Uwakwe Uchechkwu Poems

Mocking birds, flying by mocks her,
They taunt Lady Sky, jeering at her large toes.
The sky frowns at the silly jokes of the passing birds,
Hurt, she cries.
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A few we've seen, a thousand we've lost,
Memories pouring out, are these the cost?
And all it seems is but a piece of nightmare within my head,
It seems the living here are the dead
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Though i wonder why i wonder about this wonder,
Yet i ponder

Of what image shall my lover poetry bear
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I and they, we live in a storey
building
with heaven over us
to keep safe our treasures in the safelocks
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At 12.00am
Temperature falls to twelve degree celcius
Night's sister, the moon is almost done
with her part-time job
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Love has it's way
love has it's way of turning every lover into a sparrow and a singer
each tweeting love songs
each in a poet's spirit
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Under a pale sky
maimed by 'innocent vultures', her sons
The scavengers and devourers in wait for the loot
My creditor; hunger comes, knocks and ransacks
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A long time ago
The seasons drew near
And the soil became fertile
for a new planting period.
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Play a lute
Oh my beloved
That I may be drunk
And go dizzy in your lullaby
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Sitting on my couch
In search for a reason to keep the paddle moving on,
On this great sea of life
Knowing that a time will come when my train will roar, miles nearby
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