Oppong Clifford Benjamin's poem 'Erosion' won the fourth place in the Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest 2017. You win some, you lose some. Congratulations Aire Joshua Omotayo for winning the first prize.
EROSION by Oppong Clifford Benjamin
A mother once said to her daughters:
fill a man’s heart with rich loamy soil
and plant in it a sprig of acacia
that it may blossom
but most importantly note that
the storm will pass by your farm
and manure will join the rest of earth
to be washed away.
Away everything may fly
your acacia may go too
your sweet acacia may go to another woman
and strangely your acacia may be doing well
in its new earth.
Dear daughters, verily! Verily!! I say
acacias are not to be eaten
loamy soils are found in every pair of trousers
cry a short while for your lost acacia
refill, re-plant and expect the storm again
that’s how to live loving.
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