Category: Uncategorized

Genre(s): Politics/Society

The Golden Man
by Alexander Nderitu

I had a dream.
I was walking down a street in downtown Harlem,
The stirring strains of jazz in my ear,
When I bumped into Martin Luther King, Jr.
It was drizzling and darkness had fallen
And I said: ‘Perhaps you could help me, sir.
You see, I’m looking for the Golden Man.’
King said, ‘What do you want them Orientals for, brother?
Say it loud – I’m Black and proud!’
I explained that the Golden Man has no particular colour;
He equates racism with ignorance and doesn’t bother
With petty prejudices, seeing humanity as one.

King said: ‘How long have you been searching, son?’
I said: ‘Quite some time now, more than a year.’
‘Have you ever heard about the “Conference of Birds”?’
‘Yes – some birds made an epic flight to see their God
But when they reached Heaven, a…

Genre: Nature, Rhyme, Funny

Rain
by James Kennon

Rain falls like terminal dodo birds liquefied by infinite speed,
gravity plunges one way, directional confusion of enveloping skins, wave upon wave etc…

Circular chitterings of gnomish crazy-eyed beaks,
quills loaded with thick black syrupy information encrypted into dazzling streaks of digital flight,
through iron pellets and streaking beams of displacing squareness that leave gaping holes in reverse images frozen with surprise.

Wetness brings cures for dryness, visions of self reflected in falling drops show the multitudes of one, bringing joy in wetness all things are covered,
old brains,
wear plastic yellow sheets that hum rain into piercing darts, splinters.

How did I think I could see the rain eye to eye without falling?

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Deadline: FREE POETRY Festival – Get your poem made into a MOVIE and seen by 1000s. Three options to submit:
http://www.wildsound.ca/poetrycontest.html

Watch Poetry…

Read Today’s NEW Poetry from all over the world:

GOD IS REAL BUT WE DON’T EXIST, by Jason Moore
http://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2015/09/28/god-is-real-but-we-dont-exist-poetry-by-jason-moore/

FULL OF SURPRISES, by Jo McAuley
http://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2015/09/28/full-of-surprises-poetry-by-jo-mcauley/

LUFTMENSCHEN 2, by LJ Kessels
http://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2015/09/28/luftmenschen-2-poetry-by-lj-kessels/

SWEAR TO ME, by Will Humphrey
http://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2015/09/28/swear-to-me-poetry-by-will-humphrey/

WANDERERS AT THE HILL OF FREEDOM, by Abayomi Ogunniyi
http://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2015/09/29/wanderers-at-the-hill-of-freedom-poetry-by-abayomi-ogunniyi/

ONE WOMAN, by TS Willis
http://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2015/09/29/one-woman-poetry-by-ts-willis/

SARAKEY, by Habib Akewusola
http://wildsoundfestivalreview.com/2015/09/29/sarakey-poetry-by-habib-akewusola/

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Deadline: FREE POETRY Festival – Get your poem made into a MOVIE and seen by 1000s. Three options to submit:
http://www.wildsound.ca/poetrycontest.html

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