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ABOUT RALPH MADUIKE AND HIS POEMS
Ralph Maduike has a B.A in History and Political Science from Ahmadu Bello University,Zaria-Nigeria.He currently resides in Boston. In his words, Poems are holistic expressions of mind and soul. They go beyond the words of expression and touch hidden places in life and nature. They emanate from daily living and experiences. These poems point to all aspects of life and cannot be compressed to a particular form. The idea behind each and every one of these poems is the spontaneity of feelings and experiences in our lives,
environment and relationship with God. The fountain of ideas open to wet and water the soil of life which is our foundation.
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HIS POEMS BELOW
CHAPTER
1
Marvel Of Nature
I look out of the windows I see the magnifisence of God
I see the morning light creep over the darkness of night
And beautifies the landscape of nature
To welcome and herald the sun and moonlight
To set another day into motion
How lovely it is to a bright and beautiful day
How pleasant it is to see the flowers and birds commingle
The nature flourish to the elements of life
How marvelous it is to see the nature at work
Unfolding like petals of flowers
To the stipulation of the most high God.
Life Is A Vacation
At birth we started a long vacation
Some vacation becomes too long
Some there duration very brief
Whether long or brief we still vacate
The schedule starts at enfancy
Some schedule are tight and others very loose
However we accomplish only what's destined
On this vacation we climg mountains
And make a descent of valleys
These are the contours of life
For it is filled with ups and downs
Life is a serious vacation
Where success and failures combines
Where some turns out wise
And others remain perpetually foolish
And another category remains on the fence
This the vacation of life.
Lovely Women
With every passing day, your love manifest
With every sunshine, your love glitters
With moonlight, you shine as a diamond
The breeze dresses your golden hair
As the tongues of comet light
Your sweat brings out the aroma of love
that engulfs my senses
Your smile is more as beautiful as the sunset
Each waking day refreshes your memory
You flash like the lights of thunder
My body vibrates when your love hits me
My heart skips beats and makes
a wonderful jazz rhythm for your love
The melodies fill my eardrum
And the tingle makes my dream
I dream of you and you are so beautiful
You float like the bubbles
You sway like the eagles
The flowers open to your aura
The magic of all moment
You are my life, lovely woman
You are my love and my passion for life
EXPERIENCE (A Reply To Suicide)
MY EXPERINCE IS UNIQUE
BECAUSE IT IS MEANT FOR ME
TO KNOW THAT LIFE IS NOT A LINE
BUT A VALLEY OF CONTOURS
MY EXPERIENCE IS FULL OF FUN AND OBSTACLES
BECAUSE IT POLISHES MY PERSONALITY
IN A FOREIGN LAND OF DESTINY
WHERE I AM MADE TO CRAWL IN ADULTHOOD ON HILLS
MY EXPERIENCE IS FULL OF EXPLOITS
WHICH COMES IN LIFE
AS I REMAIN ALIVE
TO LIVE UP TO OR BELOW MY EXPECTATIONS
I SHARE MY EXPERIENCE
AS A LESSON TO THOSE WHO KNOW LESS OR MORE
FOR WE ARE ALL INVOLVED IN THE RACE OF LIFE
WHICH IS THE FOCAL POINT OF WHAT WE ARE.
RALPH M. © 2003
WATCHING EACH OTHER
I AM WATCHING YOU
AS YOU ARE WATCHING ME
FOR WE BOTH NEEDS WATCHING
SO THAT OUR LIVES WILL BELONG
I AM YOUR CHECKS AND BALANCES
YOU ARE MY CHECK AND BALANCES
AS WE DO THE MINDS INTUITION
BECAUSE WE HAVE NO FRICTION
WHEN I WATCH YOU, YOU ARE SECURED
WHEN YOU WATCH ME I AM SECURED
FOR WE SERVE AS SECURITY
FOR THE FULFILMENT OF OUR ETERNAL DESTINY
AS I AM YOUR WATCHMAN
YOU ARE MY WATCH WOMAN
BUT IT DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
AS LONG AS WE ARE SECURE
RALPH © 2003
FRONT PAGE
MY FACE IS NOT MY FRONT PAGE
MY HEART IS MY EXPOSURE
IT TELLS WHO I AM
AND ALSO WHAT I AM
MY FRONT PAGE IS MY CHARACTER
THAT MOLDS MY PERSONALITY
AS I MAY BE A DIFFERENT CHARACTER
IN A COMPLETE DIFFERENT CONDITIONALITY
MY FACE IS NOT MY FRONT PAGE
FOR IT IS WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE
BUT NOT EXACTLY WHAT IS IN ME
FOR MAN LIKES EXCITING FRONT PAGE
FRONT PAGE IS THE DECEPTION OF THE WORLD
AS SUBSTANCES OF ISSUES DOES NOT SHOW IN THE WORLD
BUT BENEATH THE RUMBLES AND SCHEMES OF LIFE
THAT KNOWS NO TRUTH AND LOVE.
WHAT I FOUND
I FOUND THINGS IN NOTHING
I FOUND NOTHING IN THINGS
THAT MAKES ME AN EXCEPTION
IN THE MIX OF COMMOTION
I FOUND GEMS IN MINUTE THINGS
FOR THEY ARE THE SPICE OF LIFE
ONLY GIVEN IN THE WISDOM OF LOVE
AS I AM BLESSED WITH EVERYTHING
I FOUND LOVE IN EVERYTHING
BOTH THE GOOD AND BAD
FOR EACH IS BLESSED
EVEN WHEN WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING
I FOUND YOU IN ME
FOR IT DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE
THAT YOU ARE BLACK, BLUE OR WHITE
FOR THIS IS HOW FREEDOM IS FOUND.
SALUTE TO AMERICA
I salute your strength
I salute your courage
To face the world
And own up in the world
To say you are what you are
And still remain what you are
I greet my compatriots
The great people of my time
Who make a difference
When all hope is lost
Who swims the Ocean
When others drown
I greet my people
That kept afloat in life
And survived the jumpy hurdle
Which constitute the valleys
And mountains of life
I salute your powers
For facing change
And call reality to change
To your own expectation
And to your own conviction
I salute every one of you
For seeing the past as a starting point
And the future as the landing point
Only the mighty take great strides
Only survivors can make decisive moves.
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TITLES
MAKE A CHANGE
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
INSPIRATION TO MY PEOPLE
VISION OF LIFE
I MOURN HER DEPARTURE
THE EAGLE SOARS TO HEAVEN
AND ANOTHER DIES
THEY HAVE A MISSION
AS THAT DAY COMES
BILE OF NATURE
SURVIVING THE STORM
COLORS OF DISCRIMINATION
I HAVE PRIDE
THERE IS DANCE IN EVERY WOMAN
DO NOT TAKE MY LANGUAGE
THE MOON AND EARTH
PREJUDICE
FAULTLESS
DEFIANT GENERATION
MAKE A CHANGE
I work as a nobody
Where I am regarded as nothing
Even though I mean nothing
But a low regarded somebody
They subtly let me know my position
As if they needed to remind me of my position
Though they will never know my situation
For I shall not aspire to be in their position
They forget so soon that all hands are not equal
Neither is any condition permanent
Without also knowing that a servant today may be the master tomorrow
As life itself is transient
And that is why I must make a change
So that I will not remain insulted in life
But become an achiever in life
Which is a task that must be done
RALPH @2003
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
The equality of life is birth
As we all had to come to earth
To live but a brief time
And pay our homage with hate or love
The options of hate or love is the difference
As both lays the success or failure you achieve
And the delible and indelible marks you leave
As you surely have to commence a trip to eternity on your departure
This is why you have to make a difference
For it is a curse to perpetually remain in the crowd
For also out of the crowd emerges a lord
Which is a position of difference
Go an extra mile at your endeavors
With the contentment of an achiever
For they surely work with smiles and not tears
Then you would know that you are making a difference
RALPH @2003
INSPIRATION TO MY PEOPLE
I see my people with gloomy faces
I see my people all over in tears
For they are opting for the crumbs of life
As they have nothing to inspire them in life
But I still looked beyond them and found the rays of light
As my fathers have always said after the tunnel there is light
Now, I have to rechannel their sight
To the true rays of God's light
I have to wake them up from their slumber
So that we can go to work
As we cannot afford to stay at the back
But become a class of achiever
We have no reason not to get to the top
For no tribe has the birthright to the top
As we have been imbued with strength from above
Which is all we need to get to the top
RALPH @2003
VISION OF LIFE
I have a vision in life
And that is to be true to God and myself
To do the task before me to the best of my abilities
As I say thank you God with love
I have a vision of peace and love
Loving my neighbors as I love myself in life
And praying for my other brother to achieve what I achieve
So that we can live amicably in love
My vision is to serve God if it is his will
Because His will comes before my will
As His will is the basis of peace
And also the source and fountain of love
Give me a vision to make a difference in life
To give water to my thirsty brother
And at least a little succor to my hungry brother
So that I can be blessed with a glimpse of smile
RALPH @2003
I MOURN HER DEPARTURE
In tears I mourn the departure of a star
I mourn for one so precious
I mourn for the lady with the courage of a soldier
Yes, I mourn for who confronted death with a smile
She mocked pain and sufferings
And made hard times a thing of jokes
As she continuously lived life to the fullest
To the envy of the privileged cast
I mourn the departure of one who never gave up with life
One who rejoiced at the things of life?
Even when life was not fair to her
She still believed to the very end of life
I say adieu in tears of love
Knowing that only few privileged could ever live her kind of life
A life of fulfillment in strife
But with also knowledge of conquest of death in life
Adieu big, big T
Adieu the star of her time
Adieu the giver of inspiration
Adieu the one with lovely heart and love
RALPH @2003
THE EAGLE SOARS TO HEAVEN
The eagle soars high to heaven
With wings flapping to ascension
Which is where it belongs
In the heavens of heaven
The eagle flew over valleys and mountains
As it conquered all obstacles
For it must get to the heavens
A home above all homes
The eagle over come death and pains
And finally rested in the hands of God
Who is always show love and compassion with His hands
As He makes the weak very strong and good
The eagle finally found a base in heaven
Where there is no hunger and pains
Neither would there ever be sickness
But everlasting love and peace in all ramifications
RALPH @2003
AND ANOTHER DIES
Today another has died
Yesterday one also died
Who will die tomorrow in our land
They never care who dies
For they have to fulfill their ambitions
Which is all that matter in their lives
As they show their greed and selfishness
Of course only my category will suffer and die
For they are beyond sufferings and perhaps will not die
As they even suck our poverty and impoverishment from us
And leave us with nothing but to die in pieces
How shall we bury the other and detoxifications
Shall we carry the corpse to them in litters
Or shall we give them mass burial to save them a piece of land
As they are responsible for killing most in the land
RALPH @2003
THEY HAVE A MISSION
They have a mission
They have a blue print in their mission
To decimate the already impoverished
As they must not co-exist in the same land
The have an objective
To reduce us to incompetence
So that there will be no room for competition
Even when it is crystal clear we never started the race on the same line
They are happy when all of us are in jailhouses
Where they sure believe we belong
But they refuse to understand our resilience
As our resilience will see us through life
What next would they do to us
To create a new war for us to fight and die
As they have succeeded in causing more starvation
As our homelessness is not enough satisfaction
They removed our right to the same education
As affirmation policy scares them to heaven
For we are not suppose to be equal humans
But servants of our generation
What else do they want from us
I suppose they have had enough
From the times of our fathers to ours
They should repent and not oppose the hands of God
RALPH @ 2003
AS THAT DAY COMES
As the last day comes
I begin to reflect on the gifts of the lord
From my conception to my departure time
And found out that the lord is truly good
I imagined the breast milk he gives
As he nurtured me with the purest milk of love
Making me immune from diseases
And all He did with absolute love
I begin to imagine the inches He added to me from my little tiny dot
And found the miracle of growth overwhelming
As inches lead to feet and I become a man
All to his glory and creation
In the womb He supplied me air of life
At birth He still gives me free fresh air
To breathe and nourish my life
So that I will remain healthy in life
As that day comes, I continue to imagine
The unquantifiable amount of sunshine
Which kept me warm through my lifetime
As He set the thermostat that never overheated at any time
Then He gives me water to quench my thirst
And no liquid was comparable or sweeter
Yet it was free for my consumption
So I drank the water of love of life
As the day draws nearer
Some of us get farther
While a very lucky few get closer
For these are the anointed ones of the father
We have to review our lives
To know if we shall meet the marks
As it is stipulated in the book of life
Which is suppose to be the foundation of life
As we search our souls for redemption
We have to know if we have taken correction
As we marched on the streets of life
Which marked our passage
RALPH @2003
BILE OF NATURE
The bile of nature comes as vile
It erupts like rapture
As it vomits the bile to the surface
And the acidic corrosion eats our life
The bile organ is small in nature
But forms the vile of life
Which destroys all it touches
As it brings to the fore issues of our lives
I have seen it come out in life
And it becomes hurtful as acid
Because it marks the end
Which brings us to the surface of life
I will swallow their bile
Because I am the object of their vexation
Which makes them vomit bile on my person
Because I am not like them in life.
RALPH @2003 05/24/03
SURVIVING THE STORM
At a young age you survived the storm
You crossed the ocean in great storm
When others drowned in the storm
But your courage and perseverance saw you through treacherous storm
As you have come to dry ground
You must remember the survival secrets on the ground
You must continue to realize that contours fill the land
So you must become an eagle to fly over the land
But we know you will soar to the sky
Climbing mountains and crossing valley
Which makes you a strong eagle
With the wings to achieve
A survivor does not look back
Because there would be no shore bank
But a free world of sky
Where you will ever remain happy.
RALPH @ 06/04/03
COLORS OF DISCRIMINATION
It comes in various colors
It comes in different shades
But none can tell the exact color
Neither can you tell the exact shadow
The color might be white or blue
Or might even resemble green or black
As yellow or purple might be far from the block
But the victim must be of a particular color or race
They dish it out in a subtle style
For it is devoid of love
Which makes it a menace
For the victim must be seen to be humiliated
They play it out in camouflaged words
As the words hit our persons
And daze us to our bones
Which eventually chills our hearts
They look at us scornfully
As we unnecessarily become the enemy
Which comes from heart of hate
As they lack human care or love
Colors of discrimination is what we see everyday
But whatever color of discrimination, we survive everyday
For we are immune from birth
So that we can occupy the earth
RALPH @06/03/03
I HAVE PRIDE
I have pride in what I am
I have pride in my work
I still have pride in my lowly position
For these are my choices
I have pride in my activities
Even when it does not please the multitudes
But it sure gives me happiness
To know I am satisfied with my self
I have pride to be from the roots
And acquire the experience of the scum of earth
Which is an exalted position on earth
And also authenticates my origin from the roots
So no office will bring me down
Neither will any man or woman bring me down
For I am a star of creation
And my light cannot be extinguished in vain
Pride is not the birthright of a race
But in our humbleness it comes to the surface
To prove that we are what we are
As our heads will be held high in life
RALPH @ 06/03/03
THERE IS DANCE IN EVERY WOMAN
There is dance in every woman
There is motion in every woman
The hairs flows like a glimpse of comet light
Shining for the head to be seen
There is dance in every woman
As the eye lids dance to motion
Seeing things that are in motion
As the eye lids close to rest beauty of a woman
The eyes dance to words
Expressing things before they are spoken
And sighting things before they are seen
As the beauty flows in the eyes of a woman
The nose is sculptured to smell love
Which is a virtue that is fine
As it shapes her face
And makes her radiate with love
The chest is adorned with apples
Which sprout breasts and nipples
As honey is in each nipple
That sustains all generations
The torso becomes a board of love
As it rises in motion of love
Which compliments the dance of nature
As there is dance in every woman
Her hands play the most music
Caressing and touching in ecstasy
As the momentum of dances increase
And the body of woman becomes music
The hips rotate with fanfare
Beckoning love far and near
Taunting and tempting our resolve
As the dance of life begins here
The legs carry all these beauty
As it elongates in style
And majestically bears love
For us to be happy
Because there is dance in every woman
There is dance in every woman
As every thing in and on her dances
Making her a gem of beautiful woman
Which lastly brings us to the world of happiness
RALPH @ 06/03/03
DO NOT TAKE MY LANGUAGE
From years ago, they wanted everything
As at today, they still want everything
Leaving us with nothing
As they even want our language
When we open our mouth we are misconstrued
When we speak we are doubted
All we do is seen in bad taste
As we amount to nothing but waste
We must not speak our language
For it does not sound like English language
For when we speak they are sad
As all we speak is accented and accursed
Let them leave us with our barbaric language
So that we would have a gift for our future generation
And instill the cultures of our fathers to our children
As the foundation and basis of all cultures and learning is in language
RALPH @2003
THE MOON AND EARTH
The moon shines to illuminate the earth
On this day the moon refuse to illuminate the earth
Not as a result of the refusal of the moon
But as destined by nature at creation
So the moon does a vanishing act
And give us a momentary darkened night
As we celebrate it as an eclipse
So that we can still respect nature
We wonder at the orderliness of the act
And find out there is no better precision act
Even when man wants to play God in their technology
Making us environmental enemy
We must most times leave the activities of nature alone
To enable us survive our own destruction here
For nature have safe guards to her own activities
Which man has refuse to recognize
RALPH @ 05/15/03- ECLIPSE NIGHT
PREJUDICE
I am not prejudiced but opinionated
For I express my mind
Which makes some feel prejudiced
And forget I am opinionated
I have a belief that does not translate to hate
For in me there is so much love
Which flows in abundance
To bless men and women with love
I am not prejudiced against any one
For nature has thought me to be free
As I will not be polluted by prejudice
Which will pull none down but me
I am not prejudiced but just me
For I am born in love
And was brought up in love
As I cannot be polluted by hate and prejudice
RALPH @2003
FAULTLESS
Why should I fault my fellow man?
When I am not yet clean
From the imperfection of man
A task I try to finish on earth
Why must I fault another?
When I truly look like the other
Even though we may not be the same
At least we can express love
Why must I think ill of a friend?
When good friendship does not end
But goes from generation to generation
For it becomes a task before our children
Why must I not love everybody?
For their foolishness can be an asset of wisdom
That does not come easily
But only through the gift of wisdom
RALPH @2003
DEFIANT GENERATION
In those good old days, men took responsibilities
They own up to their mistakes
And pay for it in various terms
But these has ceased to be in my generation
Men now lie to extremes
Even when they jeopardize the lives of others
They never own up to their mistakes
Because they are defiant masters
My generation has changed the course of history
As they create for us more enemies
And hide in their riches
As we remain perpetually unhappy
They fail to take the most precious decision of leaders
Rejoice when your leadership makes people happy
And abdicate leadership when you lead your people to shame
As they have defiantly lied and changed the course of our lives
Defiant leadership, has definite end
That is the reward of obliterated defiance
And the inordinate urge to be despotic to people
For they shall eventually come to an end
RALPH @ 2003
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