My   writing journey  started  with  poetry  and I  was writing  poetry  before  I  wrote the  children's  books  .  In this  column ,I will  be writing  more  poems  for  those that  are reading  us  who like poetry ,for  them to  enjoy our  styles of poetry. Poetic  verses were  used for ages  to  convey  hidden  messages  with loud  noises. According  to  Wikipedia, Poetry originated as an oral tradition long before the invention of writing. It was  used by ancient traditions to preserve history, laws, and genealogies .Geoffrey  Chaucer  is  recognised  as  the  father  of English  poetry  and literature. In  the  ancients  days , across  continents legendary  tales  were passed  down generations   as  short  verses  written in the  form  of poems and  they can  be  very inspiring    and  liked  by many literature  scholars .It is  easy  to pass down tales in short poetic  stories  which can  be  decoded  through  human    imagination,  which  is not only  fascinating but  nice. These  verses convey  messages  that  could  have  been  written  inside  a book  in  a space of  six  months  making  poetry  one of  the  shortest  and fastest  method  of  story  telling.

The  Tales of the Talking  Pot-Video Courtesy  Graceland  Books  and Allied

THE INCREDIBLE STORY

Down, down, down

In a remote African Village

Spoke a pot

Sang a pot

True, true, true

But strange, strange, strange

Long, long time ago

In a remote African village

People danced on trees

People danced

When people died

Where, where, where?

When, when, when?

Asked my friends

Asked my foes

No one knows

But the story

Goes

Poetry culled  from  The  Beautiful  Garden  Poems  by  Chinyere  Nwakanma

Published 16th  August  2010   Graceland Books and  Allied