Repressive Rule
By Veronica Nkwocha
The aura of power
Is alive and powerful
Watch ordinary men
Fall on their knees.
The aura of power
Is in the mind
It ebbs and wanes
When we shine the light of truth.
Its scepter is false
Though we know it not
We enable it rule
When we’re silent and kneel.
Image from here Auguste Rodin. «Thinker», Philadelphia museum (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Trees, mist, and sun. The Blair, Auchentiber, Ayrshire Looking south behind the Blair. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Dawn Tryst
By Veronica Nkwocha
Cast your eyes to the Sun
Gently unfurling
Rising from the cusp
Of inky dark
Marking its presence
With a soft morning light
Casting its shadows in cloudy sighs
A shower of blessing
Trickling through a veil
Of its flickering light
*Image from here: Attribution Donald MacDonald (File licensed under Creative Commons Attibution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
Palace of Secrets
By Veronica Nkwocha
Whispers, in the palace of secrets
Soft footsteps, in the treasured garden
Draped in a garland of pretty blossoms
Garnished with hidden sins
Put on the cherished veil of outstanding beauty
Dance on the front steps, preening and perfect
Trapped in a river flowing,
Tremors from a thinning crust
The guardian quivered, pluck the secret bow
Shoot darts of keys to unlock the box
Crumpling muddied veil and splattered tears
On a shattered vial of crippling pain
Dying blossoms gripping a fallow garden
Silence in the palace of secrets
English: The Poem Tree, Wittenham Clumps, Oxfordshire. Photograph by Jonathan Bowen. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I tried an app today on http://www.poetryassessor.com/poetry/
According to them, it “is designed to determine whether a poem has the characteristics of a professional poem or, alternatively, an amateur poem.”
I tested it using my poem below:
‘Rebirth‘ by Veronica Nkwocha
A dried branch,
tinder for fire
life ebbs
feeding the soil
A budding flower
A shrub of green
trembling with life
in the morning light
*It returned a score of 4.582! So I’m well pleased lol.
P.s. I’ve tried a few others and some haven’t done so well!
“Positive scores indicate that a poem has characteristics of a professional poem while negative scores indicate that the poem has the characteristics of an amateur poem.”
*Caveat, I know nothing about the creators or the suitability of the application neither was I asked by them to test it.
*Update: There’s an update on the site ” it should be noted that the average word count of the poems used in the sample used to calibrate the system was 156 (maximum 378, minimum 21, St Dev 77). This means that results for poems of less than approximately 80 words should be interpreted with caution.”
Strums from Mama’s Heartstrings by Veronica Nkwocha.
She tickles me
Her eyes are twinkling
I’m giggling
Her arms encircle me
She’s singing
And then she twirls me.
She holds me, envelops me
I hear her heart beat, thumping
Strums from her heartstrings are echoing
Soft notes from my beginnings
They lull me
Asleep in mama’s arms.
The tinkle of her laughter, awakens me
Soft kisses on soft cheeks, mesmerising
The shine from my beaming smile, sparkling
Mama’s little star is twinkling.
Image from here http://www.freevector.com/mother-and-child-graphics/
Veronica 
