Tag: african poet
Poetry || Eggs
I like eggs
Supple and soft
On the inside
Strong on the outside
Easy to crack
Like a heart
Easy to break
Shattered
In pieces
But out of it
Something beautiful comes
Scrambled
Poached
Beautiful
Coming…
Poetry || The Girl Child
[caption id="attachment_1314" align="aligncenter" width="300"] In this picture: Binogun WinifredAs shot by me[/caption]
International Day of the Girl Child is a day declared by the United Nations in s…
Poetry || Reflections #3
Young lady accept your flaws
If they won't accept you
Fall in love with the color of your skin
Your laughter and your grin
Your wisdom and hustle
Your stature and your muscle
Your mistakes and error…
Poetry || Yearning
Famished pages and arid ink
are what I'm left with
I want you. Thoroughly.
Deplete, replenish my paucity
Fill my emptiness
Make sober this drunkenness
You took more than a piece of me
With you the day…