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Five Poems

Updated: Jan 31, 2023

By Yewande Akinse

(Twitter/Instagram: @ADwande)



Time capture


wombal canal heaves continuity

within its chambers as a child is born

ushering into immortality

joy is here, ripened by the morning sun

navel to push, cervix to labour orn

gestational evidences of hope

legacy, time captured kaleidoscope

mandate fulfilled by multiplication

fate of mankind hangs on fragile rope

procreation is for self-preservation



Home


home is a metaphor for belonging

a deep longing which has now found its rest

home is where you hear heart’s joyous leaping

it is that place where the birds lay their nest

east or west, it is ease from restless quest.

home - is an arrival of harmony

an inspiration for love’s melody

home is a presence and easeful flow

A destination, space and memory

is an igloo from the billowing snow




Co-existence

I am a voice among many voices

the union of sperm-egg womb gestation

a product of duty, habits, choices

and of an abundance of donation

can man abide in self isolation?

I am no entity that is self-made.

I am the offshoot of plethoric clade

the investment of many investors

who on rainy days offered support, shade

the legacy of sundry ancestors




Masterpiece

I want to be like art hanging a wall

like the artistry of a skillful pen

like poetry yielding a muse’s call

and like an ear to ear whispered amen

filled with the faith of twenty righteous men

I want to be that free flow of fresh air

playfully caressing both scalp and hair

to be the awe in those wonderous eyes

as you behold that which is true and rare

to be both masterpiece and a surprise





Pilgrim


to the wayfarer in frequent transit

may you find warmth. may you find your way home

the curious troubadour and misfit

in search of meaning and more, as you roam

through sunshine and rain, through starshine and loam

may your hope be not smitten asunder

and to those who hunger and thirst yonder

may you be filled far beyond brim and breast

and for those who through the abyss wander

may you be found whole. may you find rest





About The Author:





Yewande Akinse is a Poet and Author of two collections of poems titled, “A tale of being, of green and of ing” (2019) and Voices: A collection of poems that tell stories (2016).


Her poems have appeared in Trampset, Galleyway, Afritondo, Lumiere Review, Dipity Magazine, Nightingale and Sparrow, Pride Magazine, The Open Culture Collective, The Agam Agenda, Shuf Poetry and elsewhere.

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