Okechukwu’s Musings: Poetry, People and Places

Tag: Igbo love poems

  • Onyinye (Gift)

    Keep It On Lately, I have tried to write more about love. So I decided to draw inspiration from my old work. I visited my archive, and there’s a lot of rusty but good stuff. I grin when I see my old writing and how it has changed over the past decade. It reflects my…

  • Let me By Elizabeth Amarachukwu Okafor

    Let me lead you this way I found thorns with honey just for you Wishes I stroll you farther, for the intense of my instinct is all warming While along, I was going to tell you, But every passing sunrise, my words are rolled back to breathing you My fume is reluctant, craving you as…

  • Anyanwụ Ụtụtụ m (My Morning Sun)

    Anyanwụ ụtụtụ m My gift and joy from God Onyem ji eme ọnụ You glow like the red chilli And you are sweet, Sweeter than the palm wine, Ah nwanyiọma m! When the village drums beat You dance with ecstacy Laughing when you move Sometimes, words fail me I can only ponder on God’s creativity…

  • Ụbọchị taa (Today) : Igbo Love poem (Abụ ihunanya)

    Ụbọchị taa Anam ede nke a I gwa gị otu ụbọchim siri ga I maram ka onye na achị atụrụ Marakwa na enweghim ihe niile ichọrọ Ụbọchị niile anam akpahara ọhịa Na achọ ihe atụrụm ga eri I mara na enweghi ihe na enyem Obi ụtọ karia ndu mkpachara anya O bụ nke a kam…