Song of a Baby (Poetry)

By Lucky James Evbouan

Song of a Baby is a collection of poems which gently weave through everyday life- people, places, nature, reminiscences and reflections. Each poem is beautiful as it is affective; the message is distinct and unconfused.
In a sense, some of the poems contained in this volume are versified prose telling short stories, but with rhythm. Although rhymes may be considered pedestrian in some quarters, they nonetheless retain a quality so rare in other forms of writing. Song of a Baby features a couple of rhymes which have been carefully strung for your delight.
A baby is the object of a mothers love. Yet, in its innocence, it conceives to teach Mother about love. Song of a Baby may well be likened to thoughts of a baby in the way it modestly seeks to share passionate expressions with an already well-versed world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Mar 12, 2014
• ISBN: 9781496975089

Lucky James Evbouan

Lucky James loves stories and is a voracious reader of fiction. He delights in poetic communication which aesthetically depicts thoughts and evokes feelings. Whether he reads or writes poetry, the author’s esteem for this literary genre is infectious. He lives in Nigeria where, as a teacher and motivator, he works on different platforms among young people.

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PRELUDE

A. RHYMES

THE SKY

Y HAS A LONG TALE

POEM

EPITAPH: BOUND TO LIFE

REPLENISH THE EARTH

TODAY IS JUST

EPITAPH: ODE TO LOVE

IS LOVE ENOUGH?

B. NARRATIVES

SONG OF A BABY

RIVALS

VANQUISHED

CREEPING FEAR

RAIN OF OUTBURST

CLETUS AND HIS BOTTLE

C. LAMENTATIONS

BLACK AFRICA

WAR CHILD

PIECE-FUL EXISTENCE

THE REMNANT

THIS PLACE

SEASON OF REFRESHING

D. REFLECTIONS

CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS

DEATH IN HADES

MAN IS PAWN

MY ROOT

BEGINNINGS

A RACKETY MILIEU

ENSNARED BY WORK

MAN’S SUFFICIENCY

BESETTING GUILT

SOLITUDE

THE OLD MAN

E. NATURE

MY EVENING SKY

HARMATTAN RAIN

THE PEASANT

NATURE’S MOODS

ROCK

DAY AND NIGHT

F. ADMONITIONS

THE HARVEST

ETERNITY

FRUIT OF LIPS

HERE I STAND

WHEN GOD IS SILENT

WHEN I FRET

G. REMEMBRANCES

CHRISTMAS

TITTLE-TATTLE

TO BE BORN

GROWING UP

TSUNAMI

HEADACHES

FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH

CHASED!

POSTSCRIPT

To my family:

For the immense love, often undeserved,

I’ve enjoyed especially through

The tetchy moments of my life

INTRODUCTION

Poetry has a great appeal for me. Its art and language leave a lasting impression that’s so soothing. The cadence, the intricate construct, the meters and rhymes, and the brilliance of the whole form ascribe a lively spirit to the message contained in a poem.

Song of a Baby is a collection of poems which gently weave through everyday life—people, places, nature, reminiscences and reflections. Each poem is distinct with non-repetitive themes. The art is beautiful; the style, a mixture of measured rhymes and free verses that read like short stories.

Unrhymed verse, a more pliable form of poetry today, readily lends itself to easier expressions; nevertheless, I find poems that retain a touch of the old pattern very stimulating. Hence, in Song of a Baby, rhymes and some forms of poetic figures of speech are featured.

While a few of the poems speak to the heart in admonition, some others just explore nature. On the whole, this volume is a work of art that possesses many parts, and it’s my desire that readers will find pleasure in this piece.

L. J. Evbouan

PRELUDE

Reading makes a full man,

Meditation a profound man,

Discourse a clear man.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

American printer, author, diplomat,

philosopher, scientist and statesman

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RHYMES

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I was promised on a time

To have reason for my