Chukuemeka Akpe Poems

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1.
Africa

A patchwork of decorated combatant lords
Stitched together with diverse fragile cords
Into a tapestry of nations hung on frail words.
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2.
A House Is Not A Home

They adorn these walls as ugly ornaments:
Invisible trails of vermin
Painted with the bile of bitterness
for all to see.
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3.
An Elegy To A Fair Lady

A decade of decadent silence
Voided by errant memories:
A prayer on wheels to muzzle fear,
The demon pounding at life’s chamber.
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4.
Innocence Lost (In Memory Of Baby P)

A precious Gift
Wrought by the tenderest of Hands:
Eyes that behold love in every face,
Too pure and ignorant of evil.
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5.
Jews’ Ennui Still Universe’s Savior

Judas staked his life for pittance in avarice
Joisted on a beam for derision and dishonor
Juxtaposed with thieves to corrupt his piety
Javelin taunts ribbed him of water and blood
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6.
Inquietude

Infringing thoughts thunder in this cave of lonesomeness
Incarcerating with deafening peals of anguish and sorrow.
Inharmonious rhythms of yesterday’s esteemed dance steps
Invoke now wriggling fervours to blind and muted séances.
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7.
Face Values

The one at war with self
Seeks the peace with world;
The heart shrivelled with fear
Puffs out a hot air of bravery;
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8.
The Man Died…

Thistle strewn path
cobbled at the dawn of time
for immortal man to tread, his spoor
mortal man to follow.
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9.
I Fear…

A dome of dark, gloomy clouds caps this landscape.
But, not for rain.
A cacophony of thunderous applause shakes the land.
But, not for rain.
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10.
Yinka @ 40 (A Poem For Tolani's Sister)

Years have rolled by
gathering sweet memories
forging strong bonds of sisterhood.
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