PHARAOH

Abubakar Bagudu 1984 (Kaduna)



Blessed memories at Egypt ground.
A Pharaoh once a wild hunter for sad Israel.
Bittered grace hits lips of unspoken tongues.

God plead them grace above common men.
Another Pharaoh was born, a new Pharaoh summoned.

Between good and evil as light and darkness bliss.
Pharaohs on earth, body mixed. With wax.

God's love for men, created from a common clay.
As a king being tinted in darkness fare.

Betrayal from pharaoh's only child.
Lifted sword, beheaded pharaoh's children.
Drown in a sea by magic dream.
Failed to cross the sea of fortune.

Created fire from tree planted by lost seed.
Unveiling commandments terrifying being.
For Israelite foolishness moulding gods.

Never did the rusted crown wanted God's own freedom.
Signs and wonders bidding them burden.

Signs and wonders, feared the eyes of cobras.
Let them flee open the hell gates.
A tongue confessed these.

God uses a goad for all minded heart of a stone.
Ride a foal to chase winds?
Chariots forcing ways by frustrated fools.

Force not God's wrath on earth.
A place the ground readily eaten up by termites.
Wrath cremating hearts swept away by brooms.

About this poem

THE DEFEAT OF PHARAOH BY GOD.

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Written on March 30, 2024

Submitted by abubakarbagudu11 on March 30, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXX XX XX XX XAXA XXX XA XXX XXX XXX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,143
Words 224
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 2, 2, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3

Abubakar Bagudu

Abubakar Bagudu has been a Poet for over 17 years, writes Poetry, prose and drama. Having studied primary Educational Studies at College of Education FCT Zuba Abuja. more…

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