Christopher Kudyahakudadirwe
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Poem "Love, My Friends (an English sonnet)":
- written November 2008
- published November 14, 2008
- viewed 494 times
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Visit Christopher Kudyahakudadirwe's profile page
Poem "Love, My Friends (an English sonnet)":
- written November 2008
- published November 14, 2008
- viewed 494 times
Other poems by Christopher Kudyahakudadirwe:
»A Prayer for Transformation«»A Question of Beauty«»A Sketch of Democracy«»Amidst the Boring Brown«»At The Golf Course ' 97«»Crime and grime«»Doomed Destiny«»Dreaming In Limbo«»Easy Crossing the Balustrade«»Emerging Images«»End of Time«»Fading Hope«»Friendship«»From The Inside Looking In«»Hopelessness«»If you turn the pages...«»In The Name Of Freedom«»Legend Brother«»Let it not be said then (an English sonnet)«»Life's Order«»Listen«»Loneliness«»More Blessings«»Mother Africa«»Mothers, Women, Wives«»No more«»Of misery and Anguish«»Old Man«»On Saying Goodbye«»Once Upon A time«»Our Golden Girl«»Political Condoms«»Relationships«»Sing Our Song«»Street Child«»Sweet Bondage«»Take The Bull By The Horns«»The 'Human Garbage'«»The 'X' of Exile«»The Brown Messiah«»The Cold Day Unveils«»The Knocking Woodpecker«»The meaning of loneliness«»The Poets Have Spoken«»The Prison I'm Not In«»The Way«»Things I Miss In Exile«»This Life - An Oxymoron«»True Love«»When in your eyes It looks«»When the end beckons«»Zany«»Love, My Friends (an English sonnet)«
by Christopher Kudyahakudadirwe
To all friends to me so dear
Love is but what I can give,
And give I must without a tear
As life we must all live;
Then can I life with you celebrate
Reflecting upon the days gone by;
And this we must do to liberate
Our conscience from the cloudy sky
Of our barren relationships;
Then, can we face this sterile world
With all the unrelenting hardships
Which tend to make us bold-
But, if my friends you are not
You stand to lose a lot.
Love is but what I can give,
And give I must without a tear
As life we must all live;
Then can I life with you celebrate
Reflecting upon the days gone by;
And this we must do to liberate
Our conscience from the cloudy sky
Of our barren relationships;
Then, can we face this sterile world
With all the unrelenting hardships
Which tend to make us bold-
But, if my friends you are not
You stand to lose a lot.
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Disoza: "Could be more expressive."- Tonyboy: "Well, means a lot to a person like me."
- Samuel Gororo: "Great! I like the craftsman displayed there."
- Joseph Zulu: "Very artistic. Keep the pen rolling."
- Munroe George: "The right stuff for me. I like it!"
- Ashok Kumar Madhunlall: "Beautiful writing....keep going."
- Joseph Kadoma: "This is a very good poem that takes after the likes of Shakespeare and John Milton. Very few writers today are able to come up with such pieces of verse. Dambudzo Marechera did it in 'Cemetery Of Mind'."
- Manda Musoni: "Well crafted in the original form of the sonnet. I did not know that the people of today can write Shakespeare!"
- Shashito (Japan): "Good. I enjoyed it."
- Amanda Lee: "This poem opens me to the theme of what love is. I like it. Sounds Shakespearish."
- Jones J: "This is a very good poem that reminds me of what love is. Keep up the poeming."
- Anna: "marvellous piece of work"
- Pepe Muindisi: "This is cool poem that reminds us of the importance and value of love. Give us some more Mr Poet!"
- Maiama Gontolo: "What a pregnant poem!"
- Mongo Bo: "I like it. Please give us more!"
- Mandindi Juma: "This is a superb poem that reminds one of Shakespeare's 'Let me not to the marriage of true minds'. I am surprised thatLarry Rodgers (student) has failed to recognise what a sonnet is. I wonder whether it's mathematical inability or poetic ignorance. Keep up the good work Chris."
- Larry Rogers High School Student: "This is not an english sonnet because an english sonnet has fourteen lines"
- Hettie Van Zyl: "you can put feeling into words thanks for a good poem"
- Edrick : "this really beautiful keep this up"