Mma
...Mma (Beauty)
Izunna Okafor dere ab? a
Kere kere ka ? na-egbu
?b?nad? n’anya onye ìsì
Onye chi ya g?zìrì
O were nke ya, mebe ngàlá
Mma ad?gh? n’ótú ?n?tsha
Maka na ihe d? ?t? bu ihe d...
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Categories:
azikiwe, beauty,
Form: Epic
What a World, For Chinua Achebe
...What a World!
By Izunna Okafor
Tears roll down my cheeks
Beholding the palm tree I tapped
From his knowledge of blue ink
With a bow, lofting off a huge gap
What a World !
Our intell...
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Categories:
azikiwe, death,
Form: Elegy
Friendship: Just Like a Palm Tree
...Friendship: Just Like a Palm Tree
By Izunna Okafor
From the crusts of lonely loams
It gently roots inner and outer
And softly pullulates harder and taller
To register its purpose to man...
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Categories:
azikiwe, 8th grade, best friend,
Form: Epic
Anyammiri Ala Anyi
...Anyammiri Ala Any?
(Tears of Our Land)
Izunna Okafor dere ab? a
Ala Na?jiria ebegbuo onwe ya n'akwa
Anya mmiri anya mmiri ebe niile
Akwa ?t?t?, akwa ndeeri na akwa ar?r?
?nye ga-az...
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Categories:
azikiwe, political,
Form: Elegy
Motherafrica
...The efik/ibibio people might call her ADIAHA
THE IGBO'S calls her Ada
A true born African
her hips seals lips
for a thousand words are wrapped around her waist... And
Her chest carries a mounta...
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Categories:
azikiwe, africa,
Form: Epic
Baluba Love
...A perfect plain in the Sub Sahara
Discerning screens, Japanese Madara
Your frame formidable despite design
Why shan't I sing aloud about your shine?
Your songs of praises serenades female...
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Categories:
azikiwe, africa,
Form: Ode
When the Gods Visited
...When the gods visited in their ragalia,
We were like those that were dreaming.
We walked in the shadow of our stupidity,
We Danced without legs in the public
Because thousands of our smiles were...
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Categories:
azikiwe, art, beautiful,
Form: Blank verse
Nigeria, Nigeria, My Beloved Nigeria
...Nigeria! Nigeria!! my beloved Nigeria
How you've suffered, how you've been rendered barren and useless
A country full of milk and honey
A country rich in people, culture and traditions
Gone were thos...
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Categories:
azikiwe, depression, political, sad, integrity,
Form: Free verse
Nigeria Is 50-Golden Green,Whitish Gold
...NIGERIA IS 50-GOLDEN GREEN,WHITISH GOLD
Sallah is just a breathe away,
I hear the bells jingle
Like Christmas and New Year
Come to mingle.
Summer is just a step away,
I...
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Categories:
azikiwe, passion, new year,
Form: Lyric