Vexing Sky: A Poem by Miracle Folorunso

Humans, hear the silver stripes
roaming to and fro,
running round and loud,
touching earth’s barren lips!
Humans, hear our cry!

We take earth walkers
indoors to stay by fire side
telling tales, dreaming dreams;
we are the harvest that fill their banks

We are sweet
and we are insipid,
we give taste to fading meadows
and we are the workaday cottage,
we are the vexing rain

Both the moon and the sun
join us to whip humans
and as we strike
we join them in tears;
we burst out
letting go our tears

We are countless tears
which rip the road apart;
our tears swallow the
properties of many
yet humans ignore our cries

And what do humans do?
They strike us down with buckets
washing their dirt with our innocence
so that we cry the more

© Miracle Folorunso

[Edited by Chidinma Ahika]

About the Writer

Miracle Folorunso is a chip off the sun shining radiantly in the morning of her time. She is an S. S. 1 scholar of Eagles Educational Centre, Uselu Benin City. "Vexing Sky" is her first published work and she is saying a big thank you to her sister; Victoria, big brother, and teachers Mr. Ahika and Mr. Ibe who helped her discover her talent at the dawn of her years. At the present time, she is working on an anthology that centres on the ecology that keeps us alive.

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River Niger: Poem by Gift Miracle Ogbole

Beloved River Niger,
colourless and pure,
as wide as the desert sand,
when the wind blows,
you fold into waves like ploughed ridges

When the sun
paints your wet bosom
with his golden straws
you are as pretty
as a blind man's sight

True, the stars
are watching, lending
their lights while your limbs sleep walk
through and through the silent nights

You give life too
to mammals, to reptiles,
to the first of times,
to the time we see
and to the times that will be

© Ogbole Miracle Gift

[As edited by Chidinma Ahika]

About the Writer

Ogbole Miracle is a young steward of the pen. She is currently a J.S.S 2 student of Eagles Educational Centre, Uselu, Benin City. She is a poet and playwright. And she is working on the manuscript of her play titled "Making Hay."

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