Coming with terror
And such menacing
Dominion, is you
Harmattan.
Coveting, and touching
With strong naked touch
Of nature.
Unclothing the great
Iroko and the giant trees:
Flogging the Baobab
To beg few drops renewed.
Hammering the seeds of
The seedling-trees, and the
Oil-bean, until music is
Heard in the afternoon.
You drink dry
The streams, and
Slim the Niger.
You kill the song
Of the bird.
From her mouth you
Take her song, because
You have come to sing
Your song.
Like conjuring witch,
Conjure you the king
In his domain; you rain
Your hand until his hand
Too frail to command
His scepter.
You rob his regalia
When you return from
Far country.
Convulsing the Warrior
And his pride, until
He heals himself
With hot- bath, when
You poison cold morning.
O! Harmattan,
The warrior that worries
The Warrior.
You send the farmer
Borrow long suffering, and
Waiting because you
Have cursed the womb
Of the earth.
White clouds have
Brought down, and
Eyes will not see the
Future, because you
Smoke-screen us impaired.
Afric’s celebrity, when
Again will you show
Your face?
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HOPE.
The sun peeps
through the bars
of tall trees, it’s
the touch to light
prison places of
life; just how
hope stretch hands,
and warmth,
until in the prison
of long suffering,
thin lights announce
the world wider
than the eyes!
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Dike Dyke Williams @dwilliams
Poet and Writer Dike Dyke Williams was born in Lagos, Nigeria. His ancestral home is Abba, in IMO state, eastern Nigeria.To the glory of God alone(S.D.G), His poem "Love is the Peace" has been published in World Healing World Peace poetry Anthology. A recipient of six creative writing awards.Go to Dike Dyke Williams's profile, and read more of his/her posts.
The first one is not bad.
Don’t understand the second one – and its the last line that confused me.
Thanks Seun. But you can…lol
Nice poem! I love the attribute you gave to harmattan. Your poem reminds me of ‘ode to the west wind’ by P.B. Sheley.
I don’t understand the connection between hope and harmattan, if what you are trying to say is that hammatan gives hope, I think u should have used some lines which will not be part of the two poems to link the poems together, If not, pls explain what the concept of the two poems is; are they saparate or they are together? Great work! Kudos
Thanks. The poems are different…hope you understand.
Na wa oo 4 hamattan. Na im get all dis swit attributes. Okay oo.
Me too, ditto @seun-odukoya.
Thanks. You know we must celebrate our blessings.
I have always said it that posting two poems doesn’t work in the interest of the title poem…the distraction causes mental cacophony!
I liked the first poem and was feeling it till I got to the 2nd one…I just felt there was no need for it being there!
Afronuts, some poems, despite their length, should be seen. So, I had to do this. Thanks bro
The first made lots of sense.Kudos
Thanks.
“the warrior that worries the warrior…”
You have spoken well of harmattan.
“You send the farmer
Borrow long suffering, and…” I don’t get these lines.
I love the second poem- brief and speaks well of hope in despair. I believe there’s no connection between both poems as I see none and as has been said, I must repeat, it does the readers no good when poems are posted together in this manner. It distorts the flow and comprehension. I had to reread the 2nd after fully digesting the 1st.
“hope stretch[es] hands,”
Nice work on both poems. Well done, @dwilliams
That is why I make it known all the time by tagging as different themes. Thanks.
Beautiful allusion to harmattan.Very well personified and represented in a way we all can relate with.Well done.
Thanks bro.
Nice work
Thanks Kaycee.
Yes, I got the harmattan own even though the arrangement could be better.
Well done.
Thanks Eletrika.
nice poem and harmattan will soon come
I am grateful bro.