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By Koné BAH
B.W. Publications
First edition 2016
DEDICATIONS
I dedicate this Book to my family, especially to my dear parents

and to my lovely siblings whose encouragements and advice led me for
pursuing my studies further.
I also dedicate this Book to all my fellow students, amongst

whom, Sylla Daoud, Loulou Charles Junior, Ouattara Kawonaman
Florence, Coulibaly Lacina, Sanogo Gaoussou, Nahounou Bouazo,
Tanoh Ibrahima, Berete Yacouba, Ouattara Zenab and Camara
Yacouba.
To all those I forgot, please fill in your names (…).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
To the dependable GOD be the glory for this immeasurable

guidance and protection.
I owe a particular debt of gratitude to Prof Coulibaly Daouda. His

considerable investment of time, energy and documentation made this
work possible. The debt I owe to him is more than I can easily
acknowledge.
I am also grateful to all my teachers of English Department in

Peleforo Gon Coulibaly University of Korhogo.
Special thanks to Prof Hayford Manu for his advice and

encouragements my dear uncle from Accra-Ghana and for his lovely
kindness and the bliss that he brings to my family.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Poems Pages
1- Belle ……………………………………………………………
2- Mother’s Love …………………………………………………
3- Childhood ……………………………………………………...
4- Love’s Dead ……………………………………………………
5- The worldly Life ……………………………………………….
6- Loneliness ……………………………………………………..
7- My Foe …………………………………………………………
8- My Religion ……………………………………………………
9- Man of Politics …………………………………………………
10- Water from the sky ……………………………………………
11- Wartime ……………………………………………………….
12- Friendship …………………………………………………….
13- Nature …………………………………………………………
14- Never lose hope ………………………………………………
15- Dreams can come true ………………………………………..
16- Prayer …………………………………………………………
17- The Black tree ………………………………………………...
18- The destiny ……………………………………………………
19- The bitter flower………………………………………………
20- Busybody ……………………………………………………..
21- Son of tomorrow ……………………………………………...
22- Ignorance ……………………………………………………..
23- If there is ……………………………………………………...
24- I remember when ……………………………………………..
25- Downfall of the tree …………………………………………..
26- Drum of Africa ……………………………………………….
27- Freedom ………………………………………………………
28- The Mirror ……………………………………………………
29- The Crazy Poet ……………………………………………….
30- Lost Soul in the Darkness ……………………………………
31- Buzz of Jezebel ………………………………………………
32- Mother’s Love in the Death ………………………………….
33- From a Walk …………………………………………………
34- This melting pot Kingdom ………………………………………
35- Give Love to Orphans …………………………………………..
36- Meditation ………………………………………………………

37- Life comes and Goes ……………………………………………
38- Her confession to him …………………………………………...
39- Spiritual Emigration ……………………………………………..
40- The Promised Passage ……………………………………………
41- Bygone ……………………………………………………………
42- Sweet sense ……………………………………………………….
43- Birds of war ………………………………………………………
44- A Day not like others …………………………………………….
45- Faces be Masks …………………………………………………..
46- Always be Positive ………………………………………………
47- My shadow and I …………………………………………………
48- A fallen Rising Soldier …………………………………………..
49- Sorrowful Bliss ………………………………………………….
50- Dark Diamond …………………………………………………..
51- Praising Allah …………………………………………………...
52- Runaway …………………………………………………………
53- Past is light ………………………………………………………
54- Trust God (patience) ……………………………………………..
55- Love is weakness …………………………………………………
56- Love that kills …………………………………………………….
57- She and Me ……………………………………………………….
58- Respect your parents ……………………………………………..
59- Death shall come ………………………………………………….
60- Life without a wicked wife ……………………………………….
61- Ripe apple rotten inside …………………………………………..
62- Hold on ……………………………………………………………
63- The last trip………………………………………………………...
64- Empty head ………………………………………………………..
65- The Artist ………………………………………………………….
66- Sorry I can’t ………………………………………………………..
67- Death shall be the end …………………………………………….
68- Ivorian school ……………………………………………………..
69- Love thy black skin ……………………………………………….
70- Son of mine people ……………………………………………….
71- A drunkard be my mistress …………………………………….…
72- The rain of the eyes ………………………………………………
73- Truth in the grave ………………………………………………..

74- A day in my life ………………………………………………….
75- Princess of darkness, she is ………………………………………
76- A love forever ……………………………………………………
77- The Referee ………………………………………………………
78- My Star …………………………………………………………..
79- The Perfect Poet …………………………………………………
80- Play not in my heart …………………………………………….
81- Love and Death …………………………………………………
82- Before death we fear ……………………………………………
83- One day …………………………………………………………
84- Sad on my way ………………………………………………….
85- The student ………………………………………………………
86- Mom Worry Not ………………………………………………..
87- Mine Love for thee ……………………………………………..
88- Slavery is Back ………………………………………………..
89- New Vision …………………………………………………...
90- Harmattan ……………………………………………………..
91- Self-Reliance ………………………………………………….
92- Hunter of success …………………………………………….
93- Birthday of mine Brother …………………………………….
94- Life shall End …………………………………………………
95- Dark Tears …………………………………………………….
96- When The Dumb Speaks …………………………………….
97- ??? ……………………………………………………………
98- A slave who is Prince ………………………………………...
99- Brainworker ………………………………………………….
100- Smile to Life ………………………………………………...
101- Where we’re from……………………………………………
102- Seed of sadness into heart ……………………………………
INTRODUCTION
I am Koné Bah a university student in English Department. I am

in my Masters academic year. Throughout my education career I was
so attracted by the works of so many writers, especially the poets who I
do love and I really want to do like them. In fact, with poetry study at
school, I have launched myself in that domain. I did write my first poems
being in my first year of Bachelor of Arts in 2013. As a matter of fact,
you will be attracted by some of my poems below. So I do invite you to
read them and have comments about them because I was so creative
while doing these poems.
Generally speaking, a writer does not write in vain. He writes to
say something, to enlighten his people, to speak on the behalf of them
for he is regarded as the voice for the voiceless according to Aimé
Césaire. Concerning any genre of a literary work, we get to bear in our
mind that it may play the same functions as well as other genres. Poetry
is a literary genre seen as a weapon of denouncing and criticizing
social realities. A poet makes use of beauty in his words to attract the
eyes of the reading public. Poetry is a literature of beauty for the poet
leaves some melodies, rhythm and rhymes to embellish his words. As a
matter of fact, a poem may be though to decode. The poet encodes his
messages and it is up to the reader to decode what have been said by a
given poet in his work. Therefore, it is the right time to admire and bring
comments upon my written poems, for knowing that to err is human and
nobody is perfect. Thanks to all for your kind attention and enjoy the
reading. Best Regards
BELLE
You are the apple of my eyes

I love thou more than words can tell
I am dearer to thou than the light of my own eyes
And thy beautiful name sounds well
You are the comely girl ever

This everlasting beauty cures my high fever
When thou art away I feel bad
And overnight I feel sad
You are my sweet heavenly flower

The moth that lights my love-life
Belle I will take thou to everywhere
Belle I will make thou my only wife
You are my precious shiny diamond and gold

Belle thou art my better-half and soul-mate
Please open me thy wonderful heart-gate
Love knows no barriers and true love never grows old.
Koné BAH
MOTHER’S LOVE
I do love my mother as my own life

She gave me the opportunity to see the world
And I love her with her poor condition life
She taught me the best respectful word
Poor mom, thou art the best mother ever

Yet I never saw you weak and unhappy
You’ve gotten a smiling face forever
And you never became jumpy
Mother, without thou I am a lost son

I become a blind man and small fry
You taught me the respect towards any person
Thy sweet voice makes the birds fly
You’ve shown me the real love education

That leads my steps to move forward in life
Thy advice drive me in a great peaceful direction
Mom thou art a wonderful and kind-cheerfully wife.
Koné BAH
CHILDHOOD (sonnet)
My childhood was dived onto a deep obscurity

I was born within a poorest environment
That was seen as a corner without happiness and liberty
What should I do to guide my family into betterment?
One day I told myself to overturn this dark page
Then I took a high weapon to build and trace my future
Because I was jumping highly into age
And it has transformed both my being and nature
When I always held it, a cold voice talked to I
Don’t let it down it’s the guide of thy destiny
Because it’s been sent to thou far from the sky
That treasure will help thou conquer and earn much penny
Take thy study serious and go forward in world
With the “pen” created by the Almighty Lord
Koné BAH
LOVE’S DEAD
When you embrace love you become its slave

Overworking all times sorrowfully under a cave
Man is kept closed betwixt love’s chains and claws
Afraid to see and get himself through the jaws
Nightmare be love’s downfall into the grave
Koné BAH
THE WORLDLY LIFE
Life…
This worldly life
This worldly life is a staircase
Some are goin’ up others are comin’ down
Each on his side tryin’ to live his life and appreciate it
Life on earth disappeared and destroyed due to love and money
Everyone wants to be a pop-figure and take this world for himself
Believing that others’ blood is poor and utterly different from theirs
This worldly life does sound in man’s mind a kind of amusement
Ignoring that this life is a mere passage and has an end
We are meant to leave this world one day
Money is the root of all evils
The key of success
Is God.
Koné BAH
LONELINESS
When I am alone
Everything seems to fall down
My being is totally empty now
Drowned in the ocean of loneliness
My soul is lifted due to selfishness.
When I am alone
All around me turn onto black
I feel world’s weight on my back
Lost into a full sunny desert
My body out of water is hurt.
When I am alone
I’m flooded with darkness in the cave
When sand-storm appears as a brave
Unable to overcome this rude calamity
This weakness doth haunt me for eternity.
Koné BAH
MY FOE
When I look into the mirror I see my twin

He looks so perfect to me like my ally
For he reflects the image of a holy
And yet his smile is source of my ruin
My enemy still always by my side

Showing himself as a Good Samaritan
Behaving himself to me like a wild
Literarily on the appearance of Satan
My twin brother stabbed me in the back

With a gun aiming at my skull and heart
Buried alive during darkness inside a sack
Betrayed by a dear sibling who plays a part
Koné BAH
MY RELIGION
I am so proud to be one of them

Servants of the everlasting heaven
Light is our source of faith and purification
Allah is our source of life and protection
Muhammad (SAW) is the greatest man of mankind
Islam is God’s religion by excellence

Symbol of natural love and eternal peace
Pardon is the strength of every Moslem

Elation is life’s soul and purity’s emblem
All the people on earth are created equal
Complaisance is a holy key to everything
Enemy is for Moslems a dearest sibling.
Koné BAH
MAN OF POLITICS
A hawk at the peak of bloody mountain

Singing a very sweet natural hymn song
In his beak he gets the bosom of throng
Smiling in the early morrow sun’s rays
In hope to slaughterin’ his honest preys
The throng bows himself before him
His promissory note is damasked dim
On throne he’s a gravedigger and villain
Koné BAH
WATER FROM THE SKY
The rain is spiritually God’s Tears

Falling down on earth miles away
For having mercy on His creatures
We the sinners astray from His way
The rain is symbol of life down earth

The water from sky is source of rebirth
Because once a holy drop of tear down
All things become to breathe anew now
The trees drink the rain and grow strong

The dead nature becomes alive and green
This greenness be the killer of the pong
The grace of the rain is everywhere seen.
Koné BAH
WARTIME
This world looks like a jungle

A dangerous place for a battle
Where man is a wolf for another
Who slaughters his own brother
To survive
To govern
Human being is an apple of discord
The slaughterer of the sacred life
The Persecutor of the rules of Lord
Destroying the Life with a knife
Having no mercy
Having no pity
Dead nature of living creatures
Bald trees feel very sad overnight
Head bent flowers look sad daylight
Bloody tears falling upon nature
Koné BAH
FRIENDSHIP
Every one of us has a best friend on earth

I’m so lucky for I’ve three best friends
Who are those best friends in my existence?
Firstly, the Friend of my Blood

Is my dear family members
This is an old friendship since birth
Sharing the same past life until the future
Blood is thicker than water
Secondly, the Friend of my Times

This friendship is extra- outer to the family
(S)he is my school mate, my co-worker
Sharing the same life experiences and value
No one is thicker than my friend
Finally the Friend of my Heart

(S)he is my beloved and soul mate
This friendship concerns Love relation
The person with whom I share my love life
Love is thicker than Blood
Koné BAH
NATURE
The nature is our natural wealth

Treasure of every living earth creature
Temple of true riches and health
Tableau vivant of woods in holy picture
The perfume from it hath a natural odor
Titmice music hath a sweet melody
Twilight gives nature a pure green color
Trees’ full body is a great remedy
Treatment for human beings’ ailment
Ta’en from verdant nature’s hand
To adorning mankind betterment
The nature’s soil has sunny sand
The nature is a very sacred place and old
Transformed onto a world of pure gold
Koné BAH
NEVER LOSE HOPE
Life is not easy at all

Try to get up as ye fall
Never lose hope as you miss direction
Take another path with determination
All roads lead to Rome
It is sure you’ll get home
However on thy course of life

Ye will come upon unexpected hardships
Thy path will be full of snakes and thorns
You will suffer but staying alive
Don’t look backward and never despair

Ye won’t fall as you still breathe the air
Keep thy head high and move trustingly
No matter how you may walk so slowly
Keep in mind that thy future will be bright
At the end of tunnel there’s always light
Koné BAH
DREAMS CAN COME TRUE
When you have a dream overnight

You feel it as a perfect reality
‘Cause you see sunlight in thy sight
Rising at the east of the city
Dreams are source of our inner bliss

Our life is useless when dreams miss
When you dream your soul is free
‘Cause your sorrow and pains flee
This gives you a chance to be yourself

One morrow thy best dreams will come true
Dreams move you from the poor health
Hold on your dreams and still stick as glue
Koné BAH
PRAYER
Oh my Lord
Thee are the Almighty God
The creator of the whole universe
I do seek refuge nearby thee
Oh my Lord
Protect us from doom’s punishment
Protect us from not being astray
Lead our paces towards thy way
Save us from devil’s imprisonment
Oh my Lord
Spread thy light upon my life
Spread thy light upon my family
Forgive me and Hath mercy on my parents
Oh my Lord
Without thee mankind is nothing
Because thy Love is everything
You are the life’s keeper and giver
You still the Unique King forever.
Koné BAH
THE BLACK TREE
The tree of our forefathers

The tree of our freedom root
The tree of the Black Nation
You are a tree of high-bred
The blackness of your body is natural

Making you thus the comely tree ever
Your branches are thy own counterpart
For they are your source of strength
And yet they are engraved onto thy bosom
Your body is of a perfect shape and size
And thy beauty attracts others in the wood

When sunshine appears you smile brightly
On the ground you live is source of riches
The ground having a sliver and gold’s color
Beneath it lays a liquid with natural odor
The black tree is a golden one among the wood
Koné BAH
THE DESTINY
The destiny…
Who knows his destiny?
Neither you nor me
The destiny is a mystery
The Almighty is the master of destiny
Everyone is ignorant about the future
Man is walking in his own shadow
Overlooking that life is already traced
Who knows his destiny?
Neither me nor you
The destiny is a divine vision
And it’s up to man to be wise
While borrowing the right course
Really if he wants to see far in the future
And how his destiny will resemble
Koné BAH
THE BITTER FLOWER
The comely flower ever

The flower of the death
At first blush
You will fall into love
With her
That flower is the taste
Of all men
For she is perfect in body
But her smile is man’s downfall
Her beauty is valueless
And dirty her heart be
The beauty is not outer
But it is of course inner
The honey from her hath a bitter taste
Koné BAH
BUSYBODY
Ugh busybody people

Interfere not my business
Your long and big nose
Everywhere goes to spy
Your dirty mouth reeks
From it comes out rubbish
Your words are poison-like
Stabbing all the time my heart
Waste not your energy in gossiping
You’d better mind of your own life
Koné BAH
SON OF TOMORROW
Every seed is a possible flower

I am a poor seed
Tomorrow’s flower of happiness
Flower of revolution and peace
This poor flower
Will grow up and will be great
Will brighten like the sunshine
Will be strong like a gemstone
Will be humanity’s painkiller
Before its light
Enemies will be looking down
For shame be killing their face
They said I’ll never be this flower
Their own curse fell on their face
I’m the flower born to shine ever
Koné BAH
IGNORANCE
Eyes opened but thee see naught

Thy existence is damasked gloomy
From dawn to dusk around thou is black
Thou art living into a lightless kingdom
Walking in it from miles away since childhood
Born to stay a blind man forever
Because you want not to see the sun
The remedy of ignorance be knowledge
Because it moves man from obscurity to light
Koné BAH
IF THERE IS
Everything has an opposite side

Like both sides upon a shield
If there is man there is woman
If there is past there is present
If there is present there is future
If there is day there is night
If there is paradise there is hell
If there is light there is obscurity
If there is good there is evil
If there is master there is slave
If there is wealth there is poverty
If there is blessing there is curse
If there is rainy season there is drought
If there is success there is failure
If there is happiness there is suffering
If there is orange there is lemon
If there is fine dream there is nightmare
If there is life there is death
Henceforth human life has a double face
Koné BAH
I REMEMBER WHEN
I remember
I remember when nothing was my life
I remember when street shows me no love
I remember when I was alone on my way
I remember when my family disowned me
I remember when my foes were laughing at me
I remember when I was let to death
I remember when my siblings ignored me
I remember when my beloved rejected me
I remember when I was considered virus
I remember when I was a poison like to others
I remember
I remember when divine light came on my path
I remember when my star was shining like gold
I remember when my heart became a melting pot world
I remember when the world was smiling with me
Koné BAH
DOWNFALL OF THE TREE
The little creature

Born to become great and powerful
I was the smallest plant of yester-day
I’m the tallest and biggest tree today
The tree of success
of his time
His strength
is greatness
of fortune
The big tree
is gettin’ old
He’s reaching
oldness period
The big tree
will fall down
will be lost
will pass away
The greatest tree will lay down earth
Koné BAH
DRUM OF AFRICA
The drum of Africa is so symbolic

It’s part of black life and tradition
Their cultural heritage and history
The sacred musical tool from griot
The drum of Africa
Has a natural song
That reminds
The past life
Of Blackman
That shows
Their present
That foretells
Their future
The drum of Africa
is source of pure life
It gives a real sense
To our black Nation
Koné BAH
FREEDOM
There is no freedom in human life

Freedom is just a painkiller
To man sufferings here on earth
Freedom is just an illusion
Even in the afterlife no freedom
This world is based on thralldom
‘Cause when ye die you aren’t free
Another life is waiting you over there
We do ignore what will be life after death
In the grave there will be both existences
The hell life, symbol of eternal suffering
The heaven life, symbol of heavenly bliss
The latter is source of perfect Freedom ever
Koné BAH
THE MIRROR
I’ve never ever had a best friend

Fellows of mine are all creeps
When you’re borrowing the sunrise way
They will be by your side always
But yet while you miss direction
Quickly they will leave you alone
The best friend of mine

Be a great object the mirror
When I look myself into
I can see my like looking as me as I do
He weeps with me as things go wrong
He smiles with me as life’s going well
He shares with me sad and bliss moments
This person on the other side of the glace
He’s my best comrade for life
Koné BAH
THE CRAZY POET
A crazy artist and mad I am it seems

With my madness I hath a better sight
My words are throwin’ dust in the society eyes
My plume becomes a poisoned arrow like
Aiming at the bosom of the sick society
To wiping out social upheaval from it
Who will dare mind a crazy’s speeches?
You shall of course mind his dull word
From it comes out a beacon light of verity
Koné BAH
LOST SOUL IN THE DARKNESS
When I do always shut my eyes

I see naught apart from darkness
In it I find myself drowned and lost
The shade shows himself in an ugly shadow
Tryin’ to fasten my neck with chains as a prey
I shall think now to hath seen death itself
Gyratin’ me by all means to take my soul off
The soul of man hath a stalwart natural power

His voice be frightening the world of the darkness
For my soul be a luminary treasure within the body
Casting heaven light onto that gloomy universe
Slaying the devils till they are done for everlastingly
When I open my eyes I get myself in a well-lit place
A nightmare, my soul was fighting with the darkness
Koné BAH
BUZZ OF JEZEBEL
I do know what be thy heart

Thy heart be too dark
I can’t be with thou
For thy dream be different
Thy love be my nightmare and downfall
To love ye be digging my own grave
I can’t live with an angelic devil
I’m holy to weave my heart with thine
Ye be turnin’ thy face toward the sunset
But I be walkin’ to walk toward the sunrise
Stop dreamin’ and come down on earth
Enough! ye be cryin’ for the moon Jezebel
Koné BAH
MOTHER’S LOVE IN THE DEATH
Yester morrow I saw this lovely mother hen

Slumbering on her golden laid eggs like an angel
Her everlasting love made the eggs become children
Bringing them up not to borrow the path of hell
Morrow next was a deep sorrowful sullen day

A mournful time for the poor little chickens
They were singing a sad melody in their say
An emotional appeal to notify the next of kins
The late hen closed the kids with her smooth wings
Protecting them from devils and the night cold
Praying and giving them all the possible blessings
She was a mother with a precious heart like gold
Koné BAH
FROM A WALK
During the late summer

I was comin’ back
Back from a vain trip
I had had with my light shadow
Wanderin’ from street to street
The wind was heavily blowing
In such a to and fro movement
Sat on a bench beneath a peach tree
With my arms upon the bench’s shoulders
My head in a comfy position
Lookin’ upright skywards
Seein’ the reddish yellow hair of the tree fall
Just one after the other till the tree became bald
But betwixt its thinnest branches
Remained a little poor pink flower
At that time my mind went off
Yet suddenly my heart spoke and I realized that
Everyone has his own chance here in this life
Koné BAH
THIS MELTING POT KINGDOM
This tree is the favor of bird species

Coming from North- West- East- South
It’s a fruitful and a peaceful tree ever
Full of greenness and happiness
That fascinates any bird family
To flyin’ long miles away
To come and sit on a branch of his
This tree hath an opened-heart
That breeds sympathy and love
Amongst birds of different feathers
On that tree everyone feels at home
Koné BAH
GIVE LOVE TO ORPHANS
Never abandon in this life a parentless child

To be sad and feel himself alone in the dim wild
This fear inside him may be out of measure
An orphan to God’s eyes be like a fragile treasure
He easily falls into tears when alone and sad
Show the possible Love towards this poor lad
A drop of tear from him makes God be in anger
Pity! Never let an orphan starve for hunger
Koné BAH
MEDITATION
The newborn when starving screams

Whereas a being does not in his teens
The ignorant does attacks with the mouth
Save the wise with silence defends himself
Koné BAH
LIFE COMES AND GOES
Sunrise be the beacon light of life

From the nest early morrow
Each bird flies eastwards tweeting of joy
There be bliss in the cheeks of sunflowers
Yet very soon this happiness will vanish
As sunset be the shadow of death
It marks the end of birds’ journey
Coming back from east flying westwards
In their chirp and fly there be sadness
Besides sunflowers hath head bent
Life be a mere trip that hath an end
Remember sunrise be life sunset be death
Koné BAH
HER CONFESSION TO HIM
Ne’er ignore a man who does love thee

Thou couldst lose the moon
Lookin’ skywards counting stars
Beloved apologize I for all the wrong deeds
I kno’ I hath broken thy heart
My heart indexed the wrong man
‘Cause I kno’ now what be real love
I be sorry to hath disown thee
Please come back to me
My soul be weak without my counterpart
A flood of tears be ink of this sad note
Each line be like a wave of a bloody flood
Betwixt these lines be my inmost regret
Koné BAH
SPIRITUAL EMIGRATION
I want not to be late

Sorry I do hath a wonderful date
I hath to be before that white gate
Ugh let me go and meet my fate
‘tis tough for thou to intricate
I need just my soul to emigrate
The purest place so as to innovate
I need just my soul to be immaculate
I want not my heart to suffocate
I need just my soul and heart to elate
Koné BAH
THE PROMISED PASSAGE
As seconds run we’re jumpin’ into age

Straightly we be walkin’ toward doors of the grave
When death shall come none could escape
From this inevitable destined reality
‘tis an act of the Almighty
Once done
Worldly life is over afterlife be a new page
This new life shall be comfy to the brave
Those whose faith was pure in good shape
Slippery bridge with fire beneath be the last passage
To be survivor ain’t thy strength nor courage
Save faith
Koné BAH
BYGONE
Let bygones be bygones

Yesterday shall ne’er come back
Time be running as a shooting star
Thou couldst not be capable to seize it
Today did come from yesterday
To- morrow shall be born from today
Past and present be like water and oil
Koné BAH
SWEET SENSE
Slow snail shall see success

Shy sufferer shall sow sageness
Space sailor shall see stars
Sick society shall seed sorrow
Slaked soul shall shed shade
Sun- shine shall sliver stones
Sunken speech shall spread silence
Koné BAH
BIRDS OF WAR
The hawk sent off his soldier birds

For a dirty errand
To go and lay eggs not in their nests
But let the eggs fall as flying in the sky
Like a burdensome rain of volcano
Over the bosom of some peaceful forests
Those eggs of martyrdom once on earth
Bred a festival of bombs
Exterminating innocents for naught at all
Stifled Trees, plants and flowers fell down
The place turned into a bloody ocean like
From which that villain hawk fed his people
O mankind is vanishing forever
O mankind is starving for peace
Koné BAH
A DAY NOT LIKE OTHERS
From the very early dawn till dusk

The day was absolutely gloomy
The sun was hidden behind dim clouds
Refusing to scatter them away
With its arrow-like rays of light
As soon black clouds announced thunderstorm
The Thunder roared like a worth lion
The earth began to quake
Shuddered souls were half-gone
Suddenly the sky began to weep
Till the end of that shady day
Koné BAH
FACES BE MASKS
Look at this hearty face

The face that smiles like the moon
This face injures without trace
Behind that face is hidden the doom
‘tis an ugly face behind a strange mask
The bearer of that mask hath a dusky heart
To seed confusion in minds be his task
On stage he perfectly plays his dirty part
Koné BAH
ALWAYS BE POSTIVE
Always believe you can relieve your grief

Always shield thine yield from the thieves
Always retrieve thy honorable siege of chief
Always perceive and conceive you’ll receive
Koné BAH
MY SHADOW AND I
I cannot even believe it

I was betrayed by my own shadow
During a stroll drove me in a deep pit
Far from me my soul becomes a widow
A great fear in the dark flooded all my body
My conscience flashed me then to trust nobody
Because my shadow shall flee me into the darkness
Koné BAH
A FALLEN RISING SOLDIER
The big baobab tree is bleeding

The big baobab tree is weeping
The storm dug a deep wound in one of his hearts
The tree hath lost one of his dearest counterparts
A strong branch of his has broken
A brave rising soldier has fallen
In his hand he held the freedom’s gun
The big baobab tree mourned his dead son
Whose mission seems undone
Who forevermore hath gone
Koné BAH
SORROWFUL BLISS
The sun had an half brightening face

The sky was damasked dim
My heart was walking with a slow pace
Bliss that graced my soul became slim
My heart was burning of grief
This sorrow sudden changed the cool atmosphere
My heart took a heavy flame of biff
And yet sadly was smiling due to fear
Koné BAH
DARK DIAMOND
My only one black treasure

In you I take more pleasure
Beauty be thine
But you be mine
Thou art comely like ice
In thy smell there is a sweet spice
With you no gemstone may compete
Thy beauty is naturally complete
Koné BAH
PRAISING ALLAH
O Allah, give me the strength
To walk on thy peaceful path

Thou
Art King of everlasting peace
The
Lord of eternal Life and Bliss
Thou art generous
Thou art merciful
Thou art gracious
Koné BAH
RUNAWAY
I’m a runaway of thralldom

I’m a seeker of Freedom
The ground my mouth hath kissed
Naught on this new earth missed
It sounds like the Promised Land
This foreign earth hath golden sand
My knees down and forehead bowed
I’m thanking God for blessings sowed
On this peaceful virgin earth
A source for the slave’s rebirth
Koné BAH
PAST IS LIGHT
Life ain’t a race save a fight

My past life wasn’t too bright
I stand against bygone to get great sight
Look never the past like an event of slight
Look never the past like darkness of the night
Because the past is our source of light
In it there be presence of a great might
My past helps me overcome the plight
Past be weapon that kills my fright
A wight without his past can’t be wight
Koné BAH
TRUST GOD (patience)
One the comings days

From nobody
You will be somebody
Devote your time to seek knowledge
Success is a fragile bridge
You will be poet of your story
You will see your glory
God never betrays
Koné BAH
LOVE IS WEAKNESS
I do beg the divorce

Love is not by force
Love is too risky
Like the drink whisky
Love makes you crazy
Love makes you lazy
Love makes you sad
Love makes you a tad
Who sobs bitterly many times
My weeps’ melody hath sad rhymes
Koné BAH
LOVE THAT KILLS
Sorrow upon sorrow

My dream became nightmare
My heart took a fatal blow of arrow
Sudden I fell off my white mare
Arduous for man to see in the dark
Love that leads to the tomb
My dog saw evils come and began to bark
My soul took arms and fought off the doom
Now awoken from my deep sleep
Aware of love I made a wise leap
Koné BAH
SHE AND ME
SHE: There was no more sugar in thy love

I needed something forever sweet like honey
ME: I do know now, so you left me for miss of money
I took thou for a lovely and holy dove
SHE: I’m a starving monkey in quest of banana

I’m a vampire sucking sweet blood from my sugar daddy
ME: Oh my God! Thou art far more to be a hearty lady
Oh my God! Thou art losing your honor
SHE: Let me tell you there’s nay true love without wealth
And riches is better than good name
ME: Astray! Respect is better than shame
Bitch! Rotten love of money shall lead you to death
Koné BAH
RESPECT YOUR PARENTS
Thou art a poor egg

Thou art not strong like the stone
Egg hath any bone
Be aware of thy eternal weakness
Thou dare never challenge a stone
Egg cannot defeat the stone
On the ring stone be victorious
Egg hath to bow before the stone
Toward him you owe the respect
A child be like egg a parent a stone
Koné BAH
DEATH SHALL COME
Light always makes devils flee in the night

Raise thy hands up and praise
Almighty the merciful eternal divinity
Adoration builds a bridge till the everlasting direction
Save thy soul by purity to avoid punishment of the grave
Doom draws near our end shall be in the tomb
Koné BAH
LIFE WITH A WICKED WIFE
Both darkness and light be distinct

In the bosom of thy poor life
There shall be a poisoned knife
When you’ll take a wicked maiden as wife
Her love shall knock you down with a mell
Thou shall be low spirited and unwell
Thy life shall be like a hell
Among living thou will be a defunct
Koné BAH
RIPE APPLE ROTTEN INSIDE
Appearance can be defective

Never saw I such a nice apple
It had a ripe beauty
With a body of nobility
This apple was like a nipple
I bought this apple to home
It was unlike to a common pome
So I took myself for a detective
I set off to examine the fruit
I removed a penknife from my suit
The apple by fear split itself sudden
Amazed I saw that apple be rotten
Koné BAH
HOLD ON
The road is very long

The destiny seems to be far
Thou will go thru hardships
But never look so blue
Thou know not where you’re going
But you know where you’re from
Hold on soldier of tomorrow
The future is far save nearby
Sooner or later you’ll reach thy fate
Thou shall touch your dream
Thou will reap what you sow
There’s no bliss without suffering
One day you’ll say to the world
Once upon a time…
Koné BAH
THE FINAL TRIP
Dear relatives give ears to my words

One day I shall travel forever
I will go without return
To an unknown world
I don’t know when
But that day shall come soon
I must render account to my Master
The flame of my soul is dying
When I will take my last flight
When I will be gone forever
Everyone will bid me farewell
I will never ever be back
That day everyone will turn me the back
This life be the tough exam ever
Yet I always wonder again and again
Whether this trip will be better or bitter
Koné BAH
EMPTY HEDAD
Naught be in this fucking skull

Head that looks like a sieve
This head is incapable to mull
It hath a weakness to perceive
This head is absolutely dead
It doth always take a heavy knock
This head believes in downfall of bread
At dawn cock doth sing before the clock
Koné BAH
THE ARTIST
The poet be like an artist

He doth portray life bitterly
His arts open minds as ye list
He draws sad picture willingly
In hope to touch heart of the blind
The sharp pencil holds he be his blade
To conquer the world and speak his mind
This blade be light that defeats the shade
Koné BAH
SORRY I CAN’T
I do know what thou expert from me

Mine soul be too busy as a bee
I still be running just to be free
Sorry, man ye want I to be I can’t be
I can’t be thy lover ye be mine queen
Sorry I can’t thou have green eyes
Really love be not a game of dice
A victim of such a love I have been
Koné BAH
DEATH SHALL BE THE END
The body that lays here underground

Be body of mine dearest close friend
Life is the onset death shall be the end
Mine dear late mate yesterday was sound
Yet death sent he into a trip without return
Every soul shall taste the ocean of death
He wasn’t guardian of his poor breath
No doubt morrow shall be mine turn
Koné BAH
IVORIAN SCHOOL
Our school be very ill

Our school is infected by a virus
Our school hath no will
Our school behaves like the anus
Our school bed at bottom of the mountain
No doctor be capable to heal our education
Our school hath a corrupted brain
Sick education shall breed falling of the nation
Koné BAH
LOVE THY BLACK SKIN
Thou art born in the darkest Africa

In thy heart be the flag of America
Thou have shame for thy own skin
Thou disown bitterly thy next of kin
Be proud to be one of her darkest son
Follow ne’er footsteps of Michael Jackson
‘Cause you’ll be taking the unsafe route
Be awoken and come back to thy root
Africa hath love for each of her child
The monkey doth love life of the wild
Koné BAH
SON OF MINE PEOPLE
I’m the heart of mine people

I’m the tongue of the dumb
I’m the eyes of the blind
I’m the ears of the deaf
I’m the sword of the black warrior
My people is destined to be superior
My people in me blew the eternal breath
My people hath purified mine mind
My people be like mine mum
I’m the son of mine people
Koné BAH
A DRUNKARD BE MY MISTRESS
My drunkard mistress when thou booze

You walk like a crazy goose
The words from thy mouth be the blues
Over thy head be a strange sunhat
You have a walk of that of the cat
Thy sight in the day be as that of the bat
The day be thy night
The night be thy light
Thou always faint when taking the flight
Koné BAH
THE RAIN OF THE EYES
When it doth rain

In my bosom no more pain
Mine soul be now sane
Yesterday I was a sad swain
Fallin’ into love in vain
‘tis a hot rain from mine eyes
When I look myself into the ice
I see a sad face that sound nice
Love be mine only vice
Love is far more to be a game of dice
Koné BAH
TRUTH IN THE GRAVE
Here lies Mister Truth

Hidden in the darkness of the tomb
His body be skeleton in youth
He be slain for heirloom
In this life lie be on the throne
The truth hath gone forever
This world hath such a mendacious tone
We can discern lie from truth never
Koné BAH
A DAY IN MY LIFE
When I was eatin’ my gaari and bean

I remember beside me you’ve ne’er been
D’you remember when I fed me in the bin?
You call thyself sire and messiah
O’course thou be false prophet and liar
You pretend to be perfect with no sin
Thou ne’er considered me thy friar
But me I took thee as my dean
Did you say I could ne’er win?
Now see from zero I became a hero
Koné BAH
PRINCESS OF DARKNESS SHE IS
Thou art princess of Darkness in the flesh

Blood into thy veins be dark
I’m scared to bath into ocean of purity
For thou art dangerous like the shark
Thou want I to astray from mine destiny
Ne’er I will be taken in thine mesh
Ne’er I will be this prey for thy dinner
Prince of Light always be winner
In thy own trap you will be taken
All thy devil plans will be broken
Koné BAH
A LOVE FOREVER
Mine love for thee shall ne’er die

Even if heaps of time it makes me cry
Consider me not a small fry
For I’m a lover who be shy
Nobody can love ye as I do
I cannot really unlove you
Even thy love makes me look-blue
With you I want always to be closed to
‘Cause thy beauty somehow be my weakness
Thine love in my heart sows happiness
Koné BAH
THE REFEREE
This game is not fair

We get a corrupted referee
Engaged in such a play never you’ll be free
To be victorious in that game be rare
By his whistle he gives the verdict
In favor of the wrong player
Ye will lose the match with the greatest lawyer
At the end you be will considered a convict
Whatever cleanness of thy testimony you’ll fail
That referee will reward you by jail
Koné BAH
MY STAR
Each one hath his star

The path shall be very long
Save patience shall make me go far
Courage shall make me grow strong
On my way I take a breath awhile
Eyes into sky my star makes me smile
This grin helps me overlook my pain
Eager to see morrow I take the walk again`
Face to mine fate I will make a relief sigh
Then my star forever will shine in the sky
Koné BAH
THE PERFECT POET
When I ask who’s the best poet ever?

Either they’ll say Shakespeare or Baudelaire
I did read books of so many poets
But I fell into love with poetry of my Creator
His Holy Book “Koran” be the perfect mirror
The world is portrayed in His pure word
Purity be for Allah mine Lord
Everlastingly He be the perfect writer
Allah doth know the best
But a poet be merely a quester
Koné BAH
PLAY NOT IN MY HEART
My heart ain’t a swimming pool

A place you come and play and vanish
I’m far more to be this fool
Tell me art thou a jellyfish or lumpish?
With thee I was very cool
But this love one day shall finish
Thou do have such a villain flaw
Thou always violate the law
I be no more thy counterpart
Go and find another heart
Koné BAH
LOVE AND DEATH
My tears be watering the dead flower

She comes not alive with my eyes’ water
From sunrise until sunset
The flower stills in the same position
It wasn’t the cheerful flower I met
In her beauty no more temptation
I was weeping upon her of mirth
For beauty and love can’t stop death
The flower was put under the ground
Ne’er she will grow nor be found
Koné BAH
BEFORE DEATH WE FEAR
He was in the bedroom

Laid in his bed, ill
B’fore the door stood Mr Doom
In his soul he wasn’t still
Nearby him be his beloved lass
Mr Doom had a word to pass
“Fear me not, death shall be at hand”
The message he did understand
Sudden his body totally was pale
For death made his soul ail
Koné BAH
ONE DAY
One day another life shall come to pass

You will forget about the taste of misery
One day you will behave like an ass
You will abandon all your friends
You will disown all your relatives
That day you’ll be a tree without roots nor leaves
One day you will call them fiends
O remember in your past
Your heart was too vast
Like the kingdom of the sea
But the brain is blind you can’t see
Poverty makes man be honest and kind
But riches shall empoison the mind
Koné BAH
SAD ON MY WAY
When I walk I feel as if running

When I run I feel as if walking
I kno’ not whether I’m goin’ forth or back
It sounds like I’m guided by the wind
Ignorant I be for mine destination
I can’t see ever mine paces behind
In mine heart there’s a lack
Inside there be no more aspiration
My face be sweating of sadness
I wonder when I shall kiss my happiness
Koné BAH
THE STUDENT
Studies must be your staple food

Take courage and ne’er despair in life
University be totally another world
Devote your time to seeking knowledge
Education be your Identity Card
Never give up whatever hardships
Time comes when you’ll be man of consequence
Koné BAH
MOM WORRY NOT
Mom, worry not

The poor seed you sew
One day shall be a great tree
In the bosom of all mankind
Mom, worry not
A day will come very soon
When you’ll be Queen of Happiness
Next to you I’ll be prince of Success
Long life to thee mine hearty Queen
Mom, worry not
Thy sufferings shall be rewarded
Thy sad tears one day will have honey taste
I be thine dearest beloved son
By God’s grace I will shine like the sun
Mom, worry not………I do love Thee
Koné BAH
MINE LOVE FOR THEE
I do love thee
Thine love makes me free
My soul with thee be sane
Thine love relieves mine pain
Thou art that doth purify my heart
I be thine greatest Art
Without ye I be blind man in the desert
Thy love doth give me glory
Thy love makes me a holy convert
I shall love thee for eternity
Koné BAH
SLAVERY IS BACK
Oh mine poor orphan Africa

Thou art drowning again
Into this darkest ocean of thy past
Oh mine dear orphan Africa
Thou art sold by that villain
Thy pain into heart be too vast
Oh thee leaders art thou blind?
Mine Africa hath a pure mind
She ain’t a RAW MATERIAL
Oh Africa, stands up and be brave
Oh Africa, thou art not a slave
Koné BAH
NEW VISION
Never judge the book by its cover

Life is just about a personal choice
In your back there will be a noise
Never! I will be THAT blind-lover
Koné BAH
HARMATTAN
Here is my hometown
Sounds like Northern America
I’m a cool nigga from dark Africa
Harmattan never puts me down
Koné BAH
SELF RELIANCE
I’m a babe in wisdom

Trying to seize mine freedom
And get ready for the doom
For the end shall be the tomb
Be thyself and never give upon the fight
Mine life shall be writ black on white
The tiny boy ye met be no more the same
Now before this babe thou die of shame
I do bank on my own wings to fly
Not to be taunted anymore small fry
Koné BAH
HUNTER OF SUCCESS
Time be knowledge
Success be a fragile bridge
Pen be mine greatest sword
Destiny doth belong to Lord
Koné BAH
BIRTHDAY OF MY BROTHER
Brother, today is your happy day

I’ve got so many things to say
I’m gonna just sing you a lay
May this year be source of happiness
May this year be source of success
Much health
Much wealth
Long life
Less wife
Koné BAH
LIFE SHALL END
Oh mine dear siblings listen to this message

Who among us is getting prepared his death?
This worldly life is just a mere passage
Where we are all sowing sins on earth
No doubt we’ll be rewarded by our deed
Why in ALLAH speeches we never feed?
No doubt ISLAM be His religion by excellence
A light that doth purify the heart and sense
Ignorant be drowning in the darkness
Love ALLAH, ye’ll have eternal happiness
Koné BAH
DARK TEARS
O my dear country is dying

O my dear heaven is crying
O my kingdom be now a jungle
A place for an endless battle
Where man is a wolf for another
Who slaughters his own brother
O savagery hath become his Motto

O politics hath destroyed my country
O racism be now individual identity
My country hath become a bloody ghetto
My dear country hath become HELL
A place where one can’t breathe WELL
Koné BAH
WHEN THE DUMB SPEAKS
Politicians are only gravediggers

Politicians are dreams killers
Politicians are beautiful liars
Politicians are dirty Messiahs
Politicians are only villains
Politicians are mortal pains
I do speak my sad mind
I do see I ain’t blind
I do stand on my hot word
Politicians! You ain’t my lord.
Koné BAH
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My eyes towards the sky
My dreams do fly
My life shall die
My sight be shy
My sire tells lie
My life (…….) why?
Koné BAH
BRAINWORKER
Black’s brain
Doesn’t speak in vain
Hawks of Civilization
Leave the Black Nation
Koné BAH
HONEY
Thou art mine lovely beauty

Mine love doth knock at thy soft door
Mine heart doth wait on the floor
Thy sweet soul and love for eternity
Koné BAH
SMILE TO LIFE
Smile to life even though fall skies

Smile to life and mind your eyes
Smile to life even if things do miss
Smile to life for hardships breed bliss
Smile to life for happiness be in Wisdom
Smile to life one day shall come Freedom
Koné BAH
LOSING HOPE
Eyes into dim sky waitin’ for the new dawn

Hoping for a brighter life for every lowborn
Destiny comes to us as slow as the snail
My great heart for days is feeling low
Lose hope on the road when I fail
See only darkness when I close my eyes
Around me everything I touch surely dies
This makes sad tears on my face flow
Koné BAH
WHERE WE’RE FROM
Even into the darkest wood

Can’t overlook our childhood
Our face with a strange mask of mood
Remember what we ate as food
We were taunting like brood
Koné BAH
SEED OF SADNESS INTO HEART
Mine heart was about to die

When hurt by this hot lie
That leads mine soul to cry
Now, know anytime love can fly
Love be not an easy game
Where anyone has power to blame
Koné BAH
About the author
Koné BAH was born in 1992 in Treichville-Abidjan from

Ivory Coast. He accomplished his secondary education at
Agnibilekrou Grammar school from 2006 to 2013.
He was then sent into UPGC of Korhogo for his university
studies in English branch. Being a freshman he did start to write
some poems, grammar books and short stories by himself. He is
known as a famous Ivorian-English writer for his works are only
written in English Language.
Besides, he obtained his first university degree (Bachelor of
Arts in 2016). Determined by courage and love to seek knowledge,
the well-known Ivorian-English writer is still pursuing his Master
and Doctorate’s studies in order to be tomorrow a man of
consequence as well as a son of tomorrow. The writer said these
following works below:
Destiny, Is Patience
B.W. Publications

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I dedicate this Book to my family, especially to my dear parents

I also dedicate this Book to all my fellow students, amongst

To all those I forgot, please fill in your names (…).

To the dependable GOD be the glory for this immeasurable

I owe a particular debt of gratitude to Prof Coulibaly Daouda. His

I am also grateful to all my teachers of English Department in

Special thanks to Prof Hayford Manu for his advice and

36- Meditation ………………………………………………………

73- Truth in the grave ………………………………………………..

I am Koné Bah a university student in English Department. I am

You are the apple of my eyes

You are the comely girl ever

You are my sweet heavenly flower

You are my precious shiny diamond and gold

I do love my mother as my own life

Poor mom, thou art the best mother ever

Mother, without thou I am a lost son

You’ve shown me the real love education

My childhood was dived onto a deep obscurity

When you embrace love you become its slave

THE WORLDLY LIFE

When I look into the mirror I see my twin

My enemy still always by my side

My twin brother stabbed me in the back

I am so proud to be one of them

Islam is God’s religion by excellence

Pardon is the strength of every Moslem

A hawk at the peak of bloody mountain

WATER FROM THE SKY

The rain is spiritually God’s Tears

The rain is symbol of life down earth

The trees drink the rain and grow strong

This world looks like a jungle

Every one of us has a best friend on earth

Firstly, the Friend of my Blood

Secondly, the Friend of my Times

Finally the Friend of my Heart

The nature is our natural wealth

NEVER LOSE HOPE

Life is not easy at all

However on thy course of life

Don’t look backward and never despair

DREAMS CAN COME TRUE

When you have a dream overnight

Dreams are source of our inner bliss

This gives you a chance to be yourself

THE BLACK TREE

The tree of our forefathers

The blackness of your body is natural

And thy beauty attracts others in the wood

THE BITTER FLOWER

The comely flower ever

Ugh busybody people

Every seed is a possible flower

Eyes opened but thee see naught

Everything has an opposite side

DOWNFALL OF THE TREE

The little creature