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Cold War

Benson Chukwueke 1971 (Owerri)

Now no exchange of gunfire
No bombshell razed the forest
All is calm, so calm as dead night
Quiet but noises within us
As we wrestle with heavy heart
In a fight to overcome our fears
A battle only seen in the wrinkles on our faces
As we struggle to survive

Price paid for the tussled crown
Locusts ambushed our farmland
Pollute the river stream
As Cholera break out
Kwashiorkor kill our children in cold blood
The outcry echoes in the silent night
Of the cold war in our country

About this poem

There are wars going on in several places across the world. Some we hardly know, because they are not wars where guns and bombs are fired, rather economic missiles and biological weapons are employed to cause food storage and environmental pollutions. So much hardship, especially with children mal- nourishment that result to several millions of deaths around the world.

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Scheme XXAXXXXX XXXXXAX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 494
Words 105
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 7
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Benson Chukwueke

Owerri, Nigeria since 1971. This is how I process and express my innermost cogitations; sitting back with pen and paper, painting words and polishing them until they become flowered verses. I guess for these actions, I could be called a poet or what do think? more…

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