Siting chin in hand hours pass without notice And clouds drift, and wind blow turning minutes to hours Hardships and tragedies have ruined texture of my skin,… Read more “CHIN IN HAND”
REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE
A thousand minds articulate and turn as one A million hearts beat and move as one This day this hour of one will let 10,000 feet trudge… Read more “REVOLUTIONARY VIOLENCE”
BATTLE OF MAKURIA (ETHIOPIANS VERSES ARABS) 643 A.D
Divisive parochialism and convulsive war plagued the land Chieftains with chieftains when strove to control Egypt’s martial bands Now the opportunist outlaw Amr ibn-al-As was intent… Read more “BATTLE OF MAKURIA (ETHIOPIANS VERSES ARABS) 643 A.D”
CHANT
Rare the occasion All together like this a noble bloodline Slay the ram and pour libation Sour milk and honey as back then is fine Even beggars… Read more “CHANT”
PAIN
The shrilling of insects keep me awake The cockerels should cry dawn now My bed is overgrown with thorns and brambles
YEARS
The eastern trees are fresh and green Facing the western hills the waning sun can be seen The northern acacia bush between Far and wide the forest… Read more “YEARS”
‘Never to Part’
World over the sudden rain has turned dust to mud And gazing the range of hills, nostalgia start to chock my heart I still remember our staggering… Read more “‘Never to Part’”
WITHERED LEAF
Tragedies without limit Deplorable my decline years are Now I sit head drooped and in low spirit Thick like smoke chaos looms nigh and far Then the… Read more “WITHERED LEAF”
WE CIVILIANS
We commoners are something like a drowning man Danger and death prowl or stalk eager to hunt us down Criminally imposed taxes at grandest scale; extortionist at… Read more “WE CIVILIANS”
