Login
|
Join PoetrySoup
Home
Submit Poems
Login
Sign Up
Member Home
My Poems
My Quotes
My Profile & Settings
My Inboxes
My Outboxes
Soup Mail
Contest Results/Status
Contests
Poems
Poets
Famous Poems
Famous Poets
Dictionary
Types of Poems
Quotes
Short Stories
Articles
Forum
Blogs
Poem of the Day
New Poems
Resources
Syllable Counter
Anthology
Grammar Check
Greeting Card Maker
Classifieds
Member Area
Member Home
My Profile and Settings
My Poems
My Quotes
My Short Stories
My Articles
My Comments Inboxes
My Comments Outboxes
Soup Mail
Poetry Contests
Contest Results/Status
Followers
Poems of Poets I Follow
Friend Builder
Soup Social
Poetry Forum
New/Upcoming Features
The Wall
Soup Facebook Page
Who is Online
Link to Us
Member Poems
Poems - Top 100 New
Poems - Top 100 All-Time
Poems - Best
Poems - by Topic
Poems - New (All)
Poems - New (PM)
Poems - New by Poet
Poems - Random
Poems - Read
Poems - Unread
Member Poets
Poets - Best New
Poets - New
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems
Poets - Top 100 Most Poems Recent
Poets - Top 100 Community
Poets - Top 100 Contest
Famous Poems
Famous Poems - African American
Famous Poems - Best
Famous Poems - Classical
Famous Poems - English
Famous Poems - Haiku
Famous Poems - Love
Famous Poems - Short
Famous Poems - Top 100
Famous Poets
Famous Poets - Living
Famous Poets - Most Popular
Famous Poets - Top 100
Famous Poets - Best
Famous Poets - Women
Famous Poets - African American
Famous Poets - Beat
Famous Poets - Cinquain
Famous Poets - Classical
Famous Poets - English
Famous Poets - Haiku
Famous Poets - Hindi
Famous Poets - Jewish
Famous Poets - Love
Famous Poets - Metaphysical
Famous Poets - Modern
Famous Poets - Punjabi
Famous Poets - Romantic
Famous Poets - Spanish
Famous Poets - Suicidal
Famous Poets - Urdu
Famous Poets - War
Poetry Resources
Anagrams
Bible
Book Store
Character Counter
Cliché Finder
Poetry Clichés
Common Words
Copyright Information
Grammar
Grammar Checker
Homonym
Homophones
How to Write a Poem
Lyrics
Love Poem Generator
New Poetic Forms
Plagiarism Checker
Poetics
Poetry Art
Publishing
Random Word Generator
Spell Checker
Store
What is Good Poetry?
Word Counter
Email Poem
Your IP Address: 18.219.14.63
Your Email Address:
Required
Email Address Not Valid.
To Email Address:
Email Address Not Valid.
Required
Subject
Required
Personal Note:
Poem Title:
Poem
ADEBIMPE Going through this life at a frenzied pace It's clear why we call it human race I saw a piece of carefully gathered stardust A desire for every parent Adebimpe, a true definition of Omoluabi Ornamented with great courtesy Is she from this generation? Is she for this generation? Within bounds how do I keep this admiration? With her modesty which confined me in amazement More admirable is her compassionate heart With a house of the soul devoid of deception A little girl with qualities of a good mother I've met Alara I've met Aresa But none is anywhere near her I've met Olugbon I've met Ajero They appeared not in her row When she writes, I bet it Thou shall re-read till thy wide grey eyes are ensnared And glued to the awe-inspiring handwriting When she reads, I bet it Thou shall listen till thy ears are ensnared Through her eloquent free flowing articulations Her ornamental expressions are like apples of gold Set aside in a silver filigree When she sings, Where art thy sorrows? Forgotten in few seconds Her sonorous voice, the envy of birds When she cooks, Sedately, the condiments she blends The aroma of her food, enough a food Her use of locust beans, The envy of housewives When she dances, I bet it Thou shalt hate dancing For even a cockroach would do it better Upon all the lofty mountains shall I vocalise her admiration For my palate in low tone utters truthfulness I shall proclaim her modesty I shall invite birds For behold we shall sing a song of a young African girl I shall send an invitation to the stars For we shall illuminate the sky In return, a beautiful panorama shall we have Let the earth rejoice For this girl is one in a trillion Let the unborn children remain anxious For they shall live to tell their offsprings Let the mountain shout for joy Let the leaves rise and dance Let the insects sing and rustle about Let the rat embrace the cat With full acceleration, Let the snails rush down With a heart full of joy and enthusiasm, Let the tortoise outrun the horse In a bid to behold Adebimpe. O! heavens, may I look on thy holy radiance? O! good God, to my humble supplication, Do give ears Let every child adopt her style And we shall retrieve the gone good generation N.B: 'Omoluabi' is a term used by the 'Yorubas',in Nigeria, to refer to one who is well-cultured. 'Alara, Aresa, Ajero' are used to depict different categories of people ever graced the land.
CAPTCHA Preview
Type the characters you see in the picture
Required