POETS OF THE MONTH - MAY 2015.....1st 2nd and 3rd.......

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POETS OF THE MONTH, MAY 2015

 For this month MAY 2015, we have Oluwatosin Faith Kolawole as our first [1st] position, with her poem titled WHEN WE LAUGH. For the second [2nd] position we have Veekthur LyricPoet with his poem titled COME B(L)ACK HALF-RICA, and for the third [3rd] position we have Adetimilehin Vic Adex Inioluwa, with his poem titled MEN! NOT GODS.

WHEN WE LAUGH

We are the less privileged
And that’s all you see us as
But when we laugh, the earth shakes

We might have our clothes tattered;
And our roofs, thatched
On a deserted hut
You say it’s jagged! Shabby! Old!
We call it home
And in it, we give our best laughter

Don’t call us weak
We are lions!

Our pockets aren’t filled with cash
But the joy in our hearts can’t be bought
We love and live;
We dance for joy

When we laugh
We laugh longer and better

Oluwatosin Faith Kolawole hails from ise-ekiti, Ekiti state. Nigeria. A young lady with an ardent zeal for writing. She writes more of poetry and as a result of her love towards writing. She has participated in several online and offline competitions, a top leading poet. She's also the brain behind TeeFaith Crafts.

COME B(L)ACK HALF-RICA

 

When Africa was A-Frica,
We set traps of kindness
And wrote lines of love
On each other's palm

Our black skin scares the night
So, at night, the moon often
spread its mat on our faces
Atop the smiles we enslave

When Africa was a-FREEca
Our robe was a rag of reality
And our heart, a harmless hut
where pleasure is served hot

O' half-rica,
Pangs of sweet memories
Has dug the hole of despair
Deep in my helpless soul

I cease to be fed
With mere memories
Of a past that has left
And would never come b(l)ack

©Veekthur'LyricPoet

Veekthur is a 300 level student of Obafemi Awolowo University. A soul/jazz musician and Guitarist. He is the founder of the bi-annual poetry event "Go Poethick" and the maiden edition held at Obafemi Awolowo University, March 2015. 

He fell in love with literature at a very young age when, according to him, he'd steal from his dad to buy "Storybooks" as it was called then.

He began writing poetry in secondary school when he got acquainted with the selected poems in the secondary school literature syllabus.

Veekthur has not published any book, he is an internet published poet. You can find some of his works on various poetry blogs and social media.

 MEN! NOT GODS.

 Upon the coast of Thermopylae
Three hundred: saved democracy; saved us all
Drenching the sand: their sweats
Soaking the sea: their blood
Spartans! All of them
They were men, not gods

Makings and breakings of empires
Risings and fallings of monarchies
Apexing and declining of anarchies
Have always rested, on the shoulders
Of – Men not gods!

Even God to save his own
From penuries of death, of hell
Though He sought and planned as God
He needed to act, needed to triumph
As man! Not as God

Remember the Alamo
Viva la Revolution
For god and for country
Black and proud
They were men, not gods
Those who need to
Bring back our girls
And to vote right
Are Men! Not Gods!

Gods may bless, and gods may curse
But those who need to fight
For freedom, for justice, for righteousness
Will always be –
Men, not gods!

Upon the coast of Thermopylae
Three hundred: saved democracy; saved us all
Drenching the sand: their sweats
Soaking the sea: their blood
They were the best of men; the worst of men
Spartans! All of them
They were…

© Adetimilehin "Vic'Adex" Inioluwa

Adetimilehin "Vic'Adex " Inioluwa is a budding poet a student, artist and a public speaker whose aim is to invoke crystal consciousness and asserts that greatness that is meant for you too!

He also manages an open source poetry platform called "thirty seconds poetry" (30sp)

find him on Facebook at Fb.com/victoradex94.

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