Every opportunity of learning and entertainment, of teaching and executing, of revolution and evolution should be cherished. These opportunities accord the power to know, understand and write ones history. -Kant, Hume and many non-Africans wrote of Africa as a land of people with poor no reasoning facilities, uncivilized cultures of savages, illiterates etc. These information […]
Far from acrossThe Atlantic, beneathEvergreen canopiesRose the panther warriorProtector of Wakanda Land of astonishingSunrise and sunsetGrains in abundanceParadise in disguise T’Challa, flocks calledWhen wolves attackedT’Challa, they calledWhen pirates rubbedMilk and honey Like lightening boltHe came, standingTall against tigersBears and wolves The night was stillCold hands of eternalSleep rested uponJungle lion’s head He left the sceneIn […]
Wordsmith: Ears have heard Our pasts can not be untold, Seven ladies tilled up till dawn Stitching an old plain that would dignified many. Painkiller pills: I Pledge Allegiance, To the flag of my country, With a painted color of red, white and blue my heart beat for it National Anthem Wordsmith: From this giant […]
Asleep against Earth,In the whiskey dark, Earthly time has stopped,Existence deletes,Slide the blade across your face,Totally gone blank,The career sink,Mind on the fritz,Out of sync,Disaster seeps,Closing in on shrink,The hurt is deep,Frustrated in my head. Rethinking on the sound of your breathWithout fulfilling your dreams, you leftIn second you greet deathFinishing the book of life,Life depletes,Darkness eats,Death […]
the next time you breathe/breathe life into the nostrils of earthly beings/there’ll come a time when inhaling and exhaling seem useless the next time you breathe/stuck memories into people’s minds/let their smiles signal peace & longevity the next time you breathe/plant laughters on every heart/cause oxygen and carbon dioxide will one day be missed the […]
I.I met this pretty damsel/ she had a transparent lip with no color/ castled my proposal inher bones II.Every 60 second makes a minute/ but a clock never ripped her eyes/ our love became alonely cemeteryIII.I mourned the broken things/ exchanged dreams with nightmares/ my body fell naked IV.How I wished to possess her skin/ washed away […]
this is a township/where kids await the raindrops for shower/their bodies painting pictures of sorrows teenage girls are mothers/ drug abuse and gangsterism are street languages/ surrounding scattered like an abandoned dumpsite this is my home/where violence is not a strange soldier/waking up to the sound of palava & drum beats teenage boys are fathers/ where parents […]
Under stormy rainFeeling the painAching my skinSearching for grain Through the wringer My bones grew slender My spirit, tender My skin, darker These concrete junglesPlanted my little muscles, Kept me anchored in wrestlesAnd firmed in tangles Good GodAlways understood My silent yellWhen I’m through hell These concrete jungles Made me manBefore my kinsmenTranscend I survivedBecause ‘survive’Is my nameABOUT THE AUTHORShadrach Davis alias NegroLife is a Liberian, […]
Dear God I have come in soaking eyes and a swollen Heart I voice this prayer out loud in a Blissful Smile Thousands days of disastrous Kings and Queens lost their lives from a King’s Throne Fight A City that was built on modern Bricks was destroyed by the Efforts of the Narrow minded […]
Don’t let them take your pride; It appeases me! So appeasing it steals my heart Stolen from the lifestyle of the western diaspora What appeases me so quick? Maybe, a witch spell, is it Says the Legend, hallucination, is it Says my conscious mind, something mesmerizing, is it The moon smiles again What I see is old folks and […]
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