Best Nne Poems

'My' biggest mistake was being born a girl 
I was never going to meet your expectations for you wanted a
Son and you got me ...mum said to you ‘I was the next best thing’ 
That’s maybe why you treated me and my sister
Anne so differently...

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Mother


Better lose the saddle than the horse’.
Every mother’s voice echo these 7 words 
To her child, not just out of love, 
Not entirely for love but for joy.
The joy of motherhood.

This life will be hard (they say)  
Nwa m, ma o ga-adiri gi mma
She...

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Some things are lost along the line
Some things, beautiful and fine
Driving down the lone road to the stream in my hamlet
It’s like yesterday; like catching birds from their nest
I giggled as I drove by
Mothers breast feeding babies and singing lullaby
Naked boys rolling condemned tires, and
Ripped...

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To the bride of Christ I pen this letter.

Aya Jesu
Nwanyi Chineke.

I see you wobbling your feet lazily.
Blissfully content with the comfort of this world.
Forgetting you were sent on an errand.
For this world remains a marketplace. 

Aye.
A noisy place that resembles your home.

What have you bought,...

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Sijui ni wangapi wata'define my history,
Wakitumia hii story.
But kitu najua ni ati nkifa,
maybe;
Walevi ndo watachangisha doh kwa matanga,
na maybe;
Wengi watasema Marto alikuwa tanker.
Na ukijaribu ksema marto alikuwa wa youth ya church,
apo ndo MC atalenga iyo story.
Maybe eulogy yangu itasomwa ka' short story,,
But beybie nataka utumie...

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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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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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In my mind's eye I see this incredible vision that would make a beautiful African painting. Perhaps I shall try to make it real. 

I dedicate this poem to the women of Africa. Be inspired by Archangel Ariel who is the Lioness of God. 

English:
To...

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Ag?? (hunger)


Izunna Okafor dere ab? a


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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Live from hand to mouth

More meritorious than to live from hand to mouth
With no reserve to depend on,
And far better than
Keeping body and soul together
In hopeless destination
Make ends meet
Tete era ne nne
             ...

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you can bet
it was sex
we did it up and down
and  around
it was  real gold
nne stop
BED ROOM
ROCK AND ROLL...

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ke Motau šemane ya go ja di wela 
Ke Motau lesogana kgaah! Šateeh ka tsena 
Ke mopulana wa moswati 
Lesogana la go hloka nyatsi 

Tšešu ditaola ke rile go dirutwa ka tsena mong'waseloko ka yo tsoma 
Ba nswayile tsebe go kwa bonkgolo 
Bare "sa Mošemane...

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She tore the envelope open
And she read
Suddenly the clock stopped
Everything around her felt nonexistent
She couldn’t think
All she could see was his face
Her hands went numb
As the paper fell to the ground
Memories played
Like a movie being fast-forwarded
She saw pictures of his face move quickly in her...

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Everywhere is bless
Touched down from 
The steel bird 
Down to Africa 
Of curse the weather hot
Like always 

After this moment 
I started going places
I started giving 
I starting moving 

I was noticed 
With a lot of happiness 
Cos every were I go
I bless the land

I...

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CLINGE TIGHT TO YOUR RUN:
This is ANDERSON WALKINGSHOES.... 
VERSE 1:
Why u dey loosing ya real identity?
and wetin de make you despise yourself?
na it by how you've been sensed by odas acuity,?
if it's by covetousness or pauperism, then kindly seek god's help. 
 juss esteem ya...

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