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Share Your Favourite Poem by sirBLUNT: 5:28pm On Mar 22, 2023 |
Here is mine: Once upon a time, son, they used to laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes: but now they only laugh with their teeth, while their ice-block-cold eyes search behind my shadow. There was a time indeed they used to shake hands with their hearts: but that’s gone, son. Now they shake hands without hearts while their left hands search my empty pockets. ‘Feel at home!’ ‘Come again’: they say, and when I come again and feel at home, once, twice, there will be no thrice- for then I find doors shut on me. So I have learned many things, son. I have learned to wear many faces like dresses – homeface, officeface, streetface, hostface, cocktailface, with all their conforming smiles like a fixed portrait smile. And I have learned too to laugh with only my teeth and shake hands without my heart. I have also learned to say,’Goodbye’, when I mean ‘Good-riddance’: to say ‘Glad to meet you’, without being glad; and to say ‘It’s been nice talking to you’, after being bored. But believe me, son. I want to be what I used to be when I was like you. I want to unlearn all these muting things. Most of all, I want to relearn how to laugh, for my laugh in the mirror shows only my teeth like a snake’s bare fangs! So show me, son, how to laugh; show me how I used to laugh and smile once upon a time when I was like you. Gabriel Okara (1921 - 2019) *** One of the earliest poems I read and loved. 😊❤️ Cc: divepen1 Cc: religion 1 Like |
Re: Share Your Favourite Poem by Onucs(m): 5:41pm On Mar 22, 2023 |
Row row row your boat Gentle down the stream Merily merily merily, life is but a dream 1 Like |
Re: Share Your Favourite Poem by bestpoems: 8:23am On Apr 02, 2023 |
The storms are pounding Destruction is rampant No end seems in sight. The day is endless The night never ending Will it ever, ever be right? Lightning crashes Winds are swirling Torrents of water fall down. The earth is shaking The shelter is breaking Thunderous sound resounds. Above the storm the Calm prevails Overlooking the turmoil below. Awaiting the return of order again That Peace and Calm bestow. Then it is over… No more pounding Silence, beautiful silence Comes whispering in the ears. The Earth becomes firm The Sun is still shining It dries up all the tears. Through the debris New hopes arise Covering the scars below. Growing stronger, stronger As strength rebounds Renewed by the seeds we sow. Repairing the damage Replacing the lost Moving forward with or without. Finding Hope in the future as Faith reaches upward Redeeming Love without a doubt. When the storms of life Cause turmoil and strife, The Son dries all my tears. When all seemed lost I counted the cost Turned over all my fears. I am surviving. I am stronger still. This is one of my favorite poems. |
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