http://slow.writerscafe.org/larrypoet The original writings of author Chebem Ike en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776018980 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 You will remember meWhen the trees whisper at nightAnd u need me to carry their messageInto your dreamsWhen you turn on your sideAnd there is only the pillowTo hug and to kissAnd your passion dieYou will remember meWhen you wake up and there is notMy smiling face to brighten .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1801322/ loving from a distance http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1794838/ returning http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1775244/ It seemed like through the sameWood I walked againWhere I had walked beforeI knew but couldn't tell howI had seen the golden rays of thatSun from between two parting treeFall on the dry leaves belowAnd the soft spoken shadowBestriding from marging to margingI knew that smell of.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1654210/ Our love grewLike a tender seedlingIn the nursery bed of our heartsWatered by our unassuming smilesWeeded by our hands lockedIn warm touch of the otherIt grew unobtrusivelyBy day, by nightWe knew not how or whenBut it grewBringing forth its first fruitIn our first kiss. It .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1636923/ Here is a beautiful pieceI sight I'd seen, a man standingHead bowed, tears flowingFallingHeart lendingA man that sinnedHe broke the law of GodHe trespassed the laws of menHe sought not his good in sinBut what beauty, what graceEquals a man, sinful though he may beBut with.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1631855/ From here I shall leaveI shall leave not to come back againTell my friends I have livedI have lived to live againIn my days I set my heart on Him that wasAnd sought to find, most ernestly, He that isI hoped for He that is to comeBut I found Him not-Not in the raising of the dead.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1606447/ I dust my self off this dustsAnd bath in the pool of ever flowing goodnessAnd free myself of the clinging mud of mediocrityI dry myself in the sun of ever radiant rays of hopeI shed this old suffocating air of selfishnessAnd breath this new refreshing air of selflessnessI put on a clot.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1595079/ I left in your soothing palmThese pains turned scar by your balmSoon you took away the scarIt went so swift, swifter than a car http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1585897/ We are the silent people of this worldThe unspoken ones, but never unheardWe live among you, yet are hermitsWe live and seek wisdomWisdom that disentangles, that freesFor freedom is movementMovement towards good and GodFor God is good We are the rain in the clouded skySuffering t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1543865/ When the sun's erant is doneAnd the sky changes its silvery linenFor a darkly blue garmentAnd men from their work ceaseWhen the birds slumberBut not the owl nor the batThese seldom sleepWhen the toad, the cricket and the owlEntertain the world in a spell boundingRhythmic embrace.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1538698/ I try to fly , but each time I get stuckNot in the leg nor in the handBut in the head, somewhere at the backBut I know oh! Yes I knowThat I must disentangle and transcendI must break off this shackles. I must flyOh! Mother museThe mother of all creativityLend me thy soari.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1532955/ Once I had seenA star where others had beenI was then inclined to ask" Is it and easy task?"The little star twinkled and said" Neve easy I million years price I have paid" http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1532521/ A prose poem... One sad part of dying is not being there at your burial...but you might have cried if you were present http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1523245/ Like a great army, the cloud marched eastwardLeaves of trees stood on edge and wavedIn trembling hands like sorrowful womenAt the departure of their soldier-husbandsThe moment was dull and ominousSoon we heard the flash of lightinning-The rumbling of thunderLike a clash of armory of fi.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1512994/ Transcendent In the beginning was the word Through whom was made the world That word was God Immanent Down to earth he came Our wild form to tame Equal with us safe for s.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1509798/ It was like drowning in the centre of a deep sea, where. You could see no beginning and no end,without the minutest glimpse of hope for survival. It was like a big sea animal was drawing me down to the bottom of the sea and most unfortunately to my own ebb. it could be likened to being left in an a.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1469939/ The beautiful are wonderfulThe inexplicable wonder of the ordinaryTo some hidden, like a ripe corn from a noviceTo others nothing ever so glaringThese beauty I here speakAre not found in a woman's lookAs in her mannerNot so much in the superfluous words of an oratorThan in the ca.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1464320/ When the tree has fallenThe birds cannot nestWhen the birds cannot nestThe weather takes its tollAll circles to the endIndeed, in the beginning was the end http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1463412/ A prose poem http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1463297/ Christmass as much as it is fum, especially for children, can also, sometimes, be a heart breaking experience, when you are unlucky.The term had just ended and I had come first in my class again.I was so excited about the result , especially, because my mum had promised a lot of things , should I.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1461354/ At his death, as we tarried, some parriedOthers, their faces wrinkled and pallidFor a comrade gone too soonOr was it for ourselves, who know who's next before noon?For a man in a sobbing voice had saidDid he not sit just beside me, and smiled as he paid?Another voice came: surely, death .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/larrypoet/1460647/ You and I are an eclipse, solarRare perfect matchWe blind the earthI the earth you the matter gravitatingCome ,come beloved, come with meTo where shall we go and our love grow?To frispery restaurant and moviesWhich men makes frisky? 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