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Uyo Night Rain
Thundering, Heavens clap In might and strange call We tremble, we watch The crystal drops fall Freezing winds flush about The rain falls, uncaring The Heavens light, thunders nephew Show his face, now and then Sending chills down our spines Everyone clasping their cheeks Some minding not the dripping saliva All waiting and watching With…
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Family Thoughts
– Family is divine. God approves marriage and the family. The family influences society and acts as a force for positive change. – Family provides hope and understanding more than anyone else. When we share roots, live together, play together, hope together, love and care together, and naturally notice when someone is sad, downtrodden, happy,…
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Despair not
Cry not pretty child There is no greater slavery Than self rejection and pity If the world had repainted The landscape unfavorably Do not yield, life is more To this, the living soul Perseveres, in knowing Of the short time of life Nothing on this earth, Your golden tears worth When all falls off the…
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A Tale of Fantasia
There’s a land far far away Somewhere any good traveller can reach A strong march thru fields of green and yellow wheat Which on it hides, flesh eating Ostriches And undisturbed monitors fighting to get a bite of flesh A sky that changes apparitions when stirred Across the long deep oceans With sea monsters, cucumbers…
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The Moons Tale
Tonight we sit under the moons light She gave her torch for all to see From dark houses, or from the seats Beneath the huge trees in the hamlet The moons light always came with soft airs Mild, enticing, strangely something Divine Then the noises of children playing Rent the air, yelling, wailing infants The…
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The Messenger
Kokookoroko kokorokoro A greeting called from afar The children ran out excited As if the message was for them But then who knows? Heads up, listen attentively Komkom korookom Another beat rang out Pushing the mild hit Into the ears of even the heaviest village sleeper ‘Oh how cute, it is one of the Kings…
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Musing: Strange Loneliness
One creaky windy night, By the house near the riverside Stood a tree, solemn and queer Standing like a sword wielding knight Posing to take a decisive blow Bending on strange parts, different The branches full of green algae, Stood like the muscles of Hercules And its rough body smeared with sap Patches of a…
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Help me get there!
Dear poetry friend and family. I was shortlisted for a poetry contest in Nigeria. I seek your support and help by reading, voting(by sharing the poem on your Fbk or twitter) and asking your friends to share the poem. I need to make this poetic breakthrough, I need your support. Thanks and God bless you.…
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A tale of the Wind
The stars are glittering this evening Showing their white shining teeth Baring the light that twinkle once upon a minute The window curtains dance to the tune Played by the passing romantic air The wind plays a calm flute, a lyric Which the whole clan hears and listens The forest dwellers, the hamlet and town…
