Imole Olusanya

 

  Be it a friend like foe be it a foe like friend this to all applies woe you are and to you is woe. With your scent alluring, touch soothing into my bosom you crept like poison ivy out of your stem prickles advanced and peace you made part ways with me. You are the smoke that even when I it chokes on its pointe it spins dancing wildly to my woes. Be it a foe evolving be it a full fledged foe as the sky above the earth remains so will I above you all remain. Here is a poem about enemies of all sorts. The poetic persona compares them to creeping plants with alluring scent and soothing touch but eventually take peace away from him, for example, poison ivy causes serious itchy skin and discomfort. In the third stanza, they are compared to smoke that dances as the person it chokes gradually dies. The last stanza concludes the poem as the poetic persona says he will always remain above every enemy, be it a developing enemy or one that has fully developed. The poem is in four stanzas wit...

  Robed in soil Blood boil Yelling hunger and dear monger Why this maddening anger? Why sue her when she's only soothe in soot? And her wares thief loot? No light in her eyes Clouds fill her skies Energy lost trinket earned Her soul she erred Holding to hope of eternity Cowering from infidelity. Hope dashed Happiness bashed With savings lover absconded Pain seconded Why not change her ways And go astray? Here is a poem about life situation of a woman who is living quite a tough life.  In the first stanza, the woman is said to be 'robed in soil', meaning that she is in a completely poor state. 'Blood boil' this could result from the frustration derived from not able to meet her needs. 'Yelling hunger' her hunger is said to be yelling meaning that she must have left herself hungry and act as if unaware that the hunger has to yell. 'dear monger, why this maddening anger' she must have owe the monger some debts that the monger had to get 'really'...