Tag: Sad poems
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Songs of Sorrows by Kofi Awoonor
I. Dzogbese Lisa has treated me thusIt has led me among the sharps of the forestReturning is not possibleAnd going forward is a great difficultyThe affairs of this world are like the chameleon fecesInto which I have steppedWhen I clean it cannot go. I am on the world’s extreme corner,I am not sitting in the […]
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The Orphan
By Ann Taylor
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Homeless Helpless
Life is such a heavy burden, and many has made a struggle out of it. The war has now begone. Those who are vile will plunder and the meek suffers, because it’s a bloody war and people are brought down from high places.
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Homeless not Hopeless
by Sola Owonibi We are the natives of the streetholed-up under bridgeswe are necessarywe are part of your existence
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The old man by the window
The old man lives all day by the window, as if there is nothing left but to stare all day. And when he noticed the movement of the wind, he would smile as if he has understood something.
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Vultures
Vultures! So many Vultures. They are all waiting on their meal. They are certain of course so they wait. They wait to scavenge on their carrion.
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