Poet-Today | Khalid Imam | The Arts-Muse Fair
WHY...
Why
should l
Let
you ride
On
a lifeless wind
Of
despair
When
my wing
Is
all the hope
you
need to soar
Why
should l
Allow
the web
Of
sorrow
Entrap
you
When
my care
Is
all you need
As
broom
To
remove it
Why
should l
Let
you drown
In
the sea
Of
your tears
When
all you need
Is
my reassuring smile
As
a rescue boat
Why
should l
Deny
your dry throat
Water
from my oasis
When
all you need
To
be alive
And
blissful
Is
a droplet of my love
THE MIRROR LIED
Warn
the mirror
To
lie no more
This
reflection
Is
not of me
The
dress l wear
Could
be same reflection
And
the cap on my head
May
not differ as well with mine
Unlike
the fake smile on my lips
That
sharply differs
From
the serious thought
I
harbor inside me
If
the mirror
Isn't
a shameless liar
Let
it cast
The
true story in me
Like
a poem held high
On
a slate for everyone
To
read
A
liar is a mirror
Because
It
is not my dress
Or
my cap that is me,
The
real me
Is
the me flowing
Inside
the river
Of
my veiled thoughts
NOW I KNOW BETTER
Now
that every day seems
To
come with cruel loneliness,
Emptiness
of smiles
Dullness
of humour
Falseness
of hope
Crudeness
of reality
Hollowness
of home
My
search for sense, fruitless
My
Odyssey to the oasis
Of
happiness, endless
Oh
dad,
Why
this gripping fondness
Of
you these days are so real,
And
your memories alone,
Sweet
and consoling?
Rest
and rest well, dad!
----
Khalid
lmam, a bilingual poet, playwright and essayist, is an award -winning author of
eight books in different genres. He is one of the writers chosen by The Wole
Soyinka Foundation (WSF) to represent Nigeria at the Study Abroad in Lebanon
(SAIL) 2017 Program holding at Notre Dame University, Louaize, Lebanon. Imam, a
member of the Board of Trustees of Poets In Nigeria (PIN) has published many of
his creative writings in US, UK, Poland, Germany and India, among others. lmam,
who is presently the Vice Chairman of ANA Kano, is also one of the eight Nigerian poets recently published in the Nigeria - Nepali Cross -
Cultural Poetry Translation Project in
July, 2017. Imam is happily married with children.
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