My second article has finally been published in Writers Space Africa August Edition. WSA is a literary magazine for African writers. You can download the complete magazine right here.
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Showing posts with label My Favourite Poems. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Favourite Poems. Show all posts
Taming the Beast
I am tough
Callous and rough
Determined to the will
Sturdy enough to fulfill
I am a beast
Born to feast
A wanderer within the night
Raised strong to survive life’s fight
You can see in my eyes
I wear no disguise
And you, you are the beauty
To which the...
“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost (1874-1963)
Road not taken....
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the undergrowth;Then took the other, as just as fair,And having perhaps the better...
Caged Bird by Maya Angelou
The Caged Bird Sings of Freedom
The free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wings
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.
But a bird that stalks
down his narrow cage
can seldom see through
his...
Traveller, There Is No Path : Antonio Machado
The path is made by walking.
Everything passes on and everything remains,
But our lot is to pass on,
To go on making paths,
Paths across the sea.
I never sought glory,
Nor to leave my song
In the memory of man;
I love those subtle worlds,
Weightless and...
You are my morning and Evening Star
Poem By Francis Chanda (2018)
You are my morning and evening star
My beautiful love
The flower that bloomed in my heart
It neither longs for water nor light
but your smile
Life wants you to be my
past… but my heart, my future
You...
