The following is a featured piece written by Bonsu Adjei-Arthur © All rights reserved
I sat down under the tree of life, Down by the river of strife
Looking down at the caves that went through the mountains from which questions arose
Perhaps my questions were questions but as a Poet I could question my doubts
Like Newton, I knew a new thing was about to drop. Continue reading Comprehension
“At some point, we come to recognize that adulthood is not about the freedom to do and undo as we please. Rather, adulthood is a call to realization.
Realizing that your decisions now can affect a hundred generations ahead of you. Realizing that your habits now can seep into your blood, and spread across your generational bloodline like wild fire.”
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An Apoetsbrain Original © 2012
When it comes to love, there is nothing new or surprising anymore.
We now know it all.
In short, we know too much to expect too much.
Gone are the days when we knew not what to anticipate.
Those times when everything the other did was mesmerizing.
When neither one of you figured out how to properly approach the other.
When all you thought about in your little head, was the others face.
When nothing else truly existed but him.
Gone are those days when reality was awfully interesting.
That time when sitting many meters from one another was enough.
Those moments we blush foolishly at our own minuscule perverted thoughts.
When love sparked a conversation we could go on endlessly about.
Now, we know just too much. We know what to expect from the other.
We have played everything out in our heads before it begins.
We have inserted what to say, where to say it.
There is nothing surprising about love anymore. It is now a terrible inanity.
An Apoetsbrain Original 2012
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Featured Poem written by Joan Toluwani Amos ©
When my first daughter turns five
‘Princess!’ I’ll call her Continue reading When My Daughter Turns Five
“I want the wisdom that surpasses natural understanding. Continue reading The Wisdom I Seek
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Featured Poem written by Joan Toluwani Amos ©
To the one with whom I share so many things in common Continue reading Fly
~ Extract from ‘Advocate for Peace’ Tedx Talk by Sandra C. Obiora
Poem by Wayne Visser © 2005
I am an African
Not because I was born there
But because my heart beats with Africa’s Continue reading Africa
Featured poem written by Cynthia Wulan ©
Darling, get up
Happiness awaits you Continue reading Dear Pink
Featured piece written by Black Tulip ©
A Write-up by Humphery Adun 2018 ©
Humans are relational beings; and thus, we owe our existence to the ability to cultivate relationships that sustain our mental, physical, emotional and psychological tranquility. In every relationship, there are roles played by each correspondence, and these roles are defined by several factors; age, position, class, family, culture, spirituality, and tradition. This plays out in such a way that it creates dominant and subordinate(dependent) individuals in the relationships. Interestingly, as adults we play both roles of being both dependent and dominant at the same time, across different relationships, and thus there is a diffusion of a learned trait from a relationship circle to another one; and this goes on and on, creating a tangle of relationship traits. Continue reading Abuse & Manipulation
Featured Piece written by Meg Paulsen ©
I know only how to touch
without hands,
and therein lies the catch:
I’m holding a face I cannot speak to,
tracing a tongue that cannot receive
the gold I grow on my lips
nor taste you in the names I give it. Continue reading Language Lover
Featured Piece written by Derek Oluwamuyiwa Fodeke-Rodgers ©
If we talked…
If we talked and I spoke sweet words…
If we talked and my words cradled your face like they were hands…
If you heard everything you’ve ever wanted will you truly be happy?
Or would you mimic me?
Whisper the words you want to hear to your self.
Cradle your own face with your own words. Continue reading Words
Written by Alex Cue 2019. All Rights Reserved ©
On the tip of the tongue the ineffable song
From the silence of
Nine billion names that don’t describe it:
“Not this, not this.” Continue reading Neither This, Nor That
Poem Written by Krystal Orellano Weldon ‘Gypsy’ © 2019
We all come from the desert root of the African tree. Continue reading Sweet Africa
~ Financial advice by Sandra C. Obiora
By Sandra C. Obiora ©. Written 6.3.13
Imagine with me for a second a world without sound.
The ocean without the lapping and flapping of the waves,
~ Jim Rohn
Featured Piece written by Chris Nash ©
Chris tries to use poetry to give a voice to the ones whose voices have been lost or taken away from them. He is currently working on a series of songs that species under severe threat of extinction might sing – if we had ears to listen to them. Blue Whale is one of them. Continue reading Blue Whale
~ Celia Luce
An Apoetsbrain Original. Written 28.12.2013 ©
This morning it felt as though I woke up into twilight.
At some point, twilight became dawn, and dawn was no where to be found.
Birthdays are a blessing.
For they point us towards realizing those ones we adore.
They make us stop in time to appreciate the wonders of being created for a purpose.
For at one moment God said let there be Sandy, and then there was.
Happy birthday to me! I am growing cooler! 😉
And Wow! it’s already been a year! Happy birthday to http://www.apoetsbrain.com as well. To all Apoetsbrain followers, contributors, and supporters, We love you! thanks for joining us on this fun filled journey of growth and purpose.
We are surely going places 😉 Continue reading Happy Birthday to Us!
