Dubai · Echos Of My Neighbourhood · Musings · Poetry/Poems · Quotes For You

To get a rainbow….

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Call me cuckoo,
But that’s okay too,
It just rained.
Like really rained.
Here in Dubai,
And it gives me delightful tickles,
That it’s not just the few sprinkles,
That barely causes tinkles,
Showers and puddles of blessings,
I care not what anyone thinks about these things.
For blessings are truly abound,
Yes indeed, they are.

© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

Creative Writing · Family · Poetry/Poems

My daughters poem…

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She kept bugging me with the new poem that she wrote and I had to stop and listen to what she is reciting.

So, let me indulge her and share it with you.

A Winter Wonderland

The first snowflake of storm falls
I couldn’t see anything at all
Woke the next day, the snow was tall
And I instantly started jumping off the wall

I ran outside but slipped and fell
Oh well who cares anyway
My mom gave me the option to come inside
But I decided to stay out and play * she is disobeying me 🙂

I ran and ran with all my might
Climbed up a tree disregarding the height
Then I realized my mom was right * Mother knows best, always 😉
Maybe I should go back inside.

I caught a cold, I should have listened
But walked over to the window stall to see what I’d been missing
I saw Mr. Frankle the snowman my sister had made outside * Is she trying to tell me that she wants a sister ?

He started to sing, dance, run and prance
I went back outside to watch his performance
He looked to the sky and said ‘I have to go.’
While I wondered where is all the snow

I woke up and realized its all a dream
But what a wonderful theme ‘A Winter Wonderland.’

From Nnenna Christine Oby-Ikocha

Creative Writing · Devotions · Hope · Musings · Photographs · Poetry/Poems

Who Suffers Most?…

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How can I not forgive you;
For that which I may be guilty of too?

How can I be so hypocritical;
With fierce darts so critical?

For it is great Grace,
That saves me as a Scapegrace.

Buffeted and Battered by Transgressions,
I bow to my knees, folded within.

Searching to recognize my peace,
As hot tongues of the brethren’s accuser,

Chastises from within the inner realm,
A quiver full of squirmy thoughts.

How can I not….

For to forgive you
Is to forgive myself.

© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

Humor - Bellyful of laughter · Photographs · Poetry/Poems · Saturday Snippets

We Are Fattened…

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So much have all consumed
A little plumper, we are fattened
A clink of glass and a tipple of wine
No thoughts to hourglass, the merrier we dine.
Cheers! Make merry.
Today we eat.
Tomorrow we run.

© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

Creative Writing · Inspiration - Motivation · Photographs · Poetry/Poems

Lazy Sunday…

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A lazy Sunday
Lets make it a fun day
…and get ready to embrace Monday.

© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

Creative Writing · Photographs · Poetry/Poems · The Daily Post

Gathering…

When we gather together
We achieve so much more
That we cannot achieve
When we walk alone.

© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

The Daily Post Gathering

Creative Writing · Photographs · Poetry/Poems · The Daily Post

The More, The Merrier…

The more we are together,
In unison,
The merrier we shall be!

© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

The Daily Post Gathering

Haiku · Photographs · Poetry/Poems · The Daily Post

Together…photo challenge

In Fleets and Droves

They gathered

In their Coves

© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

The Daily Post Gathering

Creative Writing · Devotions · Hope · Life · Poetry/Poems · Writing 101

So Long To Thee…

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I never ever say goodbyes,
Except when you’ve made a real good buy,
For whenever I say goodbye,
It always makes me want to cry.

It takes on such a finite note,
To memories sweet with tender quotes,
It kinda sticks right in my throat,
Which makes me choke when you board the boat.

Now, I prefer to say farewell,
Which makes my heart to really swell,
With thoughts of sweet affection tell,
And hope that things will go so well.

So long, farewell to thee I say,
For all who journey with me this way.
May your dwelling be in safe grace,
Until our paths cross again in this space.

© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

Writing 101, Day 10 FAREWELL

Creative Writing · Devotions · Inspiration - Motivation · Poetry/Poems · Quotes For You · Writing 101

Forever Rhyming….

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Though we rhymed for a brief moment,
And too soon it’s time to part.
In these wonderful moments
I have met such lovely art.

Do fare well, as time passes by,
And the seasons roll on by,
For we’ll be forever rhyming,
Till we can’t rhyme no more!

© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

Writing 101, Day 10 – FAREWELL