IN AMIDST OF EPICENTRE



Owls and Snakes
Lay down their tone for good
Meandering rivers and streams freeze
Even living breeze become ice
Every dawn and noon in a folding of arms
Watching the blossoming white dove approach.

Tears and blood sign armistice
Stones and broken glasses apologise,
The outcry of feet and toe heard at last
Breaking the galaxy of toxic silence by a muse
Sobbing eyes no longer form a river down cheeks,
Hair fails no longer from the head.

Knives, Pangas and Machetes
No longer blood thirst,
White washed to paint walls and pots
Cats fight no more in darkness but embrace
Producing symphonies not sparks of fear,
Bakers and Chefs burned no more along the woven.

Lions and Antelopes bury the hatchet
Cow dung finally perfume for mosquitoes
Catapults pause in existence
Paving way to birds party and procreation
Now stand tall following the call, praying
That volcano of the  world won’t sign my death warrant.

About this poem

Considering how depression strikes the mind down, this poem is a light of hope that there is a reverse in negativity and tables turn in life. The poem is a portrayal of imagery starting from the title and paragraphs; IN AMIDST OF EPICENTER meaning in a middle of a difficulty. I believe there is an opportunity in middle of a thought provoking situation.

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Submitted by SymonMaguru on September 15, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXBXXX XAXXXX BXXXXC XXXCXX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 891
Words 156
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6

Symon Maguru

Symon Maguru is a Poet, Journalist, Author and Singer-songwriter From Malawi born in Blantyre City on 19th February 1998. He realized his potential when he was in secondary school in 2014, two years later in college he gained recognition with his poem "When the sunrises." Passing through a tough time, having no support from local newspapers, the journey prolonged. Symon Maguru's Poetry captures his experiences in life, culture, religion, national affairs and matters of global interest. Maguru has worked with Better than Starbucks poetry magazine in 2020 and his poems were published in their bi-monthly Journals from January to May. Throughout his written poetry career, he is driven by zeal to make traditional poetry rise again, learning from Malawian Poetry legends like James David Rubadiri, Jack Mapanje, J.W. Gwengwe, Benedicto Wokomaatani Malunga et cetera. He dreams of revitalising traditional poetry with Afrocentric touch and more other genres among fellow Poets with a vision of expanding horizons of Malawian Poetry. more…

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