warpedpoetic in #hive-161465 • 2 months agoTo Bari: we can be anything. i think i want to be somethingTake me to the riverbed, David. Let the sunset sleep on my shoulder and your hand on my chest. Kiss me o David, let the moon touch my skin and your lips touch my heart. O…warpedpoetic in #hive-170798 • 3 months agoDuring the Flood — Warpedpoetic's Book of Strange HappeningsYou lie on the bed, one side, the one under you, warm, the other side cold. It is raining. You hear the patter on the roof and the breeze blows through the open window. You are…warpedpoetic in #hive-122108 • 3 months agoRanting about social media before I sleepThis post makes reference to abuse. It might be a trigger for some of us. The advent of social media has enabled a wide range of benefits as well as a plethora of dangers. As…warpedpoetic in #hive-150329 • 4 months agoStories to tell.Today, i began a story. I was quite sure where the tale will follow. Then i stopped writing and when i went back to the story later, it did not have the same appeal that it once…warpedpoetic in #hive-161465 • 5 months agoThe coming rainsEven you, have listened for rain in the song of the morning. The chickens are frolicking in the yard, the sand a reshaped compress of latent dust. The brown & filmy sky…warpedpoetic in #hive-170798 • 5 months agoTHE LIFE AND DAYS OF THE MAN ACROSS THE STREET : EPISODE TWOThe next thing you know is opening your eyes to see you on the edge of a bridge about to jump, a crowd gathered behind you, begging you to stop. You stagger back in horror…warpedpoetic in #hive-161465 • 8 months agoMouth full of aubadesThis dance is too long. We have caught the stream on our feet & are shackled with stream vines. We can dance no more. The trees drag the clouds into our morning & the sky…warpedpoetic in #hive-161155 • 8 months agoNothing as common as regret: a monologueIt never occured to me that you loved me & now that the sun has set, I sit alone under the tree where we used to laugh & love the world. I'm alone, it is not hard to see & I miss…warpedpoetic in #hive-161465 • 8 months agoWhat is showing on the television tonight?The problem of television is in its inability to tell stories without darkness. A book will speak of light as if it has touched its skin, felt the small tremors of liver…warpedpoetic in #hive-161465 • 11 months agoACCOUSTIC: three poems In recent times, I've begun to pay attention to content creation especially how I can graft graphics into my writing to make it unique. I don't know why I'm doing this yet but…warpedpoetic in #hive-170798 • last yearThe Dying Body Chronicles 15: A god hearscontent warning: references to drugs, drug paraphernalia, suicide & sex. I was dangerous—folded napkins & table knife, fingernails & teeth. I swung into the room like a…warpedpoetic in #hive-170798 • last yearThe Dying Body Chronicles 6: A Man huntsYou have never seen a mountain. You have never seen the sea. You have never seen the vast hungry distance that is the desert. You have never drawn close to the vast hungry…warpedpoetic in #hive-161465 • last yearThe Dying Body Chronicles 4: Blood cold welcomeBurnt lips Smoke uncurls from kiss to prayer Orange glow blinks between burnt fingertips. Wind blown words rain spittle Puddles gasp for air Boot print squelch silence…warpedpoetic in #hive-161155 • last yearThe Dying Body Chronicles 3: A song without voiceThe gay birds have flown into the fingers of night. Their wings decorate the night's cry with colour. What do we do, we who have no home to go to? On the stone, in the…warpedpoetic in #hive-161155 • last yearIRRATIONAL EXISTENCE BEYOND CRISIS: A dialogue in four actsAct One Banner flapping in the wind: Desist! says the word. Poem: Peel the skin of meaning from the flesh, let us see the true meaning of anguish. Narrator:…warpedpoetic in #hive-170798 • last yearA Magazine to empower memory Recently a friend launched a magazine and invited me to be a part of it. I agreed to be a part of the project because of what it entails. Nigeria being a country of diverse…warpedpoetic in #hive-161465 • last yearThe unending debt of war comes home to roostMy dreams did not come true. The stars did not align with my wishes. I tested the gates of fate & failed. My hopes fell flat dashed by life. I must move forward, somehow. I…warpedpoetic in #hive-190212 • last yearOde to morning & nightThank you sun, for the flowers kissed on this growing earth. Thank you moon from the river flowing inside my veins, the tug & war of music on the sail of wind. *If not for…warpedpoetic in #hive-167922 • last yearDeFi is not for the naiveThe DeFi economy is a wild place. It is addictive. The chaos that is absent on the hive chain and Leofinance ecosystem thrives there. In becoming a part of that raw place, I…warpedpoetic in #hive-161155 • last yearThe convicts' childrenToday a god said my name in its prayers. Watch a man bleed. What is the teeth of the wind on the neck of a bee? Who gave the red ant the bite of the sea? There the god lies…
