....Kodjo Deynoo Poetry (K.D)

My Beauty Desire

2012-02-11T19:43:00.000Z

Spring brings beauty to admire Tulips add colour to the land Oh for your beauty valentine I desire

A Gentleman's Agreement

2012-02-10T09:54:00.002Z

Do not foster me a favour of sort Have I got writing on the wall To say indeed I require, I require Such gesture to define my being For this is Babylon and one has to be Alert and able to read between the lines For this is Babylon and nothing is what is seems I am indeed a stranger on a strange land Where customs of similarities are only but vague And in that light seen as of a class To be

The Price For Life

2012-02-09T08:12:00.003Z

Eventually death makes misery of loss And for the last breath, the last gust The stage is complete, empty shells To pick the mind of a dying man A' seek to know what hangs, on one such mind Would be to know, the true value of life It is said that one’s life flashes before one, like burn Just before crossing over to the other side To see in pages, memory in pictures, a life lived So to my

A place a time

2012-02-08T08:04:00.003Z

A place for everything to stand And everything for a place to be Like the bars on clock, an hour at a time For two will always know to come after one And the seasons follows, seeds before germination Roots to the soil and the leaves to the heavens A place for everything to stand And everything for a place To be in sequence. If for the world was created as perfect And time was exact,

Finding Answers

2012-02-07T07:47:00.001Z

Is this the life I wanted And could never see For life is perplexed in ways to man The depth of indebtedness With madness attaché like a bug Where no value in monetary terms Can in any shape, form or step Relief an enduring gust of hunger Though try as it may, in superficial regard From out of the blue, it comes into light And with such light so strong, so yield Overwhelming with

A price for a price

2012-02-06T03:01:00.002Z

Adjustments in stands, perceptions a' perspective Like the view of diamonds in different lights Is bound to give new colors from rainbow Suspicious minds, and the case of diplomacy Who is to make the first move, on chess games? They say one is of wisdom, for sacrificing pride The rest is still left for debate, in spin Though in letting sleeping dogs lie A treaty of compromise is

Don't let me fall

2012-02-05T20:25:00.003Z

An occasional stumble is seasonal to the course And trees shed their leaves in the same light as fall And the winds on occasion bend trunks Why have elasticity if not to be used Why have instinct of reaction And not know stumble to stand But don't let me fall And land not on my feet Or go so low, that I can't stand Don't break my crystal With crimson bleed What treasure I have

A Common Enemy

2012-02-05T07:42:00.005Z

What foolishness be holds the man without lesson Who holds on to the ancients, ancient? To cordon his from the changing world, so blind Careful oh friend The enemy is never that strange an alien And foreign, as such force to be in fear forever For those are easy to spot, from a distance For their difference, it is that obvious Like the glow in the dark. To divide and rule, oppress and

Music to my ear

2012-02-04T18:03:00.000Z

Tingling sound of melody sang Sounds of sing sing song I hear Oh such beautiful music to my ear

No natural predators

2012-02-04T07:36:00.001Z

Hear me now, there are no natural predators Here, on this here national parks reserve Evidently not, as far as the eye can see Thus let loose on the land are Rodents that multiply in multiples And ascend to the throne of the jungle Copycats and imitators Forged notion of pride and value Ubiquitously plagiarizing concepts of foreign Silly-billy-infallible and unknowing Of the backdrop and

Going on the couch

2012-02-03T08:23:00.004Z

Sometimes, we h'e a sit down with Sigmund Freud We hold our breath, to hold our tongue To stop this out pour of larva, from outburst We bite our lips, and grunt and growl And stamp the ground to swerve response We count to a thousand, to a thousand Or go for a walk, where walks are needed And strive to clear our heads, they weigh Being calm, being wise, on rational We count to

Hello in foreign languages

2012-02-02T07:43:00.008Z

Language, commentary, summary and sub titles Sub-context, abbreviations cacophony of snap-shots Signals, coded messages and phonetic alphabets Sign language, proverbs and slang, word!! Language stands as forms to express Tribal and religional tonation to add to chaos I say a word, to express notions Sent out to one to respond in relation Foreign languages, conundrums they give

My Dream Home

2012-02-01T06:33:00.003Z

Wind swept, sea breeze and sunset The seaside house that stands From the distance as bespoke main Built to blend with natures environs Built to please the manor of the house By the beachside, facing the waves Squirrels and birds in the garden, they play Having away fun, with nuts, hanged on coconut trees My little wildlife, right here in my backyard The dolphins jump and splash the

A deeper cut than most

2012-01-31T07:07:00.010Z

Over tea and biscuit In the comfort of friendship Here was a story I came to know Some cuts are deep A deeper cut than most These are lessons I learnt from tales I read a story about a brave soldier Who crossed the sea to mainland Europe To fight the enemy who threatened sanity This was for a just course Where the defined line of good and bad Was drawn clear on the conscience

How deep is that rabbit hole

2012-01-30T08:16:00.003Z

You know Tomorrow is another day After all, tomorrow is another day Some decisions are easy to make Based on instinct of reaction A yes, a no, simple to the answer Next question, then another I am good at this, no hold backs Without the need to pause and lament Simple says, confidence is at it highest heights When one is not being tested against the odds I am that good,

A Jokers Trick

2012-01-29T15:08:00.003Z

Why do you stick your big red tongue, out at me With jokers face you pull, to taunt me Grinning with laughter, busting out of your sides You confuse me with so many messages You send, back and forth like a boomerang Made from your chin, carved like a tribal mask Fostering images of confidence A' fun loving with joy, telling me to feel at ease But on sides I see your darkness with

What does one do

2012-01-29T05:58:00.004Z

W' does one do, illusion of characters perceived You are so wrong, as said, as fingers point Could I be, stood on solid grounds so strong? And know not, and see not What fault lines hold cracks Covered patches of temporary hold. I must be in luck, landing on this day A stretch away from rest stops Before elasticity, in strings fail to hold For Sundays, claim to heal wrong And

Dove my crimson bleed

2012-01-28T11:24:00.001Z

Dark drippy, flow of mount Pumping gust from veins detached Oh my heart, this crimson bleed

I put a spell on you

2012-01-28T09:46:00.004Z

Nina Simone came to me in my dreams She said words to me in sing song Gave me a chat up line, in my dreams. And in the day I walked, with infatuation My head in the clouds with intoxication And said to love, my love I put a spell on you Oh babe, I put a spell on you This is heart talk spell, from the spell on me My heart succumb to you Coz you are mine My babe, my babe, my air to

So I hear its Friday

2012-01-27T08:46:00.004Z

So Friday is here again, tools to be put down after Uniforms, in blue colour or otherwise Neck hangs and the shoes prescribed Hello kitty kitty, all on board into the vibrancy Of easy wear, pub crawl and late wake Drink and dance, to look forward to Tomorrow, will have nothing To do with the alarm clocks Lie in, would be priceless to indulge To spend a time a good "

The man behind the curtains

2012-01-26T08:10:00.003Z

If greed had a way to be satisfied , with spin It’s morality would not be t‘ focus of questions To be shunned to t’ fringes of society Ambition is yet a cousin of greed To want, so is the concept of inspiration Closely related, yet in different lights And thus the motivation to achieve Is the second cousin of greed A tool to enact such edges desired Where all, except the fallen angel of

The VIP Gate Pass

2012-01-25T08:11:00.005Z

What language is spoken after the river crossing? Where souls of no shells, descend to hang their coats What colour layer is given, as badges to be seen in? How is one determined to be of one or the other? For here on earth, eyes, skin, hair, height, size and sex Helps to seclude and class, segregate with pigeonholes Who comes with fortune established from birthright To inherit thrones as

The clouds brings rain

2012-01-24T15:11:00.005Z

The clouds, do look darkly strange. Not to worry my dear Worrying minds do not settle storms That's all there is to it, worry oh dear The transitional period Is the most testing time of all Where thoughts of doubt, fear a' emotion Lingers, in the communal halls of t' courts Holding on to sentiments And trepidation of old The last gasp of wind to breathe Before new paradigms are

Enemy of the state

2012-01-23T06:59:00.004Z

An old enemy knows More of my weakness than I will ever come to know of myself For they spend a life time In search to know my weakness Standing on the hills looking in While, I spent a life time Knowing their weakness in cold contentions As a form of defense to prepare These are the principle Of wars, paranoia, hate and politics To acknowledge in barring An old enemy will spot with

What is a wave length

2012-01-22T11:43:00.008Z

Tied in pair owning a smile, wave length What is a wave length, to be indulged To say we are on the same wave length And laugh and cry, on stroke into a hug Finishing off sentences unforced And what punch line jokes hold Affinity of vibes, a wink with meaning A smile with unspoken words On the same wave length coiled together Do I have to spell out and sketch Laughing at my