League Day 17; AYOBAMI AYANFEMI vs MOHAMMED SHAMS-DEEN

LIVE: AYOBAMI AYANFEMI vs MOHAMMED SHAMS-DEEN

NOTE;
1) The judges decision takes 70% of the judgement while well wishes and lovers of poetry votes takes 30%.

2) Upon no circumstance must any of the above mentioned poets vote.

3) The contestants are urged to invite friends to Vote for them using the comment section of this post. No rule exempts you from canvassing for votes.

5) Voting lasts for 18 hours from commencement of Duel.

6) Vote using I VOTE POEM 1 or I VOTE POEM 2

7) Results would be uploaded briefly after the closure of votes.

Good luck to the wordlords.. LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!

THEME: MIRAGE

AYOBAMI AYANFEMI

TITLE: Life as a mirage.

mid life,long throat

Happy lines, cut slow.

I had a dream of soliciting for the weak

But I'm the king of the powerless,

Running in a maze

Where joy is a waste.

I had the hope of ruling the world,

World ruled me out of its world

Now I'm lonely with my words

Battling within section of surd.

Midlife,long throat

Happy lines, cut slow.

Life bite bit by bit

Squeezing hope into a can,

Life fight fist for fist

Striking  from the head to the feet.

Life is just a mirage

Where all you want will appear 

In your dream and conquer you in your life.

Life is the mainstream of illusion.

Ayobamiayanfemi @gma.com

Chosen Star

MOHAMMED SHAMS-DEEN

TITLE; Sore Solace

I set out from home full of life

And strode on the roads 

Through Burkina to Agadez;

When long for better life soared,

Soared my yearn for riches

On the face of thought,

I drew an act of search

And in that search revealed

A pool to cool me in Sahara desert.

Swimming in boiling sands

I sobbed songs of home

In the heart of the desert 

Through the patch path of my desire,

Thinking that just before me

The solace I sought lay

But all that I strove to fumble

Were heaped abyss of voids.

Mohammed Shamsu-Deen