Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Gaza(Poem)(Repost)

Our Brother Chidi is at it again; another gripping picture painted in words

Thanks

On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 9:12 AM Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM, CDOA <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks, Oluwatoyin.

I however think that the poem is taking cognizance of the many instances of "smokes" from bombing hits.

Anyway, remember that poets are "licensed" to break the rules and regulations of grammar.

Thanks, again.

Mazi Cornelius,

It is not only the Palestinians that are falling, the Israelis and we, the humanists are also falling.

-CAO.

On Monday, 9 October 2023, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <ovdepoju@gmail.com> wrote:

Superb

I think "smokes" should be "smoke" though

On Mon, Oct 9, 2023, 12:42 PM Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM, CDOA <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:

By Chidi Anthony Opara

Bombs,

Rockets

Rouse me from silence,

Gaza blazes again.

I see sacrilege

In the shrines of the good gods,

I hear loud laughter

And clicks of wine glasses

From the mansions

Of merchants of war weapons.

I stand gazing at Gaza.

The smokes rise

And shield my gaze

From the slaughter.

 

From the risen smokes

I hear the cries

Of the wounded

And the bereaved,

The dead are dumb.

I am drenched

By the tears

Of the weeping world.

(Poem presented as social service, all rights reserved)

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