Teacher’s Wish
Before the prompt is out, sigh,
The pencils are already moving, why?
Their ears are closed, goodbye,
as minds feverishly try to rhyme.
Heads are bent over papers, be kind,
maybe they heard me (in my mind).
I will teach them to write.
I will create a bright light that guides them to learning.
The directions are given, clearly.
It is a simple act of reading, merely.
Ah… but the hands are up, dear me.
Air fills with the repeated question, tears.
Hold it together, don’t yell, “Hear me!”
Point at the directions near me,
and demand, read it out loud for me.
I will teach them to do math.
I will create a clear path that guides them to learning.
There is plenty of blame.
It has become a drinking game.
Every year, it’s the same.
There are new faces and names,
but the struggle remains;
how to get them to use their brains?
I will teach them to learn.
I will create a fire that burns to guide them to a love of learning.
Step Up To The Plate -Bop Poetry (HR 3)
Parents are supposed to be there for their children
Even if their lives start to fall apart
You can’t just give up and walk away…
…are leave the state to try to escape
Deadbeats always make up excuses
But quick to point their fingers when things don’t go their way
It’s time to STEP UP
It takes two to tango
You laid down to make him
Then turned around and left him
How can you look at what you created with eyes that’s blind to his pain?
He stays looking for you
And you’re hiding in plain sight
Too bad you’re missing out on a kid that’s beyond amazing
All because you’re too selfish to think past yourself
It’s time to STEP UP
As a father you should be calling your son
You should be the one making him feel loved
There’s no reason for months to go by without a word
But you expect him to call to say what’s up
He needs a man to help him become one
But you’re too busy being a father to another child that’s not yours
It’s time to STEP UP
Kongi’s Midas
His genial fire
Reverberates with exotic warmth
His aesthetically crafted tomes
Across literary modes
Exudes the regal passion of a Plutonic sage
Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka remains Africa’s Iconic Voyager of distinction
A gadfly with the boundless depth of a pantheon…
His footprints echoes the seamless craft of an art connoisseur
His exceptional artistry reflects in his truckloads of global medallions…
A dexterous Weaver of words
A griot with uncanny wisdom of the ancients…
His priceless pearls drips with unalloyed clarity, striking cords of a genius…
He remains Africa’s WS, a muse with matchless depth
An inventive scholar of legendary fireworks…
2020 Poetry Marathon Hour 3 – Ode to The Booze I Bought for Quarantine
Up and down aisles of glass,
never looking more fragile,
I wandered until I found you:
Faithful old friends,
new comrades,
some along to see how they meshed.
A few for comfort on bad nights,
or to liven up good nights,
and some just because Quarantine.
I promised you we’d both see the end of this.
In weeks or months.
I brought you back in heavy bags,
set up a place where the kids wouldn’t bother you
We started hanging out almost every night
(once the kids were in bed).
The news got worse,
the streets emptied out,
the numbers got uglier,
routines crumbled,
tempers flared,
but you were there for me.
But as things darkened further yet,
and Quarantine just became life,
I watched you dwindle away,
losing weight and color,
until a few of you vanished entirely.
Had I been relying on you too much?
You wouldn’t confirm it
(always so stoic).
But neither would you deny it.
Because, after all, you’ve never lied to me.
I gave you more space; checking in once or twice a week.
We don’t hang out alone as much as we used to, but you seem fine with it.
You have your faults, but you’re not needy.
I promised you we’d both see the end of this.
Even if we don’t see each other much, until the end.
The Revolt Poet – Light the Fire.
Rebel. Refuse. Resist. Revolt. Overcome.
It only takes a single match to burn a forest,
You could be the one.
Don’t let them douse the protests momentum
Or put back in the bottle what we have begun,
The onus is on us to turn the riots into rebellion,
To redefine the rotten core
At the very heart of the system,
And whilst we’re at it, disband the Union,
And corrupt institutions,
Like the Catholic Church, militaries, the Royal Family and Governments
Formed out of Eton,
For Red or Blue,
What’s there to choose,
Between Starmer’s Labour and the Tories, or in the US too
Where soon you get to choose between two
White men.
Racists. Misogynists. Both of them.
‘Gator Sighting
A metaphor for life
This place
Surface of tranquil beauty
Manicured lawns,
well pruned palms
But lurking
around edges
under brackish waters
something else
not nearly so benign
submerged in shallow waters
aware and alert
as blind eyes
fail to see
and
carefree steps take you near
When death doesn’t matter
Scattered in the seas of none ya
Like the shredded leaves of the wintered tree
A branch broken from it’s home
I stand on the cliff
Not ready to fall off
But ready to leave at the moment
A moment of royal emotion
Soaked in honey deep
A moment so shiny
In sunny spring
A moment so content
The memories didn’t matter
As the breeze take me
On a journey trip
Whispers of words in ecstasy
Kisses of love from glowing lips
Hugs my being in a sweaty squeeze
And soft caresses on my bruised back
Still, I want more,
I wish Oliver could think less
But nothing could explain why
But staying, getting fixed on the edge of the cliff
Is my gain
A little step backward, I can’t take
For now, is the time
No forgone alternative
The fullness of time is spent.
Seasons
Spring.
Flowers bloom and birds sing.
So many colours splattered around
And so many fragrances can be found.
Summer is when the sun scorches our skin.
Against the burning heat, you can never win.
You’re in desperate need for a cold glass of water.
Hoping it will get you through the days that just seem to get hotter.
In autumn you watch the leaves fall
From the trees that stand tall.
Orange, red, yellow and brown
Is strewn all over the ground.
The freezing cold knips your skin in winter all day and night.
Sometimes you catch a cold that your body will have to fight.
It’s the best time to cuddle and be warm
And make snowmen with the snow that has begun to form.
All seasons can be fill with happiness and fun.
All seasons are important. Not just one.
The wait
Waiting.
For nothing,
Hope is fear,
Fear is hope,
A hope of something new.
Old is silent,
Freedom.
By Aqua PMC Shared 6/26/20