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On the hills of carpeted lands  Sprinkle spread as far the eye can see  Dandelions claim this land as their own  Bright and yellow like victory songs loud  On the hills of carpeted lands  At an advantage for observers watch  Lighthouse stand...

I am a painter  I try to be one at least  A world renowned painter  I am to be known for my work of art  Indeed I am a painter  Gifted an eye to see structured colours  Though I feel my hands are tied  Roped strung and bound firm on bon...

Sweat comes easy  Sat queued in traffic in a trotro  Jammed packed back to front  Back to back like a factory run belt  CO2 here produced in batches  For each cough from the exhaust    Hugging the outside lane constant   So we going no w...

Classic! Could you be loved And be loved? (Bob Marley)  And be loved, love you always A question is asked and answered A lingering feeling remains, back burner  On quest at the most silent hour of day   Is the answer a complete one?  Answered...

Two can play that game, a tango On the road with old knights, bleoo, bleoo  The boss when challenged would respond  Bleoo, bleoo and yet he would respond  Slowly but surely, grace and trust to   His old horse and carriage, bleoo, bleoo  Ordi...

All trotros should have a name  That is the tradition, naming rights  "Family Is My Problem" A name as a phrase long  To be labeled at the back  "You Lie Bad" Every trotro should have a name  And can only be called afte...

The birthday wish list  Candle by numbers, do not mention  Just one as a figure would do  No point counting all that  What do you give to a person  That wants none, none to ask for  None at all in material need  As value not needed,on beque...

Lovers rock should  Steady hold  these rocking boats  Voyage out at sea and  The storm is coming in  Winds protest strong  When the south meets the north   Typhoons and tornadoes   Cyclones with bluffs called   They all come out to pla...

Height gained from my sardine seat  Packed in sides of four tight  This here a worker's carriage  As May day to celebrate the working man/woman  In a line sat and we squeeze to skin touch  Comfort spared in public transport  Radios play radi...

Height gained from my sardine seat  Packed in sides of four tight  This here a worker's carriage  As May day to celebrate the working man/woman  In a line sat and we squeeze to skin touch  Comfort spared in public transport  Radios play radi...

Slow down your horses, clip clopping  I have only just got to the river  Whats with this panting  Galloping and hopping over fences  Neigh with a push on my back to hurry up  And snorts and whinny impatiently  Waiting their rush turn to st...

Helen Ward, had the same mind  As George Orwell, I trust this to be true  May be separated at birth  But never on their essence of being  Today frogs and their cohorts  Stand on ceremonies, demanding to be addressed  I have long proteste...

The trotro front seat huger   Sir in long sleeves acting all so refined   Not to be mistaken as thus often the case  For a chauffeur driven car, to one's sir  As pleased; bought a car much of late, recent  For that, it matters, to the poin...

Have you ever come across in play  A funny angry comedian grudged  With a chip on his shoulders, a poet enraged It is never a good idea, as ideas goes  In ideas thought to sit in the front line  In front of a stage before a comedian  That is...

Tearing papers, liquid emotions, surrealism  Hair particles left in the palm  Thinkers clock implanted in the mind  Set on wake by thoughts provocation   The body is just good on respond  Reaction, tune in and up on brain activity  Should...

A case about the Minute Maid  On point, at an avenue I rather spare...  I am not pissed off Not by a long shot  Not on protest for spent reward Not as a subject on interlude, sound bites  Just that, someone had my  Minute Maid, my Minute Maid...

Wishing wells, full to the brim  Buckets with long strings attached  Queue of mankind, a stretch this far  Each with their own needs, needy require  A bucket full, fetched each time  A distance walked, to store gifted load  Habits, as are th...

Melting ore from the earth We come raw as resource to be molded  Cast in shapes to be formed on dreams  Defined by character, strive to be known She walked fearless in the lions den Tested by all that she came to know  Both friends...

When the other side, other half   Comes to church on pretense  A theft in a church, sticky fingers  On a Sunday, dressed to steal In a Church, after prayers  And prayers for giving thanks  A theft in the church ground  With "holy his na...

Late hear, I heard some beautiful  Beautiful, sound calling rhyme  I heard words turned rhythm   Into lyrical vibes mystic yearn  Sudden waves jump melodies  In-tune on each word pronounced  No scratch on leaves  No dent on cotton  No...