Farchadat Alte Kaker Here At Highland Manor Apartments
...I (a youthful sexagenarian)
can no longer quip being
a country boy at heart,
but me as urban cowboy,
I declare would never
so fuhgeddaboudit dear reader
nothing 'cept bucolic existence
labori...
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Categories:
amu, adventure, atheist, character, confusion,
Form: Rhyme
Shock Diagnosis
...A February Saturday,
Dull and cold and wet,
A visit from my daughter,
That I never will forget.
“Hello dad, you’re looking tanned”,
“Oh wait, no, you are yellow”
“Get on to 111 she said”,
Befo...
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Categories:
amu, sick,
Form: Rhyme
Ifeoma Di Niro
...Onye ebezina na uju na oga adinma
Onye echezina maka na echi nabia
di ime oweghi onye ma ihe oga amu
obu nwoke ma nwa nwayi oma
Jiri ndidi sowe uwa na oga adinma
Efi na eweghi odudu obu chi ya...
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Categories:
amu, africa,
Form: Blank verse
Madu Bu Aja
...MADU BU AJA
Uwa eweghi isi na odu
Uwa abughi nke madu
Madu bu aja na uwa a
Ihe obula i were abughi nke gi
Emesia iga ahapuha wee la
Ya mere, du owegi odu na
Madu bu aja na ntu.
Osogi w...
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Categories:
amu, africa, art,
Form: Blank verse
Ezigbo Enyi M Nwoke
...Ezigbo enyim nwoke bia ka anyi noro
Na ofu obi na ofu nhota ihe uwa a bu.
Ezigbo enyi nwoke bia ka enyi tinye
Aka ru sia obodo anyi bu Nigeria.
Ezigbo enyi nwoke egbula m
Igbuo m gini ga abu ...
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Categories:
amu, africa,
Form: Ballad