The Lovely Predicament of Life

To live is to love, for what else is life worth?
What is life to a dazzling butterfly that has just emerged from its chrysalis and has but one gay hour to live and love?
What is life to the colorful songbird as it sits on a meticulously chosen branch composing verse after verse to woe that [...]

Your Smile

Your name should have meant ‘dazzling smile’,
For your smile of smiles brings about the redefinition of the term itself.
The exquisiteness and utter perfection of your smile could never fail to bring about the spontaneous electrical thrill to a viewer of it extending all the way down to the centre of his very being,
Your smile identifies [...]

The effect you have on me

A swing of your curvaceous hip induces a tremble on my lower lip.
The sexy pout you make, never fails to capture my eyes in a double take.
The way you utter the language of love makes me thank the heavens for your creation up above.
The way you move with such fluidity makes you my number one [...]

Something sweet!

Cling cling clang cling cling,
Ching ching $!,
Rustle, tear, struggle…Ahhhhh!
Bite, munch, chomp…mmmmmh!
The sweet, delicious taste that assaults your unsuspecting taste buds,
The closest one comes to actually tasting love,
The sensation designed specially to please,
Ladies, gentlemen! This ‘is’ the closest one comes to perfection,
It is, but a simple thing…Chocolate!
(Maliq Walter Muro©)

Slow Jam

Live life like a slow jam I say,
Be on the low, take it slow, one step at a time.
Live life like a slow jam I say,
No tripping, take your time to rhyme, enjoy the finer things in life.
Live life like a slow jam I say,
Decelerate, be smooth, sensual, no rush.
Live life like a slow jam [...]

Poetry

Poetry is the manifestation of one’s own innermost feelings on paper…paper that contains human encoded symbols that preserve meaning for us…that is, if we relate to that language.
Poetry is beyond being simply ink on paper, encryptions in books, or the spoken word…indeed poetry is more…much much more.
Poetry is that experience of subtle euphoria when one [...]