USA Africa Dialogue Series - I Am Poet Of The Streets (Poem)

By Chidi Anthony Opara 

I am piqued 

When I am profiled

A protegee of prominent poets.

I am pained

When I am pronounced

Just a poet.

I am poet of the streets.

I walk the streets 

And sing 

My strident songs of protest, 

Giving succour

To the indigent indigenes

Of the streets, 

Impoverished 

By the scoundrels who rule over them.

Mother muse

Mills my inspiration more

When I straddle the podiums 

And sing for the streets.

The scorn,

The sneer

Of the scoundrels 

Give flip to my resolve

To sing

And sing for the streets,

I am poet of the streets.

(Poem presented as social service, all rights reserved).

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Chidi Anthony Opara is a Poet, Institute Of Information Management Professional Fellow, MIT Chief Data Officer Ambassador and Editorial Adviser at News Updates(https://updatesonnews.substack.com)

He is a recipient of International Award/Recognition For Excellence In Data And Information Management, with 253 mentions on Academia(academia.edu)as at July 22nd, 2024.

More about him here: https://independent.academia.edu/ChidiAnthonyOpara

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