Oke’s Musings: Poetry, People and Places

Tag: home coming

  • Muse: Homecoming

    Nada o! O nada o! Nada o! I’m back o! Kuje kusanar, go and tell them! Bring my jug, bring me kola, bring a mat, For justice will be done to Mama’s soup pot I must lay under the mango tree tonight To watch the stars glitter and hear the crickets sing Ah… I’m glad!…

  • I’m coming home, with Deborah Nnagbo

    1. Dn I’m coming home,dear forgotten land. For I’ve wandered so far away in the dungeon of life, So far away I journeyed into the rusted past. I picked pebbles of zeal and sealed my fears, I traveled far from home searching for hope Beside the faded branches of loss and pain I was blinded…

  • Home coming: freestyle

    The strange rains fall Leaves fall in circles With a back on the wall I watch the Wrestlers debacle Now the quietness falls on me Solemn, it seems today Chatting, what a boring day it be For my home beckons far away