Hope Nwagboso Poet Sonnet

The Missing South

Show me the Southern Nigeria; show me the twin sister of 

the North;  

At first before the masters came, we had the South; we 

had the North; 

The thought of how the South had died, I try to grab, but 

yet can not;                

A region so filled with skill and wealth, so rich in herbs, in 

crops and nut;                       

But why O South were you in haste, replaced by daughters, 

not one but three                                                                 

South-East, South-West and young South-South, they 

disagree, more often than not; 
                                                                                                                
The lack of peace, the loss of unity, the origin of threat 

and all what not;           



We once were one, our quest was one; but now, though 

three, can't win the North; 
                                                         
Arise O South! and walk your talk; defend your rights, 

rebuild 
your worth;      

We cry, we yearn, and all we want, to have a South, just 

like the North;   

The South is dead! the South is dead!! Oh waxing North, 

where is your sort? 

Three confused daughters fighting a course; the North will 

win and win a lot                                                                

S'East will strike, S'West defends; S'South is bought, they 

sold their worth;                                                                    

Restore the South! the people cry, they take to streets, 

the quest is hot;               

Marry the three! unite the South; let's have the South equal 

to North.

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