Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by Nobody: 4:14pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
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Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by Nobody: 4:15pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
falconey: Is it legal? What sir? Ayamlaykorn |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by litetias(m): 4:19pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
And Poetry took her last breath
These flimsy words caused her death |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by midasbliss(f): 4:20pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
I love poetry. Nice poems. |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by REMMEI(m): 4:21pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
Awesome awesome indeed... |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by MizMyColi(f): 4:22pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
laykorn:
Booking space Ayamlaykorn Nope. I don't do that anymore. That's just a show of solidarity. |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by Nobody: 4:23pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
This is great, Laykorn. Tex's poems are wow! |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by tolutweety(m): 4:27pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
I rep my boss, timpaker always.
Good poems. 2 Likes |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by Nobody: 4:32pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
midasbliss: I love poetry. Nice poems. I can remember you from NCPC. How've you been? Ayamlaykorn |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by Nobody: 4:37pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
laykorn: Good morning. For those who love to read poems by one particular poet, this is a list of some of the best poetry collections by Nairaland Poets in 2014. Click and enjoy
1. Timpaker - Convict www.nairaland.com/1804046/convict/1
Excerpts
The Convict ( V) (Rhyme) Intrusion on silence's speech Ushered in by a black van's screech. A wigged man in his spectacle Sits in tentacles of fates and miracles
And bystanders troops in and out Some either chants, sings or shouts. An old man braced himself at the dock Vehemently clinging to the tinge of luck
Gallery of evidence and exhibit were displayed At the gleeful eyes of the persecutors and the dismayed The judge have seen and heard it all To give his sentence and leave the hall
"Death by the rope" he declared with the gavel On a sound block just before it clocked eleven Though, he knew his judgement has no laxity To determine his professional sanity
Timpaker
The Convict - Dairy of a Prisoner (Nonet) I have written countless letters home. None were replied by my son, why? Did the warder feign dispatch? Its more than a year now That I have been jailed No friends no kins, None have come To see Me -------- Son, I'm old. Forgive me You are my pride The tears in my joy. Gracefully write me back Before life is whisked off me Your silence might kill me faster Like choked words before my funeral
Timpaker
Seasons greetings from Solon http://www.datafilehost.com/d/9a625002 download and share. Thank you. 2014 has being a year of greatness for all of us in one way or the other more importantly we are still alive!
2. OMA4U - My Collection Of Poems www.nairaland.com/1831241/oma-collection-poems
Excerpts
If Tomorrow Starts Without Me (Couplet)
If tomorrow starts without me And I am no more here to see
If your eyes filled with my tears And your trembling soul dread and fears
I wish you strong heart and warm soul And coolness on your heart's burning coal
When you think of the day I abscond And you want to call and I don't respond
When you think of that journey gore That I will be coming back no more
When you would wish to see or tell me How much you love and miss me but I flee
But as much as you wish and wish We will never get to gist or reach
When you think of the days of old When I'll wake and call you my blood
Sweetheart, son, princess or friend My loving words have come to an end
If tomorrow starts without me And I'm no more here to see
Do not think my spirit has flown away forever Lean back on our fondly memories, but don't shiver
Remember my smiles and gentle touch Like the gentle autumn of rain and blush
Remember my scorns and hurtful insults Remember my wrongs and painful words
If tomorrow starts without me And I'm no more here to see
When flagging my zeal and strengths Or gone the treaded gentle poetry paths
When the lilies in my head have withered The roses in my hand have fallen and wandered
When the galaxy of stars glisten a forlorn hope When I've gone and will never return or grope
When the earth's liquid I'll drink no more Or favourite dish in my mouth will become sour
When my shrouded brain no longer thinks Or my cold hands no linger hold pen or blinks
When the darkness and hidden fears are gone When I'll no longer bother about the the morrow sun
If tomorrow starts without me And I'm no more here to see
Shower me blessings and earthly prayers That will ascend me to the heaven's layers
Sonnet One
Shall I say my delight to write you this? If by no means I will burn down the earth Whirl wind has shaken me in my lone days I’ve wandered lonesome in the shade of death Since you bid me a valedictory way Hell fury of the heaven’s eye burns me And my face’s clutter’d tears cast a ray In a mirror before me you I see Sadness has made you wear an olden grey And I shall change your old skin back to youth Even if your love’s strength seem to decay I hope you race back with a cheetah’s foot As this rich words poetry plead for my wrong My love shall in my verse forever live young
3. Texanomaly - Random Ramblings From the Mind Of Tex www.nairaland.com/1501631/random-ramblings-mind-tex/1
Excerpts
We Loved before Time began By Tex
In the Book of Life it is Written. Of course we knew one another then. From the Father we learned line upon line. I came here first, but you promised to be mine. A covenant made and not to be Forgotten.
A veil was dropped. It clouded our vision. But these two souls knew our love could not be hidden. We searched the world till finally a Sign. Through the distance fate would refine. Memories flowed Unforbidden. Once again to be my valentine. Full of love and adoration. No hesitation
Reflections And Rainbows by Tex Your laughter rings in my ears. The sweet sound echoes through my mind, capturing the memories we made.
Your sweet words remain in my heart, refusing to leave, ignoring my pleas, evading the supposed infraction.
The sight of your smile was the sun in my sky. Clouds cover what once was mine. Yet regret won't let the light fade.
Shadows cover the joy I once felt at the sound of your voice. No longer will I know this bliss, or have that satisfaction.
Memories of you will forever haunt my soul. Thoughts of what might have been. Hopes chased into the dark night.
A future once as bright as the glow you used to put on my face, is now marked by doubt and deception.
That feeling I once knew. That flutter you once caused. I can't escape it. Try as I might.
4. IGItee - Warning www.nairaland.com/1960550/warning
Excerpts
SILENT SCREAM
She was only thirteen, Yet she cheerfully helped her mum in their little canteen. She looked pale, scrawny, fragile and thin And from her look you would doubt she was already a teen.
She was full of Life. Even when working or chopping with a knife Her nights were usually filled with worry and strife. Yet she constantly dreamt that one day she will be a wife.
It was time for her usual afternoon hawking. Rice and beans at noon she was usually peddling. Through the streets and market she was always plying. Just to help with the burden her mother alone was carrying.
Suddenly she heard a frightful loud bang. A surge of pain like the strike of a cobra's fang. Her whole body seared and writhed with great pang. While from a distance an unattended cell phone continuously rang.
All around her corpses scattered about lying. It was hard to breath but yet she was trying. She was cold and numb and also crying. And she knew right there that she was slowly dying.
She clutched to her bleeding side as she laid down. Dust and blood covered her brightly coloured gown. Her soul quietly slipping free and totally unbound. As she relived fond memories of her beloved home town.
You might wonder why I haven't yet named her. Well that's cos she could be anyone's sister. Maybe Aisha, Nnenna, Funke or Deborah. But the painful fact is that she is now gone forever.
And just like an abruptly ended dream, Her whole ambitions and desires were trimmed. By our fellows wielding arms with utmost grim. While all I could utter was a loud SILENT SCREAM. ... Pls, say a word of prayer for our great nation... NIGERIA WILL YET RISE AGAIN!!! ... IGIT!!!
TRUTH BE TOLD
A sudden realization, A complete revelation, A true confession, A definite conclusion.
A life freely given, A God above in heaven, A destiny openly hidden, A race more than certain.
A soul full of promise, A mind free to make choices, A world full of voices, A body destined for demise.
A truth out in the air, A reaper so very near, A demon we all fear, A death uncertain but clear.
A love that fulfills our fantasy, A lover that provides all ecstasy, A life that leaves a legacy, A desire we all hope we see.
A killer that lurks in the corner, A penchant to amass and be owners, A longing to be first and sole winners, A lie that we are all sinners.
A blessing of life and days, A secret to work and make hays, A skill to shine like rays, A job that we hope pays.
A fact that not all will thrive, A hope that's why we strive, A gift that only God can give, A common end for us in the grave.
A time to live and die, A desire to be at the top on high, A better life for which we vie, A fact that the end is nigh, ...IGIT!!!
5. Ayozainy - My Little Collection www.nairaland.com/1999880/little-collections-anthology
Excerpts
An African Woman She walks with head high Legs moving gracefully Hips swaying left and right Her nails as fresh as ever Her smile lights the world Her teeth as white as snow Her face as smooth as silk Her skin is like the ebony woods Her hair so black and curly She sits in style She dresses gorgeously She is admired by all and sundry She is called the feminine beauty
She watches with kin interest Hands moving from plate to mouth One coughs, she rushes to get water She watches over them like a mother hen She is so over protective She sleeps hungrily They sleep joyfully She abhors all insults She bears all injury Just to protect the one she loves She is a mother indeed She is the proverbial virtuous woman She is known as a woman of substance
A SONNET BY MOI Every morning begins with a journey Man, animals, nature and all that rise Our motive for struggling is for money I just wonder what else in our heart lies
The wisdom to think has been left to sleep We rush and seek out for what is not lost Our purpose for living has long being freed The sound of prayer is ignored like frost
The clock goes tick, tock by the passing hour Man ignores, avoid the gift of letter The brain just snobs the being with the power He that says yes to prayers, our Father
Let all creations learn to worship Him I wonder if nature can watch a film?
6. Standd - Crimson's Web www.nairaland.com/2039960/crimson-webs-collection-poems
Musings... .....the chill after the Storm untold fears of days gone, and yet to come.
Sometimes, I would crawl inwards, grasping hope. Sucking in energy- filling my core.
Then, it burns hot and intense. Again, cold and deflated. It rises, unheeded.... ....ebbs outwards and spills unabated.
I have wrapped yesterday up, tucking the excess, here and there. I have stepped through the urn, my gaze flitting back and forth....
I am held in time, lone and wading through a churning whorl.
I am the dot in the square... the one way mirror, shining, touching- edge to edge. Life looks in at me, arms folded.
I could hurl headlong, though the whorl. Or toss today, one head- one tail....
The loser is fate.
If tomorrow never comes, then I should be far gone. What's a game when only one player remains?
If I ever break through this glaze, it is to grasp TODAY.
I can hold my fingers- like Fehling did. But this time, my thumb will poke fate in the eye.
If I ever.....
I WILL REMEMBER The faces shadowed in darkness slightly tilted, cheeks gaunt. Thinking of lands they can't go, ..things they will never have.
The shame that clings to them, like eels in slimy mud.
I will remember. Those eyes that stares at nothing... ....dreams of nothing. Tears, Longings! Eyes dim even in daylight.
Ah! How can I forget! ..those mouths mumbling. Every second in fervent prayers. Necks bent from constant straining, mouths filled- with stale pastries.
The desolation. Suffering! Hunger!
How will I forget the weary limbs, that roam- thin and worn. From crusades to sowing seeds, fasting, looking up to the higher being.
I will remember, the suffering- and longing. The hopelessness of the weary, in this land flowing with milk and honey.
7. Donifez - Welcome To My World www.nairaland.com/1546927/welcome-world-poems/1[ /b]
[b]Excerpt
Christmas With Grandma.
Red flicky lights found on every street, Litttle kids gather each with a piece of steak, Truck load of goats..all we hear is bleat, Tucking us in our little bed ...we found it hard to sleep.
Dawn is here...christmas eve is gone, Then the knock came...grandma is at the door, Little kids gather ...each giving her a hug, With swollen eyes she reciprocated our love, now its time for story...grandma gave each of us a gift.
How i sang in my mind...a song called perfect bliss, With nodding heads...we began to grieve, A story of a man who died on christmas day without eating beef. All of a sudden we noticed tears in her eyes.
Each hitting the ground...gently like a drizzling tap, With our little hands we gave her a pat, Then it dawned on us why grandma cried. For on the spot she sat,...was where granpa last christmas....breathed his last.
8. Dre11 - In My Subconscious Mind www.nairaland.com/1998782/subconscious-mind#28438801
Excerpt
Something
Something dropped into my spirit Something did prick my mind Something I just can't phantom Something I just don't understand Something I can't explain Something that am still trying to come in terms with Still trying to join all the linked chains The pieced words The opened phrase And the doted lines But with all I still don't understand Had trouble trying to make meaning of those illusive thoughts Kept fighting with my spirit because I want to understand My brain nearly went blank As I was poundary on this issue Then I fell into a trance A trance I couldn't explain how I came about it A trance I think I could find answers A trance I thought will be the magic place where answers could be gotten A trance that I thought would speak better A trance I want it to juxtapose all the thoughts, chains, sentence, phrase and dots A trance I did hoped it will lift the burden This I did stay for a long time But still didn't get the meaning to those inquiries still can't find answers still can't find a ray of hope Still can't ..................... Because all I see are blur images All I hear are murmur words With patience and straining of ears I heard a still voice saying Think outside the box Think outside the realm of a realist Give a deeper thought on those thing that doesn't matter Because the answer u seek for is not here.
Nairaland Poetry Club Ayamlaykorn |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by sigmundfreud(m): 4:43pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
Good one! I especially love the added visual effect by timpaker in the convict nonet...its such a beauty! Kudos to others too. |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by Nobody: 4:55pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
standd: This is great, Laykorn. Tex's poems are wow! Your poems are awesome too. The unique style. You remind me of firesta.r Ayamlaykorn 2 Likes |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by profmathsland(m): 5:02pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
creativity at its best |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by sigmundfreud(m): 5:02pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
litetias: And Poetry took her last breath
These flimsy words caused her death Sowi... If she loved it so much to the point of death, perhaps a closer look at poetry will make you understand her...and her death. |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by Nobody: 5:06pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
Timpaker, I sight you sir Ayamlaykorn |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by Sard(m): 5:06pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
Lovely poems! All are interesting. The ones I like most are: -If tomorrow starts without me -silent scream -something 1 Like |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by timpaker(m): 5:09pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
Great job Laykorn.
@tolutweety and Sigmundfreud: Thank you very much
The story is inconclusive though |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by Nobody: 5:12pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
1 Like |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by timpaker(m): 5:12pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
laykorn:
Your poems are awesome too. The unique style. You remind me of firesta.r Ayamlaykorn Exactly! |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by Nobody: 5:16pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
timpaker:
Exactly! Lol. Standd and firestar have a lot in common. Those broken lines. Lol Rebel-poets. Ayamlaykorn 4 Likes |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by Solowande(m): 5:21pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
Thadford: Interesting!!!
Only that you won't see people commenting, when it is not a political-war motivated topic.
Anyways, BUHARI 2015... Till the PDP can write wonderful poems like this. No Like shows how irrelevant and stupid ur comment is to dis post |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by saintandsinnerz: 5:25pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
timpaker:
Exactly! Did you graduate from Anambra State University? |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by Nobody: 5:31pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
laykorn:
Lol. Standd and firestar have a lot in common. Those broken lines. Lol Rebel-poets. Ayamlaykorn Seriously Rebel-poet? Lol I understand you though and I must confess that I don't know zilch about Rules, Concord, Punctuations, etc when it comes to poetry. I just write whatever comes to my head. I have always hidden behind the fact that I am a Physicist - NOT a grammarian. I love poetry so much and I'm glad that I can always employ poetic-license when writing. 4 Likes |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by Nobody: 5:43pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
standd:
Seriously Rebel-poet? Lol I understand you though and I must confess that I don't know zilch about Rules, Concord, Punctuations, etc when it comes to poetry. I just write whatever comes to my head. I have always hidden behind the fact that I am a Physicist - NOT a grammarian. I love poetry so much and I'm glad that I can always employ poetic-license when writing. Wow! You're a scientist too I'm getting tempted to say scientists make better poets. Lol. Firest.ar is an engineer. Lol I'm a student engineer too. Lol, @the license. 2 Likes |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by Nazacent: 5:50pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
OP you ignored mine It’s time to arise!! Let us arise!! My fellow compatriots arise, Memory of the beauty of the anthem, so nice, We sang it with passion and pride with no compromise, We studied every night in silence, Yes we were prepared for this moment, The moment we’ve been waiting for, We kept to our guardian’s advice. The moment that would dry the tears from their eyes, But that moment was cheated, Here came the cheater unannounced. There was a chill in the wind that night, One like no other with a grave silence, It sent shiver to my spine in silence, A loud noise broke the silence, We ran blindly in the dark like we were on practice, There was chaos everywhere with the echo of cries, Everyone scrambling for safety, Here they are on mufti, You are safe they spoke softly, We calmed our nerves immediately. The dark made it difficult for sight to see, Out there in the dark came a dime head light from an old truck. My foot hurts cried a girl in the dark, So fast we made it to the truck in the dark, In the dark smelt the stench in the truck, I closed my sunken eyes as tears gracefully crawled down my face in the dark, Out of the dark came the rustling sound the engine made, Eyes rolled from side to side as we set on motion, Out of the silence I heard my heart beat to the sound of the truck, Out of the dark a voice whispered I’m scared, There was dead silence only our heart beats responded. Out of the dark a voice whispered who are they? The engine stopped running and the rhythm disappeared, The moon shone to our rescue, The dark hide its face from the light, The trees around us were sad, Where are we? Where are we? Was the question that had no answer? A man from the dark ushered us out from the truck, His bushy eyebrows and wide nose gave him a severe look, Welcome to sambisa, forcing a smile on his face, I then realized from the throbbing of my heart and quick breathing it was not a nightmare. #bringbackourgirls, then became the new anthem of the day 4 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by romzyxy(m): 6:05pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
nice |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by romzyxy(m): 6:06pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
really like the poetry expecially d one talking of a girl hulking food to sustain her mom then all of a sudden it's like something explode. that is to my understanding and that was d end of her life. it was sorrowful and kindaff real to me. 1 Like |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by Nobody: 6:07pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
romzyxy: really like the poetry expecially d one talking of a girl hulking food to sustain her mom then all of a sudden it's like something explode. that is to my understanding and that was d end of her life. it was sorrowful and kindaff real to me. The poem was actually adressing the Boko Haram problem. IGItee tried to make the poem as picturable as possible. Kudos to him. Ayamlaykorn 2 Likes |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by Nobody: 6:09pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
Nice one Ayamlaykorn |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by kayspax(m): 6:11pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
This is really good.. something to stir the mind and exercise imagination.. i wish those in Govt n security especially read the one about the gal that was hawking.. really painted d sorrow tears n blood brot by BOKO haram. 2 Likes |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by Thadford(m): 6:13pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
Solowande: No Like shows how irrelevant and stupid ur comment is to dis post I know a fool will quote me... |
Re: 6 Memorable Poetry Collections By Nairaland Poets For 2014 - NPC by Limerick: 7:02pm On Dec 22, 2014 |
Ezyp: Great...Nigeria got poets....i tot what we have in Nigeria are people like 10 man shall fall that day lmao, thats wizkid if am not wrong! |