USA Africa Dialogue Series - The Balm Of Ballads (Poem)

By Chidi Anthony Opara

 

I am not the snob

Saturated with praise songs

Of hired praise singers,

I am the bard

Who heals broken hearts

With the balm of ballads.

 

I am not the showman

Who wears sophistry,

I am the mouthpiece of Chukwu

Who wears truth.

 

I am not the scribe

Who scribbles sacrilege

On the shrine walls,

I am the curator

Of the sacred sculptures.

 

My ballads

Are not bound

By the bounds of borders.

 

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                 (3) Na For Poems

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