Gbudu Gbang

ENOUGH WITH YOUR 
IRRITATING RUMPUS 
PANDEMONIUM GBUDU 
GBANG!
ARE YOU THE ONLY ONE HERE?
"I AM MY ME"...AND SO WHAT?
ARE YOU THE FIRST OR THE 
LAST,
TO HAVE ACHIEVED THAT 
FEAT?
THE ONLY ONE CAPABLE AND 
ABLE?
IF YOU CARE....
JOB DIED WHILE APPLE, 
FRESH.

OOOOH GBUDU GBANG WHY?
WHEN WILL ALL THIS 
COMMOTION STOP?
THE LASS WAS A TODDLER 
WHEN YOU ENCOUNTERED 
ANAANU
AND STILL HARK BACK 
HULLABALOO.
DID WE NOT HAIL YOU WHEN 
YOU OUTWITTED THE 
OUTWITTER?
WHEN YOU UNWOVEN 
ANANSE'S BYZANTINE WEB
AND UNDID HIS MYSTICAL 
LOOMS, DID WE NOT PRAISE 
YOUR WIT?
SO WHY THE HARK BACK 
HULLABALOO?

I TELL YOU,WE ARE NOT TIRED 
OF YOUR EXPLOITS
BUT OF THEIR STALE 
CELEBRATIONS.
IF ONLY I COULD GET YOU 
ENOUGH WATER TO SWALLOW
TO FILL THE NOISY THIRSTY 
EMPTINESS OF UR LUMEN
THEN WE COULD HEAR THE 
SWALLOW'S CHIRP.
FOR HE TOO I KNOW,HAS A 
GREAT STORY TO TELL.
AND WHO KNOWS?
THE FEATHERED FELLOW 
MIGHT PUT A FEATHER IN 
YOUR CAP.
GBUDU GBANG!!!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Okpoti Avatar
February 23, 2013 at 1:02 PM
Pls not Anaanu is the equivalent of Ananse which is to spider. Anaanu is in Ga language.
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February 23, 2013 at 12:37 PM
i wanna kno tho are you talking bout Muhammad?
Okpoti Avatar
February 23, 2013 at 12:54 PM
Hi Chris, this piece is for you and me and any other who gets to read it. GBUDU GBANG is actually the native Ghanaian (Ga) name for a barrel.
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February 23, 2013 at 12:05 PM
wow this is very hateful idk who you are talking about but i sure wudnt want to be that person
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February 24, 2013 at 2:02 AM
sry emmanuel maybe i'm not that smart i just try to firgure out what you are saying i like the poem and nice job being featured
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February 23, 2013 at 12:57 PM
Chris GBUDU GBANG is my rendition of "empty barrels make the most noise". Is that hateful? I just thought that we should always as a ppl strive for more laurels and not be boastful over the few we have achieved. Hope u get it?
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February 23, 2013 at 12:00 PM
Hi Emmanuel Okpoti , today's a lovely day, and here you find me reading the feature poems of the week. !!CONGRATULATIONS with your nice verse!! reading this poem makes me enjoy it the second time around...always~ LINDA :-)
Okpoti Avatar
February 23, 2013 at 12:51 PM
Awww thanks Linda. Am really happy you liked the poem and also very inspired by your appreciation. Thanks ah great deal!
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January 6, 2013 at 10:15 PM
love the way you express yourself here, Emmanuel Okpoti, HI! i'm taking it upon myself to enjoy every poem you post on this site from here on... please add more poetry to your list..I enjoyed this poem in which is the only one on the soup.... always~ LINDA
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January 5, 2013 at 3:58 PM
Welcome to poetry Soup, an interesting write. Light & Love
Okpoti Avatar
February 23, 2013 at 12:39 PM
Thanks Debbie!
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