The life

Life is fun, but how hard we face it
and how hard we try.
We will keep that in our mind
as a memory
Only death will separate us
from our happiness
Like the leaves of the tree
comes out of it and grows up
When the leaves get yellow
they start to fall off one by one
Man seems to be like that
Man comes out of the dust
and goes back to the dust.
A time to be born and a time to die.
Life is fun
Only death will separate us
from happiness.

By Joseph Kavo Ohe


Earthling

If a man from Mars
Fell from the stars
We’d call him a Martian
By any other name
But if you or I took a trip in the sky
To a far off place
In outer space and
Met a Martian face to face
And it knew nothing of our
Labels of color, creed or race
And if that Martian asked

“Who am I?”
I could not lie
I’d look that Martian
Directly in it’s Martian eyes
and tell it one thing

I come in peace
I’m an Earthling.
One World - One People
We’re all in this together.

By David Ketepa Ulg

What more?

What more
What more can I do for your pleasure
that will illuminate my love
As if words would
express every thought or act.
What more
that will compensate my error
As if gifts could
reconcile every sorrow or wrath.
Is your pleasure
a grace or a condition
What will suffice
my love over my error
What more
What more can I do for your pleasure
Is there some charm
or song and dance routine
fealty, contrition, submission
and acts therein.
What covenant, what prayer
What offering, what more
What more can I do
for your pleasure

By Icarus Brood

Gang banger

From the inner city streets
to Waigani - gang bangers
why must you kill?
Too many dead babies
Too many weeping mothers
Too many lost sisters and brothers
It’s time to call a truce
Time to give love and understanding
A chance and see what peace will
produce.
We know that death and destruction
is all that war is worth and
that’s exactly what we’ll get
if we don’t get along and
share this earth.
Gang bangers - don’t bang any more
Gang bangers - do we need another war.
Gang bangers - put your banging tools away and let’s approach tomorrow in a brand new way.
Gang bangers it’s time to end
the violence and stop the wars!
Gang bangers - please!
Don’t bang any more!

By David Ketepa Ulg

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