Five Poems - JPCS

Journal of Postcolonial Cultures and Societies
ISSN No. 1948-1853
World in danger
Esmaeil Zeiny Jelodar
World…
Replete with liars,
people in mires,
false desires!
Sloth, so rife.
Gluttony, half-life.
Greed, a sin of excess
which we all possess.
Pride, the most serious sin
causes people no win.
Lust, a sexual desire
put people on fire.
Envy in all
and people fall.
Wrath, a lead to suicide,
let’s keep all aside!
‘Sponge Cake’, Debra Wain.
JPCS Vol. 3, Nos. 3 & 4, 2012.
www.jpcs.in
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Journal of Postcolonial Cultures and Societies
ISSN No. 1948-1853
Satan
A bum kid came to me
on my way home.
Asking for a coin or two
or something to eat.
Stuck to me like a leech,
insisting, begging, imploring.
I yelled at him and he left.
I didn’t give a penny away.
Thank you Mr. Satan!
Tomorrow
Thinking of tomorrow
That is another borrow
Anxious to know what it would be
Whether it would be in debris?
Filled with consternation
Every cell with frustration
Hope still crosses over
But always ends in nowhere
Tired of being rejected
My whole life is being affected.
‘Sponge Cake’, Debra Wain.
JPCS Vol. 3, Nos. 3 & 4, 2012.
www.jpcs.in
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Journal of Postcolonial Cultures and Societies
ISSN No. 1948-1853
World
No more faith!
Hope is dead.
No more sanguinity
they are all cynical.
No more equanimity,
The deceased would like to be streakers.
They see satiety of evils
with no remission.
Graves are trembling,
people eschew to see.
A surge of shouts,
People sham deafness.
Tyrannies abound,
folks’ ignorance.
Aversion to change,
I am in wonder!
What is the world coming to?
Advice
He thought he was bold
with a knife in hold.
‘Sponge Cake’, Debra Wain.
JPCS Vol. 3, Nos. 3 & 4, 2012.
www.jpcs.in
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Journal of Postcolonial Cultures and Societies
ISSN No. 1948-1853
On the verge of madness
too much in sadness
wanted to avenge
though hated to revenge.
But felt it an urge
it was on the verge.
Angrily on the way to attack
luckily ran into a black.
Asking him what he is up to
though he could construe.
Stopped him and said
“Don’t do that!”
“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind!”
Biographical note
Esmaeil Zeiny Jelodar is a PhD candidate at the School of Language Studies and Linguistics,
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
‘Sponge Cake’, Debra Wain.
JPCS Vol. 3, Nos. 3 & 4, 2012.
www.jpcs.in
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