Unstoppable Elder O Anyunku

A gem I taught in his school
And under him grabbed the rule:
An Igbo man from Okpo,
Whose enemies she shot “Kpoo!”

With him you don’t around fool:
He’d begin to lose his cool.
Staff learnt to submit their notes,
Even if one had twelve coats
But with same staff reveled
And with that up things leveled…

No intimidating him -
His wine glass fills to the brim;
To me a Second Father
That should’ve been First rather…

When Okpo had wars Radar
But would not burst foe’s bladder;
For himself raised sweet children,
Who avoided hot Cauldron: 
A hero engineer son,
Who goes out to meet the Sun
And a lawyer daughter
One might rate Cleanest Water…

Just recently lost his wife;
Death has walked in with its knife!

But he’s the unstoppable 
Forever capable!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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