Poems from Umar Ahmad
FLY
Dreams revolve around my life
Like a kite sailing in the wind
Its crazy to think about flying
So I float on heels of my pillow
To the...
MONEY
A new young money runs this town
In new flashy cars latest in town
Owns mansions at every nook and cranny
And all the floozies throw...
LET ME BE YOUR NURSE
Are you lying asleep or awake
Feeling morose or jubilant
Feeling famish or stuffed
I want to see you through
All your...
THE GREAT MAMA AFRICA @60
Mama Africa flashes white across greens
Sweep it on her marshes and swamps
Smear it through forests and savannahs...
COLOURS
Dear mr strive hard
Have you been losing your colours
Till you are now a shade of black
Are the forces nature acting on you
Tying...