Courage Poems

The boat,

            smooth sea,

                        tight sail,

                                    the bow slices the

                                                blue-green

Men at ease with their Leader,

                                                their Friend.

As ripples sing lullabies to their Man.

There was a scholar from Shansi City,
Miffed by folks he stayed in an priory,
Peaceful, but bothered by its many bugs,
So he bundled

Growth by Adelaine Lowe

For once I am happy

Yes, that may be true.

Still, nobody can bring me down

Quite like you do.

I will still cry I

I am the daughter of a sharecropper
I am the real granddaughter of Netta
I am the element of surprises

Sadness and gladness is a part

Wiping Away the Tears

I felt the brush of the wind against my face

That is when I was taken to that Holy place

My head bent low

As a whole I am beautiful.
To remember this is to witness the ugly, broken parts die.
As a whole people are ugly.
Individuals are

Another Version

Hartley Forde

You can’t see the wind,
But that old mango tree,
Outside my window,
tell me it’s there..
.
I

     FOOL ME ONCE

I was obsessed, with friendship

I laid the foundation of my life, around it

Joy was continually aboard with me, even in township

I was

•≈ Shred ≈•

To you I gave my heart

No matter how dark your tale

Always I remained for you

Nothing did I hold back

Forever would I have been

I failed my dreams,

fulfilled someone else’s.

Yes,

I failed.

But,

I felt fulfilled.

                                                         THE DUST ON WORLD’S EYES.

The earth  crying  of pains , the Sky’s  eyes running tears, complains of losing sight. 

Rolling in phases  the  destruction

I just couldn’t get it in

couldn’t get it in all the way

there was no music   no sound

it wasn’t in all the way

and then I pushed