The Poetry Marathon

Holiday in December -Poem 10

I am originally from Nigeria

Born in the UK to Nigerian Parents

Who met in London in 1960.

I am married to a Nigerian

But I am British born with Dual Nationality

We went to Nigeria for Xmas in Dec 2020

On our way back we always stop in Abudhabi

We spent few nights in Dubai and then on Xmas eve

we arrived in Abudhabi for Xmas.

My husband booked us a Xmas buffet meal in the Marriott hotel

We later went to Dubai Mall for the evening

We had been to the Village with 50 Nations

We had been on the  Safari ride Dunes

We had also been to the Burj Khalifa

So this was very Tourist like and being a muslim nation

I was surprised with the amount of decorations

We had to put on our masks

We went to the market on day one

We met with the locals and have made some friends

This was completely different to Nigeria

We spent few nights in Lagos the capital

We left for Ondo which is three hours drive

The roads were bumpy and the journey took

About six hours with so much traffic

We spent time with family- my husband is from a

Large family and has brothers and sisters abroad

We had so much food to eat and spent time with his

Mum. My daughter and son visited with us

The painting reminds me of the paintings in

The Marriott when we walk past to the lift

It also reminds me of the painting on display

In the hotel reception in Dubai

This has brought back memories for me.

But I must say I look forward to Abudhabi

I don’t really enjoy vacating in Nigeria.

@Sabinah Adewole  26/06/2021

Free prose poem.

Don’t Count your Chickens before they hatch- Poem 9

Today is the Poetry Marathon across the globe

Countries with different time zones

Participants from different countries

Have to come together for the same poetries

Have to come together for the same poetries

As Covid has still not left our midst

The Indian variant amongst us didst

Looking from afar across the sea to our territories

Looking from afar across the sea to our territories

A positive could last in the destruction

A negative could mean self -isolation

The vaccines have been our satisfaction

@Sabinah Adewole 26/06/2021

Bop is a form of Poetic argument consist of 3 stanzas. Each Stanza followed by a repeated line. Each undertaking a different purpose

Balloons-Love is in the air -Poem Eight

Struck love for each other

Besotted to be together

A woman struck by the love of another

A woman who took her life for her lover

A man from Verona in love with a woman

Ended his life not to live without her

Dagger in the heart another in haste

Sorrow to grief the loss of his taste

A decision of sleeping  potion after a dream

Suicide her life with the dagger in her dream

@SabinahAdewole 26/06/2021

Ghazal poem originated in Arabic  while dealing with loss and Romance

5 stanzas each stanza two lines  each couplet  to stand alone every line the same length.

Normal  Family -Poem Seven

Love has been the norm of my family

Love has kept us together as one family

Love has made us stronger as one

We portray a backbone as one

We may need to learn new ways begun

Working at home is more productive

The Red door and Yellow door to be constructive

We have been fortunate to be alive

Times waits for no one as we all have to strive

Time has continued to tick despite our year

Love has been the norm in my family

Working at home is more productive

The office  closed responds to our cause

It took a Pandemic to bring us to a halt

Unity and prayer the weapon in my home

We could not survive without faith forth my home

@Sabinah Adewole  26/06/2021

Gigan Poem- 16 lines. Lines are broken into Couplets and Tergets

Line  1 is repeated in line 11,

Line 6 is repeated in Line 11

The last couplet should give the poem a twist.

Food is Music -Poem 6

Food is the heart of the soul

Water, Sunlight, and dancing trees

Crops are the music to the soul

Hopping, back sliding with disease

Skipping, pack planting with increase

Starving, as Poverty strikes our world

Hunger, as Food banks orphan’s curled

@Sabinah Adewole 26/06/2021

Septet -7 Line poem first line to rhyme with third line, second line to rhyme with fourth and fifth line, Sixth and seventh line should rhyme.

A time Capsule- Poem 5

A living memory to carry on

When I am gone beyond

A life jacket to save me

When I fly and am no more

Horse carriage and treasures

A memory of my likes and dislikes

My ceremony of songs I like

Photos of me as a child

Memories I left for my child

White suit for my frame my child

Loving bath to relax

Breathing music to the ear

Soaking atmosphere

Bottled place of safety

My memories secure within

Sealed with love to begin

Wooden cross and charity begins

To carry on to heaven within

Angels of delight to secure

My breathe and love to despair

Gold, Jewellery to find a love to repair

Mum has gone to heaven at sheer

Hidden away to be no more

Buddhism relaxes

Lampshade a light to secure

Candlelight a pleasure

@Sabinah Adewole 26/06/2021

Haiburn originated in Japan combination of Prose and Haiku

Autobiography, Diary, Essay, Prose poem, Short story and travel Journal.

The burning Forest -Poem 4

Dear Amazon,

The amazon is on fire – world is on captor

The California fires -fire brigade protector

Animals of fire -the woman the saviour

House and families on fire- victor

Save our trees for paper

Plant a tree a day for nature

Climate is our pleasure

Nations save our creatures

Deforestation preventing wildlife

Oceans need to be protected seal life

Reduce our habitats from loss of life

Donations or adopt an animal for life

Save our forests, irreplacable

Homes for indigeneous, unforgettable

Crucial role on Planets health, irresponsible

A role for our survival, inconceivable

‘The sight of God if it neglects -brotherly love’

@Sabinah Adewole 26/06/2021

Credit to Leading with Love -Alexander Strauch

Epistolary Poem Verse Letter or Letter Poems form in an Epistle or Letter dates to Roman Poet in Ovid 43 BC

Ode to Freelancer-Poem 3

The bridge with views

The river overlooking the green

The woodlands on the river screen

The green on the walk offscreen

The Bridge with views

Photography her passion

Vacation her progression

The rock her disillusion

The Bridge with Views

Captures the scene distance

Gives in to her acceptance

The green every relevance

The trees with distinction

The views an illusion

The image an impression

The Bridge an experimentation

@Sabinah Adewole 26/06/2021

An Ode celebrating a person, place, thing or idea, praising something stanza forms vary

The View  -Poem 2

The joy of unseen things

Wonders of nature brings

Sunset in the morning seems

Walking on the deck feels

The joy of the morning walk

Brings joy to the day folks

The sky a pattern of heart felt

The clouds array the scene felt

The ship at the distance walk

Connections to the distance

Sailing to the beauty of unknown

Breathing in the air of the unknown

Sunset is the beginning of a new day

Sunrise the feelings of unknown today

Joy can breathe through the lenses

The view from the unknown lenses

The Joy of Unseen things supremacy

An allusion of the expectancy

The expectation of an emergency

The instinct of frequency

The Joy of the unknown

Unseen of the unknown

Destination of the unknown

Brings Joy to the unknown

@Sabinah Adewole 26/06/2021

Zuihutsu- genre of Japanese literature loosely connected fragmented ideas from the authors surroundings

Friendship Poem 1

Friendship of seven years -shadows

How awesome this felt when I- beckon

Lasting walks in the park with -me

She felt like she was in love with -i

Never give up on a friendship you- want

The clouds in the sky in earnest -to

Sleepless nights of feelings I -turn

Wings of nature on a brick wall -away

Bricks a barrier to my emotions -but

The sunshine I collect on my way -they

The window never opens I -whisper

The dead tree reminds me of -my

Name – @Sabinah Adewole

26/06/2021

Poem 1 -Golden shovel poem

Credit to Mike Wilson Haiku

Shadows beckon me

I want to turn away, but

They whisper my name