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THE OLD MAN SPEAKS
Fine eye, from the tower of the sky
The ageless friend who dines with me
My bush grows grey as time waves bye
My hips on stool, so wrecked they be.
A discourse please, weary traveler I ask.
Let's eat some words slippery for the youngs.
Those rats now race to a future on mask.
So blind and deaf, we roof our tongues.
But with minds at work we bear these tales
Mouthful wisdom being mocked by age
Bottles of wine, chatters, then hails
This life goes on like flips of page.
The deeds this hands and feet have done
The wits of pasts and feats like mast.
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The glories long gone and stories we mourn.
This dawn of age behind has cast.
And yes! I do recall those times
When apes obey those ships at bay
Our dimes they took and gave us mimes
So poor at mind we walked their way.
Ha ha! do you recall the flag?
The song we sang and streets we ran?
With haste they tucked their rags in bag
And then this land we had to man.
The scenes of war, the horrors we saw
To forge today with tears not cheers
The turns of seats and reins of law
Those lots and guts we quench with beers.
The past is oil we eat with yams
We wash our hands and brush our bear.
We watch these youngs contend like rams
Their world they tar, they mar and tear.
So that is how today began
Oh friend that hears it's time to set
I hear you say we ran! we ran!
So sleep my friend, these youngs we let.
Ryhmgod’s timeline
- May 2023
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19 FriAnniversary
One year of membership
- May 2022
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20 FriReceived a critique
on THE OLD MAN SPEAKS from @Jackweb
"...say it has a good beginning and ending. As Geezer had advised, remove the (s) in young. I agree with Geezer's corrections on rhyme issues. He calls it: near rhyme. That is if a word look like another, that they autom…" -
20 FriReceived a critique
on THE OLD MAN SPEAKS from @Geezer
"and like the theme of your poem. There are however, some discrepancies in your tenses and in a couple of instances, the mistake of thinking that if a word looks like another, that they automatically rhyme. I will point…" -
19 ThuReceived a critique
on THE OLD MAN SPEAKS from @Patricia
"I really loved this poem. The imagery was wonderful.I can't find anything wrong with it. It seemed so nostalgic. I wanted to read more. Keep on writing! Pat" -
19 ThuFirst publication
THE OLD MAN SPEAKS
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About Me
About me
I am a poet whose passion is directed at nation building.
I am currently a fresh student at Nnamdi Azikiwe, Awka, Anambra state studying English and Literature. I Am an indigene of Ebonyi state in Nigeria.
Location: Ebonyi state of Nigeria
Favorite Poets
John Milton
Wole Soyinka
John Pepper Clark
Chinua Achebe and an inexhaustible number of some African poets.
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