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- Slow EatersA buffet partyEat as much as you please Make your pickOr better still, eat what you getChef cooks and servesFood piles like mountains The fast eaters, They choose greedTemporary satisfaction… Read more: Slow Eaters
- Unofficial ode to the black girleyes like honeyskin like glasslips like cherrywho’s that pretty lass? it’s my girlblack and shinelet it ring like a bellthe girl is mine. © warrior queen, 2024
- Good old daysA slowly grinding wheelmoving at the speed of light how exactly did we get here?has time cheated us now?we celebrate a new year but long for good old dayswe look… Read more: Good old days
- Yellow WallsIt’s the ending of August Some days past my birthday Just got into college With my luggage and my ticketAs uncertain as the rain cloudsI proceed to my new room… Read more: Yellow Walls
- Poet’s blockI might have a severe case of poet’s block Suck in the rutOf unproductivity Waiting for a hit of sudden creativityMy pen has long too rested My papers are quite… Read more: Poet’s block
- Artwork of FlawsArtwork of Flaws Jealously, she admires her peers“They all look so beautiful” she saysBut loudly clanging in her earsAre the chains of self doubt filling her with dread In the… Read more: Artwork of Flaws
- Dance of LifeLet the drums begin to playAnd make space for ArẹwaLet her dance to the ancient BataPlay us the afro beats, highlife and reggaeWith each beat of the drums,Let the seeds… Read more: Dance of Life
- The True VillianStaring at the ruins you causedAll the things I’ve worked hard forWhen the results start to showYou smash the stage and spoil the show A well gardened flower plantGroomed it… Read more: The True Villian
- Blazing heatThe heat I feelIs suffocatingWhen the weather changes And the sun is blazingThe floor is so hotCan’t walk properlyWhen did a fertile landTurn to a barren one?There’s no room for… Read more: Blazing heat
- MazeLost in the maze of finding myselfSo many paths that look like the wayWalked down a path I thought for myselfWas good enough, now I’m stuck at a bay My… Read more: Maze
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