Rafael Yaw Kumi Poems

Inside the corridors of my mind
I feel the tight embrace of a friend
An upsetting presence – a haven of solace; an embrace that captures my soul
When poetry becomes the habitation of lies
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When I was a little boy, mother said that Odomankoma made a rainbow
A band of beauty that gladdened Noah and his kin
She brought smiles with her and a promise of peace to show
Her treasures, a dove and an olive shoot to grace her chin
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In a city far away;
On the hilly slopes that dwarf a city’s charm;
On the dry banks of a silent lake;
In the turbid torrents of a mighty river’s wake;
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It’s the end of a fiery passion
The birth of dying embers
Our hearts know this can mean only one thing
The goodbye of dear friends
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When e’er do they take to flight?
I marvel at their majestic glide so light
How hither they come yet yonder reach the greatest heights
A feather in a million; a word in a lifetime of poetry
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Prelude
It may sound like an elegy yet it rings like the love song of parakeets
When the heart of a man becomes the abyss of confused maladies,
It speaks as though bidding despedida even though it barely said bienvenida
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My soul wanes
My spirit lives in these grains
Day and night my brows cry
That the greedy master will feast until he breathes his last sigh
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I was made to love
I was made for love
I was made with love
I was made love
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Adieu, my fair summer's friend
How hither your departure brings summer's end
You happily kissed away Spring's deceit
Yet so soon you conspire Autumn's conceit
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With his backpack strapped fast
And the guts to journey against the wind's gust
Love the wanderer sets out in search of his soulmate
When season is due and reason steers him to his fate
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