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Guernica
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

Dark frame of mind ensconces frontiers
with a blanched dapple of strife.
Hell is let loose on Desert,
bewildered by new griefs of a listless heaven.
Camels hit by flame-tailed arrows
soothe their flayed humps;
other alien beasts hone in one stretch of prayer,
reminding God of the promise of Rainbow.
The prepuce of Desert reclines and
peels off, revealing the whiteness of Death....

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Earth
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

Earth,
that fine, pneumatic
piece of gem from space,
bulbous, bluish with
the hand of beauty
adorned with furry clouds,
yet in closer sense lies
senseless to internal
doom.

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Futility
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

I return from a meaningless war
After witnessing a senseless carnage.
Behind me, bows and arrows with a
Hollow quiver.
The war is over, but rages on beyond
My escaped limits, where iguanas hum
Messages across festered hills.

The war was senseless and so was I.
The cause was infantile, ruthlessly foolish.

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The Church
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

During the peace of the altar,
Pews knelt down piously;
The pulpit stood and conducted
Peace;
Verdure, rosary and the paternoster
Bloomed;
And the clergy hummed soulfully.

Seasons.
Roars, rasps and hisses of tension

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The antidote
by Patrick Price

This eerie sensation coursing
My veins tightening and pulsing
An icy grasp against my throat
Searching for the true antidote

Over and over, no result
Not a single soul to consult
Suffering alone in darkness
Searching in dreams of avarice


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Recent Strife Poems
The Church
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

During the peace of the altar,
Pews knelt down piously;
The pulpit stood and conducted
Peace;
Verdure, rosary and the paternoster
Bloomed;
And the clergy hummed soulfully.

Seasons.
Roars, rasps and hisses of tension

......

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Sleeping Seas
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

Tumultuous clouds above keep vigil
On a cold, grey night, mourning the
Killing of visible stars...

Soot-darkness veils the brows of the
Skies in one orgy of perfidy, transmuting
The agelessness of heaven into a

Yolk of newness, fragile and tendril-tender.
Arrogant terns weave mock baskets for

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Guernica
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

Dark frame of mind ensconces frontiers
with a blanched dapple of strife.
Hell is let loose on Desert,
bewildered by new griefs of a listless heaven.
Camels hit by flame-tailed arrows
soothe their flayed humps;
other alien beasts hone in one stretch of prayer,
reminding God of the promise of Rainbow.
The prepuce of Desert reclines and
peels off, revealing the whiteness of Death....

......

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Futility
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

I return from a meaningless war
After witnessing a senseless carnage.
Behind me, bows and arrows with a
Hollow quiver.
The war is over, but rages on beyond
My escaped limits, where iguanas hum
Messages across festered hills.

The war was senseless and so was I.
The cause was infantile, ruthlessly foolish.

......

Continue reading
Earth
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

Earth,
that fine, pneumatic
piece of gem from space,
bulbous, bluish with
the hand of beauty
adorned with furry clouds,
yet in closer sense lies
senseless to internal
doom.

Continue reading
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