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Poem by protocol(m): 1:58pm On Jun 10, 2008
WHICH POEM DO YOU LIKE TO READ AGAIN AND AGAIN?
Re: Poem by Ojukwursg(m): 10:19am On Jun 12, 2008
I love mine. Have a couple of them. grin
Re: Poem by anneanu(f): 5:24pm On Jun 12, 2008
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH'S THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH FOR US. THEN I ENJOY READING POEMS FROM MY BOYFRIEND'S BLOG: www.beibee. HE'S HOT WITH PASSIONATE POEMS, SHORT STORIES. WISH I CAN DRAG HIM HERE, BUT HE'S IN LOVE WITH ANOTHER FORUM AND HIS BLOG. WELL, I AM REPRESENTING HIM!
Re: Poem by gorociano: 12:26pm On Jun 14, 2008
Wole soyinka's Telephone conversation grips me everytyme, and of course one of mine "my folly"
Re: Poem by deleson: 4:31pm On Jun 16, 2008
Poems like Telephone Conversation by Wole Soyinka,Poems from Thompson Abiodun aka Professor Jahular and a couple of poems done by myself.
Re: Poem by crazylegs(m): 5:38pm On Jun 16, 2008
Invitcus: William Henley

Short and sharp and motivates me like hell.
Re: Poem by Nobody: 12:50am On Jun 17, 2008
Any poem by Robert Frost. . esp. The Road Not Taken

and Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
Re: Poem by Nobody: 12:53am On Jun 17, 2008
Still I Rise
by Maya Angelou

You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may trod me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I'll rise.



Does my sassiness upset you?

Why are you beset with gloom?

'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells

Pumping in my living room.



Just like moons and like suns,

With the certainty of tides,

Just like hopes springing high,

Still I'll rise.



Did you want to see me broken?

Bowed head and lowered eyes?

Shoulders falling down like teardrops,

Weakened by my soulful cries?



Does my haughtiness offend you?

Don't you take it awful hard

'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines

Diggin' in my own backyard.



You may shoot me with your words,

You may cut me with your eyes,

You may kill me with your hatefulness,

But still, like air, I'll rise.



Does my sexiness upset you?

Does it come as a surprise

That I dance like I've got diamonds

At the meeting of my thighs?



Out of the huts of history's shame

I rise

Up from a past that's rooted in pain

I rise

I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,

Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.



Leaving behind nights of terror and fear

I rise

Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear

I rise

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,

I am the dream and the hope of the slave.

I rise

I rise

I rise.
Re: Poem by Chriz(m): 10:46am On Jun 23, 2008
pls who can assist me with the poem Building the nation by denis brutus
Re: Poem by anneanu(f): 11:52am On Jun 23, 2008
STILL I RISE. GREAT AND SOUL-STIRRING POEM.
DENIS BRUTUS' NATION BUILDING POEM?
WHY NOT GOOGLE IT?

I CAN'T STOP ADVERTISING MY PAL: DIARY OF A BOOK

“I have seen your book,” Fadugba my course-mate enthused.



“Really? Where did you find it? You know Severin and Tankard is very expensive”, I said referring to a popular textbook.



Fadugba looked at me as if I deserved a hard knock on my big head. “Don’t give me that crap. You know what I meant,” he began again. “Everyone’s talking about it; that book: Genesis – An Anthology of Poems. It’s a nice, man. Keep it up!”



“Thanks. But the book isn’t mine!” I said, pretending to be serious.



He looked at me again - this time looking very furious. My mischief! He opened his mouth but changed his mind. He pointed one of his fingers at me, nodding his head for several seconds. He paused; opened his mouth again and said: “Now I know you have a mental block. If the book isn’t yours, then whose?”



I smiled at him sheepishly. As I opened my mouth to answer him I got a heavy smack on my back. Who could that be?



“Hi! What’s up guys?” the young man who smacked announced from behind, as I struggled to keep my balance. His name is Bola.

GET THE FULL STORY AT BEIBEE'S BEN BLOG
Re: Poem by ipc: 1:39pm On Jun 24, 2008
hi poets,

there is a new site in town that celebrates poets and rewards them with cash and gift prizes,and poetry competitions every week and every month and winners get their profile on the sites check it out www.loudthotz.com. its still new
Re: Poem by nonso3k(m): 11:43am On Jun 25, 2008
i cant just stop reading my poems seriously,

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