Loneliness,grave aloneness when no one is listening.Searching love,when leaves betray their fruit before they are ripen.Listen,my words have been falling on deaf ears that remember nothing.Expression,My feelings feel like rambling collections of a crier that needs to be pacified.Love me,Parts of my heart are empty, bleeding, lend me some of your blood to afresh it.Look into my … [Read more...] about I Sing A Dirge, By: Peter Okonkwo
Peter Okonkwo
About Peter Okonkwo
Peter Okonkwo is a Nigerian writer, poet, journalist, literary critic, violinist, editor and show presenter at PEL. His poetry collections include Ecstasy of the Dead (2020), Fate, In the Dungeon of Doom (2021), Whose Fault, Kismet or Impediment (2021) and the Escape from the Unseen Dungeons series. His poem on Poetry Catalog is "I Sing A Dirge."