art by Agnali
Yours is the rhyme of the season
The dewlets on pink petals
Lazy laughter of coupling lovers
The pure crimson of roses.
Yours is the tale of moonlit nights
Freshness of rainwashed skies
Thunderous roar of silences
Love that defies poetry.
Yours is the juice of the lush palm
Lullabies of running streams
Nimble beauty of gazelles prancing
The efflorescence of setting suns.
Yours is the nectar of the cradle
Sweet potion and reins of growth
Sacred chords in the cycle of life
Peace better known to infants.
Yours is the song of harvest
Thrills of endless triumphs
Sizzling sunglow of fish stew
The comfort of tickling rains.
Yours is the nymph of visions
Acolyte in realms of ceaseless dreams
Power on wings of timeless tales
Water source to wisdom spring
Kayode Aderinokun
Chief Kayode Aderinokun is a man of many caps and feathers, making his mark in banking, mining, manufacturing, politics, media & advertising, and the creative arts. In the latter industry, he is known as a poet, author of Inferno in the Rain (a collection of his poems), former chairman of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Lagos Chapter, and current chairman Board of Trustees for the Committee for Relevant Art (CORA). An astute septuagenarian, he is the sponsor of KAPP -the Kayode Aderinokun Poetry Prize (Written Word) on Teambooktu and the Kayode Aderinokun Poetry Prize (Spoken Word) that holds every November at the Lagos Book & Arts Festival (LABAF) organized by CORA. KAPP is targeted at discovering bright young talents in poetry.
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Quite interesting. I wonder whether he was referring more to Mother Nature.