i will follow

Ahaa! Poetry.let dat restless mind glide into its sublimity.its d only genre of education dat neva conterfeits ur talent.

Not a bad idea.

sigmundfreud: THINKING OF U...
I think of you…

As a flower
With coloured petals

As a tower
Of precious metals

As a stream
Cool and blue
(Flowing through)

As a dream
Coming true

As a shower
Drizzling gold

As a cover
In freezing cold

…I think of you!

Me likey

Haiku form of poetry

'DAYMARE'

****4 years after graduating from school****

Injured dream -
Reality bruising 'daymare'
Another blood sweat stain

****5 years later after getting employed****

Life ache worries thee -
In the busiest of time
Wealth, Wife, kids and me!

****During Old age****

Now, time is lazy
white hairs and weak bones, life... pleased!
Death, when will you knock?

Black eye
I need a sunshade
hiding behind it
and the rays the sun bring
in wonder they stare
musing
thinking it's a new kind of gait
but behind the dark veil
my ramshackled eye stared on.

Mynd_44:
For your mind abi?
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
And Firestar too

Pls do acknowledge the source...it gives one power and all!

I am so pleased to find
a thread with words in mind
with rhymes that kindle emotion
and lyrics that show attention
to a cause worth promotion
and an art requiring devotion.

Good thread and lovely posts
shaping minds and nurturing thoughts,
though i like you, i do not wish to be like you- post- never smiles, never cries. Just there pointing.

Long I'd love poetry
Long to it I feel drawn
Like the moan of harlotry
Lures the lonely at dawn

The poet tells me of the hills
Of the beautiful flowers on the plains
And birds singing down the valley
My heart he makes sing the melody
Of even a stream flowing by

Isn't poetry a sweet dream
That leaves one cocooned in fantasy
Isn't it only an ecstasy
That harlotry cannot promise the chaste

Yet I stop not to swoon at his words
Eternally in hope of that abode
A world where if firestar offers a hand
That hand can be felt; its warmth embraced
Oh how I wish the poet's world were real.

tinkinjo 2013

@cuddlemii its nice to see what you have done here,I love to write and I only do so sparringly. However I will post more of my past compositions and hope this thread spurs me on to further creativity.

lari03: @cuddlemii its nice to see what you have done here,I love to write and I only do so sparringly. However I will post more of my past compositions and hope this thread spurs me on to further creativity.

Nice to meet you.
Hopefully, this should turn out well.
Prior to this thread, have you written poems on nairaland?

Once yes about a nigerian town I lived in.

Chai! I must marry a poet or a romantic dude... I don't mind proposing

mechummy: Chai! I must marry a poet or a romantic dude... I don't mind proposing

Lolz, why a poet?

LIFE OH LIFE
You give it 5 cents
And it gives back 1 cent
You give it your all
It gives you nothing at all
You ask for justice
And it gives you injustice
You work and toil for gain
And all you get as reward is pain
The rich gets richer
While the poor gets poorer
The government is corrupt
Society is decaying and left to rot
Immorality is the order of the day
Sin seems to pave the way
Money has become a god
Kids now only know words to songs on their iPod
As dube said the world's a crazy place
Full of hate and violence and disgrace
Well for now i let my fingers rest
Hoping for a better tomorrow and all the best.

aint a poet but atleast I went to school I'll drop some lines soon..
#following..

Acidosis: aint a poet but atleast I went to school I'll drop some lines soon..
#following..

Lolz, you don't have to be a poet.
Everyone is welcome

Cuddlemii:

Lolz, you don't have to be a poet.
Everyone is welcome

wow... Thanks

*signing in* Welldone cuddles!

Ok oahray...write and i'll respond. It's just a game o (great viewers )

Okies

Will you go first? Or do you want me to?

I have a simple questions for firestar n the Op
So can I drop?i

Cuddlemii:

Lolz, why a poet?

hmmm...sweet words nd actions tend to calm to my nerves nd make me happy, Poets are very creative nd I guess if I marry one, he'd make me fall in love with him over nd over again #blushes

The soft whisper of emptiness...
A brain racked, muscles strained.
Its undiluted, emptiness.
Betrayal by a muse pained.

A sigh...
Words unsaid.
Do no let this moment die!
Voices scream in my head.

Write Ray, write!
Lest you be a laughing stock.
Do not surrender without a fight,
To this writer's block.

Emptiness? No
I hear a noise...a loud one
It pierces my ears
Shatters my heart
My grip is weak...my knees bow in fear

What is happening to me?
Please stop.
The noise...i hate it.
The sounds are terrifying.

Write if you want to
It's your pen and paper
Your time...your space.
I am not a writer.

Double post

******************************
Have you ever thought in your heart,
Have you ever wondered like me,
"Where am I going?"

Has it ever crossed your mind,
Has it fleeted through your consciousness,
The big question; "Where am I going?"

In your stuggles in life,
In your pursuits on earth,
Have you stopped and asked:
"Where am I going?"

It will do you good to ask
Your self
"Where am I going?"

The answer to this question,
The response to this heart-quest:
"Where am I going?"
May help you to know
That without a purpose
In your life

Your endless struggles
Of shadows
Will take you
Nowhere