TONIGHT
Tonight,
I pluck out of the sky twinkling stars
To weave them into rhythmic rhymes
That echo sweet melodies of love.
Tonight,
I wrap words in a pleasant piece
To puff like smoke from my mouth
Till they diffuse into your heart's stream.
Tonight,
I whisper soft endearments on the breeze
For you to heed the sighing wind
And welcome my words to your heart.
Tonight,
I come to seduce you with words
Fuel your passion with exotic ecstasy
Till you are cuddled to your bliss.
Ogedengbe Tolulope is a final year student in the department of chemical engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife. He started writing poetry and short stories in 2012 and served as the Editorial secretary of Anglican Student Fellowship(ASF OAU) Ile-Ife in 2013.
Tolulope emerged the winner of the five days love poetry competition organised by CAPRICON and SPIC in February 2015 and his poems featured in the LOVE POEMS anthology compiled and edited by Abegunde Sunday.
He also emerged the 3rd position in the 2015 April Edition of Brigitte Poirson Poetry contest and his poems featured in the WIND OF CHANGE anthology edited by Brigitte Poirson and Kukogho Iruesiri Samson.
DOWNSTREAM
A beauteous maiden bathing at downstream
So charming as the mid-night stars that beam
The fragrance on her body could heal pains
She rubs her oily smooth skin while it rains
Her beauty washed the wealth of Atlantis
Engagement oath proposed by the high seas
In barter with valuables of the soil
The flowers produced vegetable oil
Like a flowing stream strong emotions flow
From vessels to master gland of my soul
Downstream,I'd rather we did reside
And build a tranquil kingdom;place of pride
For thorough love exchange like turtle dove
With pleasantness of soft calls,birds of love
Seun Alaka is a poet
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