Folklore Poems
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
......
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...
......
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
......
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
......
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
......
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...
......
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
......
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
......
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
......
