acronym for False ;vidences Appearing@eal

Maturity/ The ability to manage your emotions

Physical 6esirability/ The right si)e, shapeliness ande5oticness of someone’s body

@easoning/ The capability of one’s wisdom andintelligence

6e(ning is easier for poems with a clear theme,orSand a single7worded title0 For more intricate titles,there are loopholes as well for the poet at work0 #ouwill have noticed that the de(nition could easilycome in a .uestion or statement form0 It shows yourunderstanding of the topic0

eep recording apparatus handy

#ou never know when some inspiration will come0Indeed and I swear at least a do)en times this year I

have heard songs in my sleep which woke me upand got me hurrying to the computer so that I maytake note of lyrics or in some cases invaluableadditions to my poems0 +ther times, at a randommoment my ne5t poem passes silently into myconsciousness0

4adly I am not always prepared, but you will have tobe0 #ou know the drill/ perhaps a notebook and pen

or a P6A or even a voice recorder0 %e ready for yourpoems0

&ave your own philosophy

It can prove fatal to wholly emulate a single poet oreven only two< there may not be enough .uality


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poems to feed your talent0 Also I doubt there isanyone who can carry the burden of entertaining mealone0 This means I have a collection of art workswhich I like and which I go through from time to time 1ust to appreciate0 +nly a few poets have up to two

poems in my private gallery0 4o I keep an open mindto inspiration from new people0

$hat you need is your own set of values0 I know the

constants in a great poem are personality and

intelligence0 These two .ualities are the constants

in a good poem0 %ut you may add more of your own

to help you keep your own identity and uni.ueness0

For me, besides personality and intelligence I aim to

also be dynamic, sophisticated and fully7e5pressed0

#our own values will be with you through harsh

critics, envious remarks or even a yawn when you

work is to be 1udged0 Also make sure you have a

place where you keep your scrap work because they

may sell as .uotes, be modi(ed and re7inserted or 1ust provide passive private entertainment for you0

$ell reader, if you are asking yourself where wisdom

is if only intelligence and personality are absolutely

necessary, know that it is wise to be dynamic,

sophisticated and fully7e5pressed0

I always imagined that the only thing that a poems

spirit is missing 7 to be e.ual to a mans7 is Instinct0

Poems cannot take on meaningg you didnJt intend to

give them0


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%e true to your own style without being complacent

The two pillars of greatness are uncomplacence anduni.ueness0 ?ntil you have these two .ualities youare not performing at your peak0 #our own

personality defects are not parallel to the -aws ofyour poetry0 %ut, wholly good poetry is a product ofa wholly good mind0

4ometimes people are meant to have books on.uotes0 +ther times some people should write blankverses0 4ome people are good at converting .uotesto rhymes0

I always imagined people with the ability to addrhythm and rhyme also being singers orinstrumentalists and people with the ability to writeverses can become poets or rappers0 @ap being anacronym for< @apidly Applied Poetry0

#ou don’t need so many formalities/ *ust know

yourself

C0 I must confess, I haven’t read the classics04ometimes all that I need for the day is a nicechildren’s book, a hit song or even 1ust to gothrough what I have composed at some othertime0

I care in writing poems so that there will be no needfor poems on that topic to e5ist afterwards0

People may work from a single interesting conceptand build a poem around it< they could use thistactic time and time again0 That won’t mean thatthe .uality will be less than someone employing adi:erent tactic0 Maybe a motto for you could be/ et


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me show myself a piece of eternity on this paper0And remember to have fun with it0

C Finding and istening to your voice/ $hencomposing, it is necessary to get your point

across .uickly0 4ometimes you have to bring inanother voice0 This tactic encompassespersoni(cation0

If you want to say that someone is cruel and hisdeath will save many from oppression you could say/Mercy e5claimed kill the man i0e0 he wasn’t onmercy’s side0

;5amine/ Faith asks $hat hope is there'"

If you are writing on oppression, this can be theonly thing that faith will say0 %ut if you are writingon The escape from +ppression"0 Then faithshould say/ $hat doesn’t kill you makes youstronger

If you are writing a blank verse on Torture, youcould say/ I longed for something as sweet as pain

Tell 1ustice of delay, Patience is weary from the waitand even/ I wish fate and I would agree are moree5amples0 @emember these voices have to be used

in relevance to the poems theme0It is a modern twist on synonyms and idols whichare too cliche or fallacious in conte5t, or non7e5istent0


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6etecting ;rrors

C0 #our vocabulary ideally should be at least thatof a promising undergraduate0 I have seen foolswho were unable to employ the use of the right

words either due to being a simpleton with aninade.uate vocabulary or being conceded inwanting to show o: how they use can usewordplay doing either/

I0 @ealising that their works re-ect themindset of a child and using a few bigwords to imply their substantialintelligence/ 3hucking a few big words in to

play the professorII0 +r utilising any wordSclichNs they can to

provide perfect nonsense such as/ Time-ies but never back to us and such

C 4o, you have a poem ready and you want to

know its value' I have here one of my e5cerpts

before modi(cation0

The budding seed trampled till bent

+utgrew the weeds which bowed its head

I feel the pain and they have smelt my blood

4ome melt in the furnace others grow doubly strong

The (rst impulse of the reader could be to assumethat this is a poem on +ppression0 $ell I am afraid itisn’t!

In fact one of the appropriate titles for this poem is/The escape from oppression" or $hat doesn’t kill


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you makes you stronger"0 4imply because it isstated that there was a victory by the budding seedoutgrowing the weeds which bowed its head0 And inline the phrase others grow doubly strong" alsoimplies a victory0

2ow if this misreading shows face in poems the.uality drops0 2othing is wrong in writing a poem onA or % 1ust tries to keep it on topic< the title youchose0 %ut if oppression was the theme in mind itcould be altered to

The budding seed trampled till bent

3ould not outgrow the weeds which bowed its head

I feel the pain and they have smelt my blood

4ome broke in the furnace others burnt then lost


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Times I think of you

$hat do I do when I’m blue

$hen I am nostalgic without a clue

+ne would think my feelings grewI get emotional because it was so soon

To reminisce I did not choose

And now since there is nothing left to lose

These are the Times I think of you

4ince the beginning you were my muse

I wonder if my memories are true$hen you give me -irty looks

I 1ust wonder if you are thinking too

I’m alone in this room deep in gloom

And when there’s enough I’d rather do

These are the Times I think of you


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Tears from an Old manseyes

Preachers neglect to condemn bribes

Provided its intake re-ects in tithes=irtue is doing the right thing (rstAnd thinking of the conse.uences later

For what one must ever detestAccepting lesser in1ustice as a favor

$hatJs unchanged' Is what &eadlines sayThe community hospitals remained un7built!"

Fat politician sentenced, but felt no guilt!"3ustomers needed no e5pNrience necessary V

W 3ivilians wonder where funds are buried V

The economy is contracting, pro(ts decline!"A scandalous 1ugement, 1ustice denied!"

The police are bribed, terrorists take lives"Tragedy and turmoil, and turmoil nationwide"

$ill you take a stand and your voice to (ght'All bad is is, shameless and, another crime

ogic mourns as hope diesAnd In1ustice not promise turns the tide

These are the tears from an +ld man’s eyes

Times forget timeless laws+ppression grips us in its 1awsaw is neglected, in1ustice is born

oves light is gone so no breaking dawn$ill we forever sit and hope'$ill the 1ust for once be bold'

Is e.uality too good to know'Is what separates us more than the velvet rope'

eaders refuse to take the leadPrompt the change we long to seeMany who were denied a voice

4peak through violence their only choice&istory will repeat itself

*oy or grief must be rebirthedet us help ourselves with a little light Things seen make sanity wonder why


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2o one, no hope for a better life$ith a deeper perspective you will (nd


The future isn’t what it used to bePray a better morrow for you and me

$ho will rise and say 2o more!"';nding dissention forevermore

@esources daily leave our borders4teadily, steadily we get poorer+ut-ows of our mineral wealth+utgrown value of federal help

;ven sel(shness now speaks of hell$ithout the individual there is no one else

$ho su:ers for these over sights'2o one to lift our great plight

2o reinvestment bleeds us dry Tragedy and turmoil worldwide


The world is a lengthy stageParts assigned by none but fate3ast of beggar, fool and sage

$ith death and time we all depart There will be a change of cast Men may take power only love takes charge

The ne5t generation takes our partsAlong with the ethics we impart

$hy personality contrasts characterIs a .uestion yet unanswered

2othing else to do but urge you to riseI’ve watched, I’ve felt, I’ve heard their lies

For 4ins of omission have birthed strifeI’ll say it again but for the last time



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Don’t WoeWinter means spring isn’t far behind

Dawn breaks just before the darkest of night

Remember memories that bring joyful sighs

Woes twin, worry, ages before we are old

Forgiveness and gratitude greater than gold

Just lay down your life and soul

And the spirit gives you hope

For woe may come and woe betides

But don’t forget to live this life

Smile, while you have teeth

To long shoes you at least have feetFor today say all is well

With faith things fix themselves

Recall that this much is true greatest say-so for joy is you

Our ups are under siege by downs

We cry a while but never frown

Life gives reason beyond reasonable doubt

Why we mustn’t droop and pout


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Biography At the point it all began

He had a pen and paper as his friends

In a situation where one could do nothing but broodIn this world he did what he could

Though he was unknown at every age

Lived on to become a poet and sage

To build more credit to his name

Oppression and woe did all to stop him

Though he was labeled and forgotten

He could later sell out at world toursAnd prided himself on poems and songs

There is a promise of more to come

With passion burning steady as the sun

I say his story has just begun


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@etribution

If there was a place for envy or vengefulness

In a heart that was pure and kind

$onder which heart would value less

$hen laid ne5t to mine

4ince the vengeful heart knows obligation

And the envious one knows neither

$onder which would be more appropriate

To those who never paid the piper

If the piper played a (ery tune

And the vengeful ones deem it good

$hile envy was blinded by attitude

$ould it a:ect its words and truth'

My heart yet remembers

And accordingly good and bad

$hile envy, being it for the lesser

Is forgotten and sad

3ould one (nd vengefulness in worthy men'

$ho possess a core of competence'

Indeed even if you operate on another level

In the vengeful there is no devil


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;nvy sees but accomplishments or con(dence

%ecause of the si)e wrong si)e crown they wear

Their anger and fear are rarely 1usti(ed

4o must kill them or slowly die

To man they may resemble one another

%ut wisdom is slow to call them brothers

And intelligence distinguished them further

$hich category then am I under'

It dawned and one now understands

;nvy’s other manifestation is arrogance

=engefulness then did say

Its core was if not fear is hate

In the truly vengeful there is no bridge

For envy punishes the wise, pretty or rich

+ne is good and the other an evil twin

I daily discover which is which

As vengeful hearts are also oft kind

$hile envious hearts ever unwise

8uess the envious heart would value less

$hen laid ne5t to mine


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Silly DevilI am a little curious about the order things

$hen silly 4atan was redeemed

@umour had that the devil could neither satisfy or forgive6id he enlighten himself 1ust to deceive'

I wore a cloak in between dullness and wits

$ithout pre1udice, I admit, I saw no tail or pointy teeth

$as all the fuss meant to be'

And could his philosophy be beat'

If I 1oined him, while you’d sow, I’d reap

I hesitate as it seems, there’s 1ust a little too much you in me

As we regaled about ideology

4atan couldn’t help but be drawn to me The multitudes must want to live in fear

The (rst time a victim second time a volunteer

Today I said with a cheeky beam

$hat’s the need to bring all deep grief'

&e replied saying with an If you please"

Those who call my name, I 1ust greet and leave

A while later, after observing things, I could not but agree"

And because I cannot sing, I chuckled a 4illy me"


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Six other things

#our audacity is a curious thing

I am not diminished by your disbelief, and indeed

%efore you call me a human being

#ou must (rst call me si5 other things

I am the entirety of the 6eeper Perspective Peers

;ver making perspectives of depth

My insight like air is dear

The truth is bold so I know not fear

I am the enticing undying lover

4oon to be the capable husband4he really loves me like a brother

%ut the se5 is one like no other

I am the self7ordained @adius of @elevance

%ut the splendour of my life only e5ist in facts

As I circumscribed my minds radius

The title @elevant" progressed to an alias

I’m a serving and hermit dervish< among many

$ho could not call this voluntary

It seems heaven would rather me not forget my sorrows

;5perience taught me not to look to the morrow

I am the religious @edeemer

;ven so life is rich as a believer

#ou need a priest< I need a hero

$itness how fast I move from )ero

I am the insightful remarkable sage

In my mind there is no speck of grey

4ince my youth I knew fought the war on truth


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And my core knows the truth on war

#our audacity is a curious thing

I am not diminished by your disbelief, and indeed

%efore you call me a human being

#ou must (rst call me si5 other things

$+;

As a line draws its catch to the boat

As a needle draws thread through clothes

Woes line draws the soul to Sheol

For a man of gloom is a man alone

When success is within our grasp

When we shake off sorrows cast

When all that crumbles is what matters

Oh my dreams are razed and shattered!

The living with me are seldom alive

Dreams are realized or ravaged with time

When hopes of a future seem no more

There is more grief in my heart and core


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4uper 4oup The year DBCD August K

I got a memoir on this date #ou see, I needed food to (ll my plate

Aromas invited me to the kitchenI didn’t decline but wandered in

Apparently that soup didn’t belong to me+ut of nowhere the enraged chef came To bapti)e my afternoon with blame

First with a .uestion then with screams All to impart/ I shouldn’t have dug in

In the hours when men think of death,I dreamt a dream of that argument

The nanny, this time, rebuked for what I had done#ou should have asked to whom it belonged"

+nce more I listened with grace Till the nanny called me namesThose nouns I can’t recall againUAgain in vain she began to scold

$ould I bear this till I was weak and old'My subconscious self 1ust wouldn’t hear it

#ou are a fool! $hooo $hoo!

Is because no one cooks for you'"2ot letting up, enough was enough Fooool +hhh Foool Foool!

2o one will ever care for you!"2ow, from the chair she was sitting$hile her ego took a vicious beating

In all truth she turned to a black 3hicken! The true form was revealed

Twas all so surrealMy subconscious self yet feared not

If she thinks she is bad I am worse! The 3hicken I had 1ust got to knows2eck commenced to stretch and grow

2eck feathers began to sideways unfoldA do)en wee black umbrellas row after row

This caricature then opened it mouth%ut I alone would yell and shout


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Fooool +hhh Foool Foool!2o one will ever care for you!"

6oubling my e:orts 1ust to frustrate%esides the licks I clapped in its face

It reared its horrid neck in rageIf you are s.ueamish please turn the pageU

To peck and pry my palm awayI tripled my wails and claps to an encore

%ut this e:ort was the reverse of applauseI looked absurd

The cra)y cock couldn’t cluck a wordIts third act was to unlock its 1aws

Its beak clasped my hand to my horror! Though it didn’t hurt at all

2ow, as my last act of boldness,

I ceased my screams and tried to hold it %etween its peckers and above its neck

I did my best to s.uee)e it to death The faded kitchen setting then disappeared

eaving only dense black air%ut tighter and stronger I strengthened my grip

4uddenly I awoke from sleep It was over but did I win'

That’s how I tackle bullies too

The moral is the golden rule/$ithout fear we are free2o 3hicken makes a mouse of me


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&o!I search for the signs, the clues, to and fro

The .uest is of the symbolism of high and lows

Is the answer up or down' To or fro'

Perhaps the knowledge is to great for me to know!

I speak of a this revelation and a revelation ho!

I re1oice I regale with my life before I turn old

My friends and music make it better tenfold

I testify that one reaps where one sows

I realise I shall once again on the streets of gold

I speak of this celebration and a celebration ho!

The seed of something calls its purpose its home

To recite with renewal its only goal

May I say what the 4pirit has said will be so

I see the humour and rhetoric it is no 1oke

I speak of this inspiration and an inspiration ho!

&o! &o! &o! is the coming of heavens gift

+ho! 6eclares an imperative

&o! Is my cry as I switch from priest to beast

+h!" these blessings never cease


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ThenI confessed my love to a lonely bitch

Then counted seconds till the end of the wait

Then realised in her heart there was no place

Then pondered who had fallen from whose grace

I freed a high priest from his social religion

Then as friends we parted ways

Then went back to a life of things being the same

Then the day came when I took a parallel place

I hailed a battle cry from mount Xion

Then played the daydreamers lonely game

Then looked down but found no way

Then recounted the times I sought his face

I laid a curse on all who did not respect standards

Then passively upgraded my gait

Then begged 1ustice to agree with fate

Then my former destiny became a by the way"

My now, I say, proved a constant failure

%ut my then it seems was getting greater2ow and then, I must reminisce

For my then never promised this

%y and by, my only prayer now

Is that my now arrives and then takes a bow


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Feelings you bring The pain that I feel, never seen in my eyes

Is hidden too well behind a disguise0

$hy do I care, what it is that you see'

I am who I am, not who you want me to be

now now emotion has no blood to bleed

Must these highs and lows be all of me'

My life can be hard but I do what I can0

And if I should cry, am I less of a man'

%ecause I feel heartache, you tell me I’m weak0

$hy can’t you o:er the comfort that i seek'

I don’t need to (5 all the problems I face<

only some sympathy and a loved one’s embrace0

$hy can’t I show it' $hy do I hide my pain'

I don’t understand it, what is there to gain'

My happy e5terior is not always real0

I wear it to hide pain that I feel0

And still I will wear it, as long as I’m here0

For showing my sadness is my only true fear


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Festus KeyamoFestus is an optimist who has seen life

&e knows the sorrows of a married life

&e stared into death but only blinked twice

&is bark was as powerful as his bite&is vigour has stood the test of time

&is hair will grey by and by

&e hopes to migrate to the land of whites

It seems this country will only dim his light

eyamo is a name packed with history

This helped naught with the phase he is entering

&e never understood the birds and the bees

%ut credit to him for rising kids of three

&e aspires to the contemporaries or entities

&e rarely cries when sadness brings its sting

+ne of the few almost too )ealous to sleep

%ecause for him life was everything but a dream

Festus hopes to write a banter free drama

About a growing up with an absent father

Fate must think a thousand years isn’t .uite long

For a man to call himself someone

$ith no life manual and enough to handle&e hasn’t yet called his principles garble


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LifeI can barely see beyond the nose on my face

%ut in the end one thing is for sure These paths all lead to the same place

And that is my future

These heathen I lectured walk all directions There are slaves to a social religion

%ut being envious their logic was slow to mention The road to hell is paved with good" intentions

If I looked aside would I fall there too'

&ell and destruction are never full

It’s true there’s a use in being goodPurity alone is still unworthy to rule

Take chances! Make advances

The abyss of mediocrity is well alive

There are either hopeful or troubled times

My demise may multiply by and by

Most weaknesses I accept as all have plights

To walk or walt) both are rightFor life is a -ower in its prime

+dd music sweeter time to timeI bide not all should walk in line

est those in front have no sightAnd the -ower wilts and dies

4ometimes the path is parched and dry4eemingly greener on other sides

$hile twisted knives and bloody liesMay guard the gates of paradise

%est be armed with open eyes and mental wiseI tour my mind as a break from life

+nly there are fate and 1ustice aligned Though I may 1ourney another day of life

+ne day I say I shall arrive

%ut worry not which path wants (ght *ust walk yours tall with a heart that is right


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Oppression$hat is oppression but laughter at my tears'

And faith asks me, $hat hope is there'" The budding seed trampled till bent

3ould not outgrow the weeds which bowed its headI feel the pain and they have smelt my blood

4ome broke in the furnace others burnt then lostMy back is ever to the wall

And I yet remember bad memories blurred

All faces hold ga)es of malice$eaned and gorged from sorrows chalice

iving in fear and lost by myself 3old times make me lose dread of hell

I know sorrow like no one else6on’t you even wish me well'

My battle scars never will fade%urnt by sunrays and beaten by rain

I say the game brought a one man lane The losses and pain, the bloodshed and rage

The hurting and hate, and upsets of fate3annot go away or ever change

All hope is ra)ed may I pray better days'$ould some ever forget what treasures are gained

If I never walked the earth again'


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Sermon4ince calm skies precede the thunderstorm

4hould we take for granted tender warmth'

%ecause his grace dost abound

Must we now disgrace &is house'

%efore hearken to repent$hy wait till the dying breath'

&e has already paid the price

Must we now buy evils lies'

From life of which you are now ashamed

$hat ful(llment did you gain'

now ye not by serving yourselves

#ou serve the dark as well'

And if money talks and time will tell

6o you think either will speak of hell'


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The social religion brings no ful(llment

&earken to the ord and earn forgiveness

Abide to my battle cry and give this life

For 8od will raise you the second time

#our eternal worth and your 1oy is drained

%ecause you engage in works not of faith

$isdom does say through me to theeet 8od use you for &is victory

%efore we escape the chains that bind us

%elieve a moment’s doubt is too great a minus

6eath&eartbreak is the most potent pain

4he cut me deep then met my ga)e

&ow many of such deaths will I bear again'

;5pectations kill the man who’s more hopeful than

And worry begs fate to understand

This death is a life unable to advance

oneliness is the embodiment of death

$ho will I utter a goodbye to in my dying breath'

And you say I’m neither lucky, worthy nor blessed

+ppression brays a heart with potential

$ith humility as key there was yet no gate to enter

@eciprocal respect is seemingly a great dissenter

6eath may be kinder than life with my soul

I am losing fear of the great unknown

And I e5emplify the ballad untold


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@obert Frost Meets ?ncomplacenceAlas this much I know< and if I didn’t things may not be so

Three roads converge from the mediocre lows< and sorry I shall nottravel both

%oth duly converge not far home< the great road alone I call my own

Three roads converge from orhom and I< I took the one untraveled by?ncomplacence, being somewhat hard to (nd, let in thee abide&ence, facing the test of greatness 4how a uni.ue amount of

uncomplacence

For if complacence and I were related you’d (nd a wholly di:erent me,or my hustle and grind being cast aside,

I would have naught besides a lesser will for life0 4o precious is time,would not be right for it to bin after try

I forged a middle path and called it mine and this combination sped my

riseFor that day three paths e.ually lay and all sub1ected to debate+h! I kept the (rst for another day! And Alas the third would have to

wait #et knowing how way leads onto way I doubted if I should ever come

back I compare my ambition to my position and was poor

I became greater and was ambitious all the more

For if complacence and I were related you’d (nd a wholly di:erent meor my hustle and grind being cast aside,

I would have naught besides a lesser will for life0 4o precious is time,would not be right for it to bin after try

iving with this deeper perspective is the ma1or fee to unlocking whoyou ought to be

%ut I shall be telling this with a sigh for some time ages and ageshence

Three roads converged from +rhom and I Took the one less travelled byAnd that has made all the di:erence

For if complacence and I were related you’d (nd a wholly di:erent me

or my hustle and grind being cast aside,I would have naught besides a lesser will for life0 4o precious is time,would not be right for it to bin after try


74/79

4tallion=aliant steed strong with graceife is a 1ourney, he’s got the pace+nly the stallion shall win the race&e knows the motto< more speed less haste

+nward con.ueror not a moment to wasteAnd I am a stallion for the rest of my days

Tiger

egendary! And the purest of breeds

%raves natures adversities with ease

#ou don’t want to waken the tiger in me

4ome say it is part god part beast

The 1ungle is its kingdom, and courage its seat

egendary! To say the least

6olphinMa1estic e5terior and noble within&er docility and humility are her only sinFor her sophistication would never try and bin+h why are rarities always battling e5tinctI watched awe7struck and unable to blinkAnd my inspiration won’t try and bin

+wl

3old calculation describes her prowl

I thought as she -ew by 1ust now

As I pondered, she sauntered, I was left asking how'

Then baYed as she twirled and took a bow

I thought +wl" too humble a noun

&ow endowed for one without crown


75/79

4phin5

It was part man some say part lyn5

As for e5tinction, they are on the brinks

At its beginnings they were named 4phin5"

In sad solitude none did (5 it chinks

It sometimes smiles and it sometimes winks

%ut no one knows 1ust what it thinks

6ragon

I recalled on his back as we went faster&is (ery answers to my sheepish banter

Perhaps not the noblest or the most handsomeI pondered if he ever pro(ted from my counsel$ho could ever compare as a hunter

The eternal dragon en1oying summer

Times from @eal ifeIn childhood I was hated for staying in the right6emons haunted in years that were dire

The years did everything but move by Today I fancy myself the lyrical messiahMy world prayed me tongue tiedMy happiest while came from my mindMy insecurities my ambitions bind

These are the times from real life


76/79

Instance for the healing mindA doctrine published when duly ripe4e5ual healing from a worthy wife4uccess ate these ventures of mine

The regressive, melodic lullabiesMy favored dishes with matured wineFaithful words from the divine

These are the Incense for the healing mind

Thor in +den&aters ask why I write poems so great and goldeneeping the hearers in the trance that I hold them

$ith the very elements awed and beholding2ot fear nor favor but fortitude as my only$ith great skill and -are not withholding

4o the 1ust with us are emboldened The fate I long since chosen

Indeed, the .uestion in the openIs why I write poems so great and golden

I reply, the one reason whyIs that in these moments, as you know them

I am a Thor in +den

Logic in Economics

Banks loan umbrellas when it is cool and sunny

But take my roof when it is hailing and stormy

Tax evasion deceits and management tricks

Customers and Producers demand my money fixed

Damn what the stock exchange thinks of my instincts

Oh! The logic in economics

“Buy this or that” she says “have your pick”

Resources on the brink and my shares sink

Private sectors creep and Public sectors skip

Demand and Supply conduct Price politics


77/79

Oh! The logic in economics

Inspiration

$hen rivers of inspiration are dry< classic topics too

clichN to write4till sanity departs the mind! In search of outlook or

insight

$ith a deeper perspective you’ll (nd/ If imagination

dies so must I

?ninspired and I had some (ghts I must bid uninspired

goodbye

I can’t describe these forests so evergreen or

the mighty 4eas and the drops within

+r the music from guitars picks and

drumsticks


78/79

Gleam Baby The lamp light here gleams on rain7washed streets

I know not if any more yonder be

%ut curiosity perhaps aids my belief

Perhaps one would need more than rain

%efore the symbolic chalk does fade

The lamp light gleams on rain7washed streets

4o shine the bright light not on me

%ut light the path to my destiny

+nly when the bright lights shine in my face

3an I know the virtues of the simple days

The lonely sage learnt to breathe

The heavens and earth were at peace and meet

And nothing ever .uite as it seems

For all one needs is a little belief

There I haplessly reminisce you and me

$here the lamplight gleams on rain washed streets

6amn the light of covetousness

6amn the light of envy

6amn the light of pride fullness

6amn the light of revelry

It is harmful as utter darkness$ith bad lights in advertising

It was not so long ago

$hen I stumbled as I roamed

I am now anointed and call true light my own

And hence the lights that stop me turned to stone


79/79

Isolation There is someone that dreams of your smile

And (nds in your presence that life is worthwhile4o when you are lonely remember it’s true

4omeone somewhere is thinking of you

I lost a lot of friends and they aren’t even dead #et the social life which I lack I dread

%ehind the -ashing lights I am a passer by4hining my light and putting it all on the line

#ou -ash some hope in my despairAs loneliness is part hope, part fear

I must pretend, I must pretend

That even solitude is my friend

2umber one is ever the loneliest number4o why must thee feel lonely any longer'

#ou are whole, it is all in you This is the bliss of solitude

onely maybe the time as it passes@ecall once more home is where your heart is

To (nd one like me is all I prayI have lived half a life from day to day

I am forever alone", same" I repliedAnd the siren will sing my song tonight

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Incense for the Healing Mind and other poetry