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When the Pen Outlasts the Poet
<p><em style="background-color: transparent;"><strong>A Villanelle By Emmanuel Daniji</strong></em></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><blockquote>“A poet dies twice — once when the last breath fades,<br/>and again when his words are forgotten.”<br/>— Anonymous</blockquote><p><br/></p><p>_____</p><p><br/></p><p>I bargained with the florist for two cents,</p><p>A purple rose was what I chose,</p><p>Give me my flowers but keep its scents.</p><p><br/></p><p>Each word I write is payment for intents,</p><p>My ink bleeds truth where passion flows,</p><p>I bargained with the florist for two cents.</p><p><br/></p><p>They’ll quote my lines at future events,</p><p>And whisper softly as art’s wind blows,</p><p>Give me my flowers but keep its scents.</p><p><br/></p><p>The crowd may fade, the praise relents,</p><p>Yet meaning lingers where the writer grows,</p><p>I bargained with the florist for two cents.</p><p><br/></p><p>The pen remembers what time forgets,</p><p>Each verse a seed the heart bestows,</p><p>Give me my flowers but keep its scents.</p><p><br/></p><p>So when I’m gone, in monuments or tents,</p><p>Let poems bloom where legacy sows,</p><p>I bargained with the florist for two cents,</p><p>Give me my flowers but keep its scents.</p><p><br/></p><p>_____</p><p><br/></p><blockquote>“The truest immortality is to be remembered in ink.”<br/>— Emmanuel Daniji</blockquote>
When the Pen Outlasts the Poet
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