Orisa Onyemachi
Shall this also,
unto the compost bed fall
and become food for worms,
this Agbani Darego that inspires love lays
of the swan that sings?
O Tulip Tulip, my sweet Tulip,
Queen of all that is fair!
Shaped by nature's wondrous hands,
whose form is the unfolding rose,
whose eyes is the sparkling clearness of the polished diamond...
O Tulip Tulip, my sweet Tulip,
Queen of all that is fair!
beaten out of nature's creative anvil,
whose frame is the symbol of perfection,
whose voice is the mellifluousness of the cuckoo_
the soft fall of the brook that runs...
O Tulip Tulip, my charming Tulip,
you that inspire love lays
of the swan that sings,
shall you also wither like the grasses
and unto the compost bed fall
to become food for worms?
Meet Orisa Onyemachi
Orisa Onyemachi is an indigene of Rivers State. He attended Western Ahoada County High School, Rivers State COE and University of Port Harcourt where he studied English Education.
He works with the state Ministry of Education.
Onyemachi is married with children.
this poem is beautiful. it reminds me of how vanity comes into our lives. all is really vanity. your beauty will eventually fade. good poem . twale sir.
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