Free Verse Poems By Kofi Thompson

1) "A Woman's Freedom"

All women
Married or unmarried
Can be free agents
If they so wish
At any stage
In a relationship
With a male partner.


2) "The Unhappiest Sound in the World"

Is there
Anything more distressing
Than the unhappiness 
Felt in the distant sound
Of a wailing child?


3) "Eternal Regret!"

O how I wish
I had the wisdom
To accept then
What I could not accept
Which led to your departure
But which I now accept
Long after the event!


4) "Humankind’s Folly!"

It is extraordinary
That humankind
Thinks that it is the planet Earth
That is imperiled
By global warming 
When it is humanity itself 
That faces possible extinction
The earth
Will eventually recover
From the most egregious
Of environmental degradation
And continue on its cosmic journey
Long after all the world’s
Living creatures have disappeared!