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The Burning City by warristanley99(m): 8:02pm On Feb 08, 2018 |
"The Burning City" If everywhere is set ablaze, Peace running helter-skelter, And love happily travelled overseas, Like Nigerian youths, What is our own gain?. If guns boom all day and night, If bombs blow our mansions to huts, And our exotic cars are wheelbarrows, Like the burnt Bayelsa. What is our own gain?. If dark smoke is everywhere, With the voice of babies crying, And a black sun came shining, Like the burning dead, What is our own gain?. If our biros are dangerous than guns, And if our papers are good coffins, To bury the country in our pockets, Like a man drowned in the sea, What is our own gain?. If there is no love, there will be no peace. "A man without love can never be a poet" If we fail to have many more poets, Like those Afghanistan and Iran, What is our own gain?. -WARRI STANLEY 4 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: The Burning City by Ekowise(m): 6:49am On Feb 23, 2018 |
wow! |
Re: The Burning City by Ekowise(m): 6:50am On Feb 23, 2018 |
FTC finally, where's my cake |
Re: The Burning City by CoolextPhoenix(m): 7:08am On Feb 23, 2018 |
very nice |
Re: The Burning City by benedictnsi(m): 7:42am On Feb 23, 2018 |
So which rhyme scheme did you adopt D poem depicts a troubled mind though.... |
Re: The Burning City by harjayi(m): 7:42am On Feb 23, 2018 |
Good |
Re: The Burning City by Dayoara: 7:59am On Feb 23, 2018 |
I fall for it.... It's nice |
Re: The Burning City by Lovintus2(m): 10:03am On Feb 23, 2018 |
benedictnsi:I think it's only an English sonnet that has a rhyme scheme. This is a free verse poem. 1 Like |
Re: The Burning City by Nobody: 10:04am On Feb 23, 2018 |
A man without love cannot be a poet, great line. It looks like a quote. 1 Like |
Re: The Burning City by codesty: 10:54am On Feb 23, 2018 |
Money can buy costumes but not beauty
Money can buy idols but not devotion
Money can buy books but not wisdom and
knowledge
Money can buy bed but not rest and sleep
Money can buy medicines but not health Money can buy wealth but not health
Money can buy clothes but not shame
Money can buy food but not hunger
Money can buy flowers but not freshness
and fragrance
Money can buy land but not home (made of human hearts)
Money can buy honey but not sweetness
Money can buy somethings but not
everything
Money can buy luxuries but not happiness. by Green Peace |
Re: The Burning City by Kindoo: 11:40am On Feb 23, 2018 |
benedictnsi:is poem all about rhyme scheme Rules bottle a man spirit. 1 Like |
Re: The Burning City by Kindoo: 11:40am On Feb 23, 2018 |
benedictnsi:Is poem all about rhyme scheme? Rules bottle a man's spirit. let him have his freedom. 1 Like |
Re: The Burning City by Kindoo: 11:43am On Feb 23, 2018 |
Lovintus2: Waiting to get rhyme scheme will make me forget all I have to write Free verse works well for many 1 Like |
Re: The Burning City by skipper9526: 8:14pm On Feb 23, 2018 |
Not bad though... 1 Like |
Re: The Burning City by Lovintus2(m): 11:00pm On Feb 24, 2018 |
Kindoo:Yea sonnet is very difficult. That's why Shakespeare is regarded as one of the greatest 1 Like |
Re: The Burning City by Nobody: 5:16pm On Feb 26, 2018 |
warristanley99: I really do enjoyed reading that 1 Like |
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