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Ajo Poems - Poems about Ajo


Irin Ajo: Journey

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Bàbá,
what eyes do you have of a big bigger sort,
which portaled my entryway into the blindnesses of our Ilé,
wherefrom I made to look to see with your primordial eyes?

Bàbá,
why is your sou...
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Categories: ajo, africa, change, courage, dedication,
Form: Free verse

WAVES AND ILLUSION

...Ko’si ewu loko Longe 
Longe fun ara re ni Ewu 

It’s at a start when I call on my soul,my flesh and my masculinity to take beyond the disappointment of my actions and bear the consequences of my r...
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Categories: ajo, allusion, deep, devotion, fate,
Form: Free verse



A Million Ways To Say I Love You

...They say
?There are a million ways?
To say I love you

In this day and age?
I could only find
?In my computer’s brain?
The words 
to say I love you?
In 53 languages 
of the 10,000 languages...
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Categories: ajo, love, love hurts,
Form: Free verse

I Celebrate You My Friend

...The year that is about to make its last appearance 
before it dies and is buried to be only given a place 
in the history of our existence has brought  ?e joy, 
l° shall therefore, out of obligati...
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Categories: ajo, adventuregod, people, god, love,
Form: ABC

Book: Reflection on the Important Things