Best Eme Poems

This is a true-life celebration of love ballad. A chance meeting on a Greek island becomes a whirlwind romance. From Athens’ vibrant Monastiraki markets to a Taverna where you can experience the lively traditional, passionate Greek culture and music. 

Join Demetri and his spirited Sismo...

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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 uru gi na uwa a,
Bia ka anyi jiri...

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nnam, where's that tree
at the centre of the clan?
o, what happened to the people's iroko?
where're my people's hope?
the voice of my clan
the famous tongue that came
like the griot of my niger
and stood firm, astute, echoing
the drums of my masters
the ancestors, my ancients –
nnam, did you...

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the famous age-grade mourns
those who pour libations
are now a mockery 
by the sides of my forests
the enemies has come out
with bows, arrows and spears
where are the warriors
who gave these forests life
the fire is out 
no new fire-woods are near-by
the few grey hairs are taken away
from...

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Chuka Nnabuife: Nwoke Na Mma


(Ab? p?r? iche maka mmemme ncheta ?gb?gba ah? iri ise nke Sa Chuka Nnab?ife)


Izunna Okafor dere ab? a


A s? na mma nwoke b? mpempe akw?kw?
Mana nke ah? b? maka nd? ?j? akw?kw?
Maka na onye g?t? akw?kw?, ma o kwegh? ya
Mgbe ah?,...

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He’s On To Their Scheme

By Elton Camp

The government is sending rays to his brain
Paul’s thoughts and secret desires to drain

To his every thought they’re turned in
Making a record of each and every sin

Into his eyes, beams are penetrating
Such invasion Paul is intensely hating

To take over...

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O'DI EGWU

O' di egwu ihe anya na ahu
Odi egwu ihe isi na ebu
Onye ma mgbe oga ala
Onye ma ihe ga egbu ya
Madu ta, ozu echi na abia
Onye na nke ya na uwa oma a
O'di egwu ihe na eme na uwa a
Egbe na achu ego, mbe...

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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? ala any? ? 

Chi ?b?b? were aka ekpe were dup?ta ya ?ra
Chi ?j?? ewere akwa...

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*I AM DONE*

Poor us;
Tools we became in the hands of fate.
Like winds fleeing the coast,
We deracinated our homes, families and cultures.
Indeed we were those who dared the agony of our ventures.
Na ga ma


For 365 days, 
we treaded on the paths of dedication and selflessness.
Our miseries,...

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YOUR NAME

My Spirit sings
every time I hear your Name
what a beautiful thing,-
when it happened in Spring,
the moment you interned in my life
I had never felt the same,
Yes, I will give you all the blame
because I don’t feel ashamed,-
I will keep calling out your Name,
I will...

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COME CLOSER TO ME
Trelos ya sena

COME CLOSER, LOVE YOU TRUE,
Ella Konda mou na sou po,
MAY I HUG YOU,
Na s’angalyaso an boro,
I DANCED WITH YOU LAST NIGHT,
Ma ze sou horepsa egthes,
FOR ME YOU SEEMED SO RIGHT,
Agapi mou apo pou erthes?

COME CLOSER FOR IT IS MY AIM,
Ella...

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Ag?? (hunger)


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Ch??? ch??? ka ? na-atà n'af?
Nw?? nw?? ka ? na-am? n'?kp?kp?
Ag?? b? aha ya
? kp?? ?gan? ? za g?

Ag?? b? echete ebeme
O nwegh? nne, nke o ji enwe nna
O nwegh?kwa ikwu na ibe
Ag?? b? aha ya

Ag?? amagh? nwoke na nwaany?
?...

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Godwin Henry Osaigbovo (Pa Shakespeare)??
Here’s a soul that has the capacity to feel everything so deeply, cutting through the crust of words unspoken. A being that understands even the language of silence and hears when the eyes speak.
Pa Shakespeare stands as one of the rising...

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Igbudu:
Drink before our forefathers shall drink,
Take this kola and eat before our mouths taste;
For we can't eat before you, it is an abomination.
Under your craving eyes shall hungry eyes be fed,
Heaven and earth shall pass awy to the north but
Your glories shall abide under the...

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Kosi so chukwu ya dosa m
Ya bu onye kere m na udidi ya
So ya ka m ka akosara mkpa m
Ma ya eme kosi so ya na ime ndu m
Ndu na echeche m di ya na aka
Akokwalam onu na chukwu som
Agaghi eji uwa eme onu ma...

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