Best Edo Poems

O great people in a great forest land
From the land of the Igodomigodo to the kukuruku
I know you and the tragedy of your heroic tale
You...

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sdrow modnar
txet modnar

deppilf redro
dexev redro

tsal ot tsrif ton
tsrif ot tsal, on

tsrow eht era smeop vogon*!

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*sometimes, even vogons must make concessions......

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The Nigerian youths have agreed together in love and oneness that in 2023 presidential election and in every other elections, whether state...

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Cosmopolitan it may seem
Humanity bursting at the seam
Diverse colours, almost obscene
All are heard, none are seen

Uniformity in diversity
Chaos in serenity
Ugliness doing beautifully
Still a village disguised...

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~Thank You Lord For All You Do~
( Dodoitsu  suite )


Thank you Lord for all you do
You've made it all so nice too
With you I...

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Some Siberian
Or could be Nigerian
Opposite climates.

My Forward Day by Day for Sunday
January 17th mentions Diocese of
Akoko Edo, Bendel, Nigeria. Other
dioceses of Ondo, Aguata, Niger and
Ahoada,...

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From the distance shores of the Niger
I have come, O good friend 
With glittering 'Ola ocha and ola edo' from our ancient river
As precious presents...

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A few will be handed over
For millions washed dirt poor,
Dirt brown, stained like urban
Jungles in Detroit, Memphis, 
And New Orleans.
An Xbox is my ex-wife,
Frivolous and...

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A while ago, my heart was sealed,
Believing no man could keep it safe;
Deceitful minds have been my plight,
Understand this and know it’s been tough.
Little did...

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Yosa Buson haiku translations

On the temple’s great bronze gong
a butterfly
snoozes.
?Yosa Buson, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Hard to describe:
this light sensation of being pinched
by a...

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AMASOWONMWAN

At arm's, I  am but your brethren, 
Ne pas comrade
Pour food, most have sold 
Their Honors for gold 
Others, a pot of pottage

The tree...

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Attractive scenes so manifold,
Pictures of the floating world unfold
Hiroshige's landscapes flow-
One hundred views of Edo
Now known better as Tokyo

Tribute to Hiroshige's wood block prints ukyo-e...

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I am learning  how to leave
how to hug many lonely roads
walk through the roads in pains
how to mourn those lost brothers
without feeling guilty-wandering
this is...

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Japan At War

Japan wages war
winds bring clouds lullabying
Mount Fuji to sleep.
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Note:  ...

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Winter

Snowflakes crowd the sky
tumble in silence to earth
their journey ended.
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Note:
   The old...

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