Dreams : Langston Hughes

Hold onto dreams,
for if dreams die,
life is like a broken-winged bird,
that cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams,
for when dreams go,
life is a barren field,
frozen with snow.

A Poem of Friendship: Nikki Giovanni

We are not lovers,
because of the love,
we make,
but the love,
we have.

We are not friends,
because of the laughs,
we spend,
but the tears,
we save.

I will never miss you,
because of what we do,
but what we are,
together.

I do not love you except because I love you : Pablo Neruda

I do not love you except because I love you,
I go from loving to not loving you,
from waiting to not waiting for you,
my heart moves from cold to fire.

I love you because it's you the one I love,
I hate you deeply and hating you,
bend to you and the measure of my changing love for you,
is that I do not see you but love you blindly.

May be January light will consume,
my heart with it's cruel ray,
stealing my key to true calm.

In this part of the story I am the one who dies,
the only one and I will die of love because I love you,
because I love you, Love, in fire and in blood.

Don't Quit : Clinton Howell

When things go wrong,as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest,if you must,but don't quit.

Life is strange with twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about,
When he or she might have won had one stuck it out,
Don't give up, though the pace seems slow,
You might succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than it seems,
To a faint and flattering woman or man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When one might have captured the victor's cup,
And he or she learnt too late,
When the night slipped down,
How close one was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you can never tell how close you are,
It may be nearer when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you are hardest hit,
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

Do It Anyway : Mother Teresa

People are often unreasonable,illogical and self centered:
forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish ulterior motives:
be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies:
succeed anyway.

What you spend your years building, some could destroy overnight:
build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous:
be happy anyway.

The good you do today,people will often forget tomorrow:
be good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, it may never be enough:
give the world the best you have got anyway.

You see the final analysis, it is between you and God:
it was never between you and them, anyway.

Exploring True Poetry

There is open mic,
there is slam jam,
but nothing beats the simplicity of:
poems on walls.

So if you love poetry and appreciate poets, then you shouldn't miss this.

Or simply come to see the poets &  poetess' behind the great works of art.

Publication

 

Hey,

Am highly humbled and privileged to finally get one of my great masterpieces published 

alongside Marjorie Oludhe-Macgoye, among other great African women writers in:

https://www.rienner.com/title/Reflections_An_Anthology_of_New_Work_by_African_Women_Poets

Contact me to get your copy! Thanks for your great support, beloved.