Chinwe Robert Poems

THE OLD TREE:

The old rugged tree
With thorny green leaves
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TO THE FERRY MAN:
Lore of many
And olden a day
In the misty rivers of hades
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I know a clown
A friend of mine
Whose trade it was
To give a laugh
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BEFORE I DIE:
Before I die
And give my last
This I pray
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Life at Sea

Calm and still be the waters I sail on
But beneath lies a rumbling sea.
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Let's stop and listen
To the voices that lies within:
Our reason
That gives us life - our living
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Mark of Cain

For the curse of my skin
This hue uncreated by me
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We drowned in Dunbar creek
The first voices
We drowned the segregation god
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UNMARKED GRAVE:

The grave on 20 Chesterfield avenue
One of many graves
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THE OLD TOAD:

An old toad
Once lived in a bathroom
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