Ernesto's Poems

Here's the list of poems submitted by Ernesto  —  There are currently 9 poems total — keep up the great work!

Waiting

Waiting keeps the time passing.
The waiting of the godly is worth it.
The waiting of the worldly is lucre lost.
The waiting of the godly is favor gained. The worldly fret over the gain of the worldly.
The godly is blessed even at his...

– by Ernest Okoro

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"Not The Soul That Wills"

Now I striped myself of every
Inordinate ambition and selfish intent.
My tomorrow I placed into His hands.
The wind had started blowing;
Mild, favorable and gentle it seemed to be,
Directing my feet towards the light.
It’s really not the soul...

– by Ernest Ejere Okoro

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"When I Knew Him Not"

Even when I knew Him not,
He had taken interest in me.
Even when I chose the lost path
Out of foolish nature,
He chose for me life.
Who would ever dream of me,
A prey in the mouth of tiger,
Ready to be devoured?
Mama told me, papa...

– by Ernest Ejere Okoro

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"Iron Sharpens Iron"

No wonder then the embers refused
Going to ash.
Across 'operation python dance' I came in the dailies.
I asked; he said it was a fight against
The Pythons.
I read through the tabloid; it said 'Crocodile dance'.
When I asked; he said it...

– by Ernest Ejere Okoro

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"Why Do You Like Feeding On Me?"

Why do you savour my body?
You have dismembered me in portions,
Giving my head to your first son.
My arms you have given to your
Siblings.
Your friends and colleagues have
Laid claim to my limbs.
My heart and my head to the highest
Bider...

– by Ernest Ejere Okoro

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"leaders of Tomorrow"

From the seventies occurred
Seemingly total normal dislodge.
Social it is that the child is held in oblivion
From being a father of his own children.
Natural it is that father frowns at
A child's advancement, desiring
To see the child of his...

– by Ernest Ejere Okoro

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"ARE WE NOT MIRROR"

Look at him in the box
As he breathes his last.
Are you not seeing yourself?
Did he not pray for better days
To come and wipe away
The tears that caused him Blurred sight.
Did he not brush his teeth
And ask for bread to break
His fast?
...

– by Ejere Okoro

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"Their Panacea Of Gun"

They want 'peace'.
Of enduring or inducing?
What peace is associated with gun?
He came for peace.
He is in possession of his gun.
He fires with no restraint.
Like a clattering thunder,
He spits embers at the very hearts of stones,
Awakening...

– by Ernest Ejere Okoro

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"ARE WE NOT MIRRORS"

Look at him in the box
As he breathes his last.
Are you not seeing yourself?
Did he not pray for better days
To come and wipe away
The tears that caused him blurred sight. Did he not brush his teeth
And ask for bread to break his fast?
...

– by Ejere Okoro

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