by Boomiebol, David Trudel, Noel Ihebuzor, and Susan Daniels
if hate has a voice
it starts quiet as steam
escaping through cracks in rock
until the hissing amplifies
to volcanic roars
that no words can shout over
or stop.
If hate had a pen,
its ink would surge, overrun and melt pen and nib,
its acid sap sipping
into sweaty palms
corroding and melting sinews
and twisted tortured phalanges
if hate has eyes
they would see nothing
pale & staring
corneas scarred white
from heat
If Hate was a lighthouse
Its foghorn would be discordant
And it would get stuck like some faulty car alarm
Going off for hours
Its light would cease to work in winter storms
But the electricians won’t find the problem
Hate is always getting short
If hate had wings
It would fly
Wings spread wide
Carried swiftly by the wind
Blowing back and forth
Rapid and slow
Hovering over its ignorant victims
Slowly descending
Snatching them
Just in time
To soar high
***wow, talk about spontaneous generation! Noel is bold, I am italicized, David is bold italics, and Boomie is regular type. Wow! What power in these voices!
Susan Daniels Poetry 
A veritable orgy of poetic collaboration across many miles! LOVE it. Thanks Susan and Noel and Boomie.
This was fun–thanking you, Boomie & Noel for the spontaneous collaboration! When I strung them all together, they just flowed…
Thanks for inspiring us. Shared on twitter, facebook, and google plus :). Thanks much Susan:)
my pleasure 😉 You flew us home…
Totally unabashedly written ! 🙂 creative!
This was such a great experience.
Love it!
Thanks, Julie! Was fun.
applauding you all.. awesome!
Thank you, Audra!
wow! Wow! Wow! Susan is a “witch” to have inspired ane midwifed this!
Wow–thank you–um…I believe you would be the “wizard” who inspired the first poem from me, with that poem on hate you shared on Twitter, so you get some of the inspiration credit, my poet…
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Four voices singing as one – on a theme of universal relevance on Nigeria’s independence day! Happy to be in this AWESOME QUARTET!
This was really neat. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you–glad to be part of it!
I like your stanza where hate is blind. I would have to agree. Often it just can’t be reached.
Thanks, Jeremy. I agree. Scarred, blinded, unhearing, and unreachable.
Wow, Four poets together that really is impressive and you all worked together so well. It is the first time I have seen such a wonderful thing
Yeah–it all happened in my comments on the original hate poem. Talk about spontaneous generation! Glad you liked!
Wow! Hate can be a powerful motivator. 🙂 Well done, guys
Yeah–the really neat thing about this was how spontaneously it came to be born in the comments & just flowed so well! Thanks, C.