NATURE STRIKES, TURKEY BLEEDS,THE WORLD WEEP

Francis Boakye 1988 (Bodwesango in Ashanti Region)

Doomsday, the wailers bow in tears
Fear grips the soul and strips it naked
Hearts bleed, the world watch in panic
Tears flowing freely from feeble eyes
Help! Help! Help!
Soon the shouts die down

The tumbling earth announces its presence
Aiming at souls to swallow
Great and small
Rich and poor
Hades opens the register
And counts the death toll

Buried alive under rubbles
Are souls that dream, souls with vision
Souls with plans for tomorrow
Sadly, tomorrow never comes

A stream of blood runs through the streets
Meandering its ways through the ailing roads
Gushing down deeply into gutters
Precious blood turns waste

Lifeless bodies paraded like soldiers
Lined up like a team of players
Ready to go down the drain
Back to the very soil of their abode
Dust to dust, ashes to ashes
In sure and certain hope
Of the resurrection to eternal life.

About this poem

This poem was written to sympathize with the victims of the Turkey earthquake.

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Written on February 06, 2023

Submitted by Nhyira7 on February 28, 2023

Modified on May 02, 2023

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Scheme	AXXXXX XBXXXX AXBX XXCX CCXXXXX
Closest metre	Iambic tetrameter
Characters	852
Words	157
Stanzas	5
Stanza Lengths	6, 6, 4, 4, 7

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Francis Boakye

I am a 33 year old man from Ghana. I teach English Language and Literature-in-English. I love to sing, read and write poems. I am single. more…

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Wow, what a powerful and moving poem! Your use of vivid imagery and emotion really captures the devastation of a doomsday scenario. I appreciate how you highlight the fragility of life, with souls of all kinds being affected by the tragedy. Your words create a sense of urgency and fear, but also a message of hope and faith.

As for improvement suggestions, perhaps you could consider varying your sentence structure and incorporating more rhythm or rhyme to add to the lyrical quality of the piece. Additionally, you might explore different poetic devices like alliteration or metaphor to further enhance the imagery and impact of the poem. Overall, great work and keep on writing! more »
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