Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / NewStats: 3,154,472 members, 7,823,099 topics. Date: Friday, 10 May 2024 at 12:34 AM |
Nairaland Forum / Entertainment / Literature / My Val, My Tonic (A Special Valentine Poetry Collection) (265 Views)
The Haunting Beauty Of Godspower Oshodin’s Poetry Collection / Love Nwantịntị —A Special Valentine Poetry Collection / "Captain Jack": A Val Story Written By John Mfon (2) (3) (4)
(1) (Reply)
My Val, My Tonic (A Special Valentine Poetry Collection) by IzunnaOkafor(m): 6:35pm On Feb 14, 2023 |
EDITOR’S NOTE: Love is a beautiful thing, and one of the best gifts ever given to mankind. If this is true, love, therefore deserves to be feted in a most special and memorable way, even in everyday of one’s lifetime. It is in pursuance of this that a group of heterogeneous poets and poetry lovers identified with the need to give the 2023 Valentine Day celebration a poetic taste and fragrance, with a view to making it a memorable one as well. To actualise this view, each of these bards (ten in number) donated a tranche of poetic condiments, in response to a call for stanzas made to that effect. It is the compilation of these dulcet lines eulogizing the beauty of love, as was edited by Izunna Okafor, that gave birth to this winsome collection —MY VAL, MY TONIC In this 5th edition of this annual collection, these poets, not only manifest their poetic prowess, but also thematically register what love holds for them and their inamoratos in every sense of it. They also explored the tools of poetry to portray love as a tunic upon which mankind survives. Do have a lovely read. Izunna Okafor (The Editor) CONTRIBUTORS: Izunna Okafor Rahman Conteh John Chinaka Onyeche Chisimdi George Joel Oyeleke Valentine Muoma Nwokeabia, Ifeanyi John Ifeyinwa Gertie Uzoka Prince Ejike Agbata Charity Uzoagba. They write: MY VAL, MY TONIC Red! Red! Red! Is the colour I see The colour that reinvigorates the weak And gives life than waters of the sea. The day is the colour My Val is the day The colour is love My Val, my tonic. What is love? But you, my Val I’m drowned in this ocean. Yes, I’m dwelling just fine. My love is here to stay My Val is here to reignite Hold my hands tonight Walk with me into your bosom. I was once a nomad here But your love found me You brought me to its home I am here to live, eternal. With everything I have With everything I own With my whole heart With you I am complete. The light that brightens me. My Val, my tonic You blossom as rose. As our bond flows like ocean. This bond that rejuvenates my unloving self And turns me into an addicted lover Love is me chasing the clouds And hoping to find your beauty in them. Be my Val, my tonic for good health This our love can be a thing Not just for February fourteen But for love’s beam. My Val, my tonic Your presence around me rejuvenates my soul Even from a distance, I feel your warm presence That is why I call you “yori yori nwa”. Your loving smiles sweep me off my feet Your simplicity and humility overwhelm me You’re my lover, companion, Encyclopedia, inspiration, gist mate My intercessor, counselor and therapist. When we are together, going out is needless For you’re sure to provide all I need— My entertainment, health tips intellectual counsel and lots more Honey pie, you’re one in a million. Let us share a of wine You, on the left, and I, on the right Hands held on same cup Pour down our throats The sweetness of our love Gently, gently, until nothing is left. Let us roll our ecstasy together into one warm embrace One cemented soul shall we become in faultless manner. My Sweet Valentine! My all-in-all Where you are, I’ll always be No distance can separate us With you, everyday’s Valentine With you, I am complete My Sweet Valentine! I’m right behind you I may not be physical though But I’m filled with your aura That suits me better Like love in a manger It’s Valentine Do I get to feel your cherries? Or even fill your belly With fluids like a jelly Oh my Valentine! Oh! I can the cool breeze of love Blowing softly on a king and queen Sitting side by side in a lawn Like birds set to fly forever in a bit Oh! Fly me to another realm of this experience I know this tonic is rich enough to sustain me All through this journey of love Oh, be with me forever In you I have found a perpetual companion Cuddle and hold me tight baby As we journey together In this beautiful realm of love My love, my Val, my tonic. THANKS FOR READING.
|
(1) (Reply)
Seven Years Without You / Job Openings! / Very Good And Experience Writer Wanted (10n/word For A Start) (Hiring CLOSED)
(Go Up)
Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 29 |