Poetry

Adolescent Bondage

The poem is about the marginalization of the juveniles. Lines eight to nine are references to the constellations; Orion, Plough, Pegasus and Scorpius. Line thirteen's "spheres and pauses" are shortenings of the sections through...
When the polling light creaks, We know it is time for ignominy. Banging the door of social contract, Our blood crash. Alveoli fade Away. Our alveoli fade away like fag. Faugh! I saw you smiling Delightfully in bondage of adolescence.   The...

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Scotch on the Rocks

A humorous look at drinking from someone clearly in denial!
I very rarely have a drink A small one, that’s my lot A red wine maybe Over dinner or tea Or perhaps a cold beer if it’s hot.   I find alcohol well over-rated So I hardly, these days, touch a...

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Angelface

My love for a man and how I see him through my eyes
If somehow I could have you in my life to show you what's in my soul if the distance could be taken away and you could see what I feel Angelface Would you love me could...

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Nowhere in Africa

Nowhere in Africa is a lamentation poem written by Francis Ocitti in 2015 Uganda set in the Conflict and the Post Conflict Zone. It is more of a light caster on the impact of conflict/War...

For I do it to take the poison out of my system

to be me because...

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No escape

This is a poem in first person narrative about a women's experience of domestic abuse.

Trapped in a hell of my own making..

Can't leave my home, no where to go, no point in running..what will it solve?

Too embarrassed to seek refuge in anyone else's home, no matter where I...

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