Celestine Ikwuamaesi Poems

Your voice, lap of flowing stream
Across howling space.
Your face beams a lover's dream
From afar making the heart race.
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Don't ask,
who splashed my daughter
with dungy water?
Don't ask,
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Wind sweeps the clouds, leaving scorching rays.
The sun blazes, hides his face; the star winks away
his age. But the moon, in regal float, bares her
bumps and crags, unruffled by sun's piercing glare.
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They taught me at Sunday school
that the Spirit's wind; and cool.
On a night cool and windy,
my eyes were wide and flinty.
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A lizard lies in the sand,
In a blazing tropic sun.
Three kids chuckle under a shade,
Starring at the calm being.
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Just your passing look,
a flashing smile;
My life isn't the same,
no, not once.
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The moon floats, shines, fully bright;
offers a landing pad for a night flight.

When love crackles in the heart
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In a wink,

she lit up the room, a morning star;
a sunflower swaying,
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Out on an early morning stroll,

while people roll in bed, snoring,
encore on dreamy shores, I looked up.
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I love my country Nigeria,
though marred by malaria.
I've a bouquet of sweet aria,
blooming in my heart's rear,
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