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We are soon to launch our Poetry Anthology Word on the Street. Look out for the launch Blame it on “The Politicians” My child is ill Has 6 months to live My child will be on the ‘waiting list’ for 18 months I don’t have insurance, I can’t go private, I Blame it on “The Politicians” I was deserted, left by my parents I was transformed into a monster Prey on people’s lives Steal their shoes and try them on They don’t fit, I Blame it on “The Politicians” I am 22 and in debt Qualified, welcomed to a world of debt Debt is a necessity, a way of life they say Who I blame? I Blame it on “The Politicians” The Bill can’t do much to help Its only words said the DI We need evidence, someone must get hurt Before we can act, the only action is The Bill on ITV, we Blame it on “The Politicians” They say, we pay We give, they take They slaughter, we mourn Who have we been moaning about? “THE POLITICIANS" Omolara Boy in a Hood The Hood The ultimate weapon for identity fraud We all look the same from The back, the side, the front Enter a new skin with dead cells The Hood I saw the boy in the hood In his jeans and sneakers that kisses the tar He has become someone else Who invented the Hood? In a lonely street, a dark alley If you see the boy in the hood Plead, Scream, RUN! Escapism Green, green The sun is out, feeling right Reaching up for a kiss by its rays Quenching thirst with acid rain Flowers bloom bright Leaves brown over, blown away Everything a shade of white No more sun, the sky is grey The beauty, but wait You forgot about me The kiss is cold, no more rays Reach, Escape Turfs of green, patches of white Silver lining in the grey sky Omolara Yes Prime Minister You have been put to shame Ashamed, rotten eggs on dark suits I will not be your brainchild IVF, father-unknown, mother-Eve Mmm… Immaculate Conception in 21st century Yes Prime Minister, you should be tied to a stake A puppet government you run Yes Daddy, Mr. Stars and Stripes I want to be a child Be reborn sir by father Democracy, and mother Freedom Ego like the Twin Towers Crumbled, Shattered, Disappear Conservatives, Labour… I can’t take any more No, Prime Minister Should it have to be so hard? TB a deadly disease Claims millions of innocent lives Yeah, you, I am talking to you You can hear me but can’t see me I am your conscience Yes Prime Minister, I am YOU!!! Omolara At Night The nights are like glistening carefree stars suspended in my psyche, making his absence unbearable. Let me draw of a well which fulfils, crystallises my being. That sky is suffocating. Cluttered with you. My orphaned dreams move through me and find their end here… Tolu Lapite You You think you can shame and embarrass me. I was a lost little girl trying and wanting to be part of your world. You had me hanging on a string, every time you tugged I was pulled in. You took my body and did as you pleased. Making me feel poor and cheap, but wishing each time all you would want was me. You told me you loved me and then you didn’t want me. It was like we were all stuck in a box and you picked one out when you pleased. How could you tell people you broke me in then deny the baby I had growing within. You made me want to hang my head low because of all the choices I had made but in time I realised you where the bad one. You You You Not ME! NatNat DEAR BOYFRIEND Dear Boyfriend, All I ever wanted was someone like you, kind, friendly, intelligent with lots of hopes and dreams. Dear Boyfriend, What I got was someone that had left all ambition behind because they had got lost along the way. Dear Boyfriend, All I tend to do is search for the old you, the one who lived life to the full and made everyone else want to follow too. Dear Boyfriend, Never give up hope and feel you only have one foot instead of two, because as long as you have me around I’ll be there keeping the second one down for you. Dear Boyfriend, I just want to let you know you can achieve whatever you want and I will always love you. NatNat Make Your Mind Up I’d give you the world and you’d throw it back in my face. You say you need and want me but the feelings are never there. A few phone calls and I’m supposed to think you care. From the start, I gave you my heart thinking you’d do the same. Instead you left me feeling like a girl in the distance. And only paid me interest when it was convenient for you. You don’t think about who you hurt and how mixed up you make them feel. So what you need to do is work out what you really want and get back to me soon. NatNat |
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