Folklore Poems
Swallows
by Ayatullah Nurjati
Swallow does not only describe aves or birds
He is the embodiment of a being who comes and visits this earth to provide benefits
From the towering coral duwur mountains to the sky that they have steady
Presented the beauty and exposure of nature that rises from the bottom of the ocean as a natural textbook
It is possible that history will not unravel the story and even become a fairy tale when the father or mother supports their children in bedtime.
The place where the swallow became endemic in the mountains seemed to unravel a folklore that at that time the consort of King Kartasura was sick and cured only by drinking a sponge which was none other than a swallow's nest.
Or is it really the image that has been attached to Adipati Surti as a hero and was forced to marry Suryawati because she was attracted to her beauty even though she was of a different nature?
Everyone was amazed by the elegant dance how this was reflected in real life
Evara
by Mehrannè Talebian
Beyond the limitless barriers of one’s mind, all doubts fade
Whispers of divine power chant a cosmic tale.
In Eden’s embrace, guardian angles weave with grief
What shall be destined, despite ones mistaken belief.
But, oh to believe
Its reflection illuminates the beauty of the divine with a glance,
Pierces the heart while within lies a sacred trance.
A gift of oneness
A power unseen
There’s nothing that one cannot find within
......
The one upon the edge
by matthew ramsey
In the lands before names
He was feared
A being of chaos and Uncertainty
Hatred he had
Crazed he was
Death he brought
Sculptor of madness
Born in the Boyne Valley tomb
Deemed a curse
......
Tiger
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
It is jungle hour,
This African day
And within the grey forests
Patterns of felinity.
The paws have creased
The lonely paths
And growls have brought
In us, jungle frenzy.
Drumming beneath
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Moonlight
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
Chakpii!
Wooo! ! !
We have gathered
On grandfather’s stoneseats
After a hurried meal,
This moonlight...
Assemble, children, and hearken
To the tales we know
And heard from
......
Waldo The Prowler, (Part Two).
by Laurence Argyll Simon Noond
Waldo the prowler, he quietly passed away!
Swearing to come back for "Gertrude" to repay.
The medieval village; Waldo did search!
Seeking Gertrude from the old well to the church!
Huddled over her cauldron; Waldo found Gertrude!
Feeling sorry for Gertrude, Waldo didn`t intrude.
Gertrude found flowers with a note upon her door,
"From Waldo" sorry Gertrude, I will bother no more.
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Waldo The Prowler.
by Laurence Argyll Simon Noond
Long ago in an English medieval village,
Lived "Waldo" who loved to rob and pillage.
Waldo was out on the prowl one dark night!
When Waldo gave "Gertrude" the witch a fright.
Gertrude cursed Waldo on that dark, dark night,
She turned Waldo into a terrifying hideous sight!
Waldo prowls no more; won`t even go out the door,
Never to prowl the village; to prowl no more...
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Words of My Ancestors
by Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu
By moonlight when the moon shone with all her majesty,
My ancestors told us the story of the Tiger,
Which crouched at every rumble of the jungle-thunder,
Either out of fright or from bravery;
Tiger, male and ferocious,
With wicked fangs,
Tiger which breathed fire upon the foliage that shielded
Our village from the rage of the sun,
Which raped lady antelopes with utter contempt,
Which dined lavishly on forest flesh
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The one upon the edge
by matthew ramsey
In the lands before names
He was feared
A being of chaos and Uncertainty
Hatred he had
Crazed he was
Death he brought
Sculptor of madness
Born in the Boyne Valley tomb
Deemed a curse
......
Evara
by Mehrannè Talebian
Beyond the limitless barriers of one’s mind, all doubts fade
Whispers of divine power chant a cosmic tale.
In Eden’s embrace, guardian angles weave with grief
What shall be destined, despite ones mistaken belief.
But, oh to believe
Its reflection illuminates the beauty of the divine with a glance,
Pierces the heart while within lies a sacred trance.
A gift of oneness
A power unseen
There’s nothing that one cannot find within
......
