My Story

The poet believes that African continent, with the inclusion of the south-eastern part of Nigeria is rich in storytelling and songs. Their history is made up of unique traditional stories and cultural songs. These stories and songs are employed as medium for recounting and revealing their struggles ranging from pre-colonial, colonial, independence, post-independence and contemporary.

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From the fertile land

of story and rich epic

I’ll tell my story raw.
From the mountain’s songs,  

I’ll sing my song aloud

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A patched history

Dense in craft, soul and values,

Of history tinted

in blood; soiled in sweat,

Weaved and tailored in art

Story of all race

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Poet/Lyricist – Henry. C.

Henry. C. Chukwuma © April 2021. All Rights Reserved

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My Dream’s way

#TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE NO. 216 #SYNONYMSONLY

Down with doomsday tears

I’ve wished more for sky’s torch

To light my dream’s way

Poised to win with spine and steel

And shine once aglow in awe

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Tanka : Eager and Hope, Wish and Dream, Poise and Shine

Poet/Lyricist – Henry. C.

Henry Chukwuma (c) March 2021. All Rights Reserved

Sick World

for the victims and survivals of Covid 19 in Vietnam

Shock and terror

It rains and struck meteoric

Spreading fast and wide

It’s bitter sting-deadly claws

Cruel-besieged us globally

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Killing and maiming

Millions dead, losses counted

Business closed, jobs lost

Behold! untold pandemic 

Panic, tears and pain felt

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Stained-virus sick world

Beaten down from covid 19

‘Stay home’, we’re told

Stone-faced we hid, died and cried 

For losses lost forever

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Poet/Lyricist – Henry. C.

Henry Chukwuma (c) Feb 2021. All Rights Reserved

My Stake

(In survival for new choice and culture)

As slack old tree rots

Strong-keen hand clutches new branch

To strive for high stakes.

Like a hunter’s aim for prey

My life’s bow is choky-free

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Poet/Lyricist – Henry. C.

Henry Chukwuma (c) Feb 2021. All Rights Reserved

https://henrycpoemlyrics.wordpress.com/2021/02/16/my-stake/

Tanka Syllabic lines – 5,7,5,7,7

To my Bosom Lover

From the onset

you caught my sight

And won my heart,

Like  magic stars

We’re glued together

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Oh! my rose

Your flowery taste is good

And your body contours all rhyming

With character well deserving,

Cuddling you to sleep at night

Keeps my soul awake

To take on the world

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On my breath, I have vowed

To cherish you all my life,

Seeing you smile is my joy

I know no other love than this

And I pray it last long

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In your love’s bosom

I always find the will

To climb ahead,

If this love is really a crime,

I’ll be glad to commit it.

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https://henrycpoemlyrics.wordpress.com/2021/02/09/to-my-bosom-lover/

Poet/Lyricist – Henry. C.

Henry Chukwuma (c) Feb 2021. All Rights Reserved