{"id":278,"date":"2013-01-21T00:01:52","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T00:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=278"},"modified":"2019-02-11T06:09:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T06:09:39","slug":"keep-moving-on-poem-kwame-write-aido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/keep-moving-on-poem-kwame-write-aido\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Moving On. Poem. Kwame Write Aido."},"content":{"rendered":"

keep moving on<\/strong>
\nI say<\/strong>
\nkeep moving on<\/strong>
\nI hear<\/strong>
\nthese grooving songs,<\/strong>
\nrhythm of the earth playing tap-dance with your feet<\/strong>
\nkeep moving on<\/strong><\/p>\n

tap-dance with your feet<\/strong><\/p>\n

tap<\/strong>
\npataptapatap<\/strong>
\ntap<\/strong><\/p>\n

like a rolling pebble<\/strong>
\nflung off free fingers<\/strong>
\ntossing on the streets<\/strong>
\nbouncing off asphalt<\/strong>
\nbouncing off like a rebel<\/strong>
\nrolling under moving cars<\/strong>
\nrolling through bike spokes<\/strong>
\n and off through a motor policeman’s legs<\/strong>
\nswift slow swirl swift soul spell<\/strong><\/p>\n

tap<\/strong>
\npataptapatap<\/strong>
\ntap<\/strong><\/p>\n

keep grooving on<\/strong><\/p>\n

like gazelles grazing<\/strong>
\non shrub-lands<\/strong>
\nat dawn when the orange sun kisses greying grains<\/strong>
\n where lions dens are dense<\/strong>
\nkeep moving on<\/strong>
\nlike a lion’s dance<\/strong>
\nbefore pouncing on a prey<\/strong>
\nbreeze aligning mane<\/strong><\/p>\n

keep<\/strong>
\nmoving<\/strong>
\non<\/strong><\/p>\n

like a slum kid waking up with heat rashes<\/strong>
\nall over a body battered by life’s hardships<\/strong>
\n bedroom a 6 by 6 packed with 12 siblings<\/strong>
\nsearches for a candle to light his unpaved path<\/strong>
\nlight too low, he sees clouded dreams<\/strong>
\nsagged low pants,<\/strong>
\nDre Beats hanging from his ears<\/strong>
\nintersecting with a left eye tear<\/strong>
\n and ride slow jams<\/strong>
\nand dry cold hands<\/strong>
\nand mind so tensed<\/strong><\/p>\n

and tap-dance with his feet<\/strong><\/p>\n

tap<\/strong>
\npataptapatap<\/strong>
\ntap<\/strong><\/p>\n

he’s singing<\/strong>
\nsame time praying in his head<\/strong>
\nhe’s singing<\/strong>
\npraying his music<\/strong>
\n would top the list<\/strong>
\nand be the hit this year<\/strong>
\nplaying his music<\/strong>
\nmoving<\/strong><\/p>\n

like a slum kid musician’s tear<\/strong><\/p>\n

keep moving on<\/strong><\/p>\n

like a beach side black boy<\/strong>
\nbiceps like blown balloons<\/strong>
\nclinging to coconut trees, climbing<\/strong>
\n like a child on to full breasts<\/strong>
\nfor some milk<\/strong>
\nslices off the stalk of a coco<\/strong>
\na look like a kid gone nuts<\/strong>
\nbalancing boldly<\/strong>
\nlike a dance<\/strong>
\nbreaking it open to take a looooong sip<\/strong>
\nthrows the roughage off<\/strong>
\n and starts sliding back south<\/strong>
\nbare arms, chest<\/strong>
\nsliding like a dance<\/strong>
\nagainst the rough edges<\/strong>
\none then the next,<\/strong>
\nbrave-heart<\/strong>
\ngrooving on<\/strong>
\neven when the mood is wrong<\/strong>
\nhe sets sail with his heart<\/strong>
\nhe’s down from the tree<\/strong>
\n he’s off to the sea<\/strong>
\nsets snail-step sways<\/strong>
\non ocean floors of earth’s palate<\/strong>
\nunder water<\/strong>
\nplop!<\/strong>
\nover water<\/strong>
\nsurfing with a piece of plastic<\/strong>
\nlike a dance<\/strong>
\nrhythm like the tap-dance<\/strong><\/p>\n

and tap-dance with his feet<\/strong><\/p>\n

tap<\/strong>
\npataptapatap<\/strong>
\ntap<\/strong><\/p>\n

keep moving on<\/strong>
\neven when echoes become walls<\/strong>
\nand rebound efforts into nulls<\/strong>
\neven in a free fall<\/strong>
\nfloored, flee all, fly find fortune,<\/strong>
\ndo not fade into the future<\/strong>
\nlike a tear<\/strong>
\n unattended to<\/strong>
\nlive the present<\/strong>
\nwith the past behind<\/strong>
\nand bad memories with folded rags<\/strong>
\nand mistakes with no carbon copies<\/strong>
\nand smiles within songs<\/strong>
\nand an open heart<\/strong>
\nwith love as inner decor<\/strong>
\nbearing hope in hands<\/strong>
\n reaching for peace<\/strong><\/p>\n

keep<\/strong>
\nmoving<\/strong>
\non<\/strong><\/p>\n

***
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"kwame<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

\n

Kwame\u2019s love for wordplay has earned him online publications, awards from the Scrabble Association of Ghana and a couple of nicknames including Write. He is a nominee for the International Best Amateur Poet by World Poetry Organisation<\/span>, a biochemist working as a health & safety consultant who believes that freelance writing, spoken word and rap are not only rich arts but tools for educating and inspiring people. Kwame Write founded Inkfluent which produced Vocal Portraits; a spoken word compilation that brought together 15 artists from 3 continents: Africa, America and Europe. When he\u2019s not with the pen, he\u2019s most likely playing beach soccer or making new friends over a bowl of fufu and palm wine. You can visit him at http:\/\/kwamewrite.blogspot.com\/<\/span><\/a> and https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/kwame-write-1<\/span><\/p>\n

LINKS:
\nTwitter: @kwamewrite
\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aidookwamecharles<\/p>\n

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