Best Oba Poems
| Sunday | 30 | April | 2017 | 21:02 |
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~ inged akn daa rowar ~
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" Inged akn daa rowar
-- a ina waan ko ska
na popodokan akongka
na dita séka khâbaraw
ka matanao ka ladan ko
na kén ka a Talabosaw
na mbaréndod ka walay
sa aiyang kabo apasá ...
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" inged akn daa rowar
-- na inithânan ko ska
ko manga tonganai akn
a malobai i sokatan
na a pasang ka inggiraw
a miyadarainon na
a mataman-taaman akon
na da lakit lambay owa ...
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" inged akn daa rowar
-- na inaampitan akongka
ko ibalinta(d) sa inged
ka oba masalimbtad
na mélek den im babid
i mataman den tumabid
na mamagula(ng) sa ulid
na baden atorn thôkid ...
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" inged akn daa rowar
-- na inako phángangaloi
i matag ako bulawan
na dikobo a milauwang
o bako mapakalawan
ka saksi so galawan
na inimpitan impidan
sa diko iphângunaan ...
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~ ditadawayen l Khadaffy D. Mangondato
Categories:
oba, community, home, places, political,
Form:
Political Verse
Ajoke
...... to my Ajoke, to your ajoke
It was at oja ale I first saw you
Your smile that day ajoke
Robbed me of my timidity
And I forgot of my reticence
When I saw you at the river
And caught how she made your face wet
Until I saw your tender legs leave the stream
I thought you were Yeye's first dughter
In the rain yesterday
I envied the little rain drops
As they ran happily from your shuku
Down To your heavenly bosom
There's something about you ajoke
Something special about you omo asake
Not too delicate for a queen
Yet not too daring for a princess
Your feet ajoke
They're not too tender to dance the bata dance
Not too firm to kneel to the grey
Agile enough to make the eyins bleed sweet oil
Come to my home ajoke
Come n teach my pots how to make good soup
Let me taste our love
From those morsels of affection
Come and make my home
And teach our daughters how to make efo riro
Come and build our family
And teach our sons how to prostrate
Let's go to odo oba
And let her envy our flowing love
Follow me to the igbo ode
And let's tell the iroko of our evergreen romance
And when we're tired ajoke
And my eyes too weak to see your wrinkled face
When our grandkids play hide n seek in our ode
I'd be holding your hand
Oja ale- night market; Yeye- goddess of river; shuku: a style of hair plaiting by Yoruba women ; bata: a type of dance in Yoruba culture ; eyin: palm kernel ; efo riro: vegetable soup ; odo oba: Oba(a queen in Yoruba myths) river ; Igbo Ode : thick forest ; Iroko : evergreen tree in the tropical regions ; Ode: interior of huts
Categories:
oba, africa, beautiful, beauty,
Form:
Ode
| Friday | 01 | July | 2016 | 05:12 AM
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~ KaWa saTig o Digong
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Ayday dingkadn kharaw?
A pangitk aya ingd
Na aya daging o Digong
Ko Kiyapangadap iyan
Ko myarangcom a ingd
Na Ayday kiyatabowan!
A kalalalongan iyo.
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Kna a bolong ai
A zokho onta Kawasa
Ka oba makaOmplak
Na ibgay ko diGibon
A romororan sa Pura
A taman dn Manalangan
Ko Bangon a diniyan rk.
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Na tapila kn ta Uzk
A malima-lima kiran
A isomaga Maganad
Na aya ranonta ko ig
A kararayaan a tao
Na ikakp a zurota
Ka obaka zalimbago.
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Na bulongan ta so boNeg
A ipkhaLalong a dar
Na ditabo mandiLngan
Ka kawasaan so ingd
Na maLindg odiMara
Na langon makadampanas
Sa rondan o Pilimpinas.
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Gowani a iroyn o
Makadmpas a Davao
A samaya iphamndg
Ko ikaTlo-ika nm
a idandg so Ruwaka
A Kalala-lungan o taw
Na inizaw izaw aTig.
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Na dapn tanto thikna
Na lagid obabo Bnar
Ka kumi khn ta so Boneg
Na odika panizakay
A kyamotangka b’rg
Na maburokos kalilid
A minikh khntawai.
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Paniyap ka ranon
ka kiyatokawan kapd!
a mindaganga a boneg
ka kaduratangka boneg?
a ngga-ganga ka a boneg
Na khdgn ka bono
a kaneg ka o phagingd.
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~ dsr| khadaffy D. Mangondato
Categories:
oba, angst, caregiving, dark, death,
Form:
ABC
I am Africa, I am man
Hear my drums, know my heart beat
My sorrow is not metered in iambic lines
Life does not speak that way
So artificial this enumeration of joy
So false this constant rise and fall of tone
I fish the tides
Sometimes the water rises above the rock
And stay a long, long time
Like a dream that won't give up
Sometimes the water recedes far out
Lingering at the bar
Waiting for the moon to show her breast
Watching silently like a star
For one ear Nana Oba to divorce me
From this culture that is my hell.
I am Africa, I am man
My fingers running fast on antelope skin
Cross the bata light and sweet like a caress
Like rainfall on the Serengeti
Like bird call for Nana Oshun's memory
So when I put my hands around your waist
Sliding my finger over the contours of our embrace
Searching for lake Nakuru under your dress
Down from the Kilmanjaro of your breast
And whisper my feelings in your ears
In cross-rhythms, kora and mbira playing
Hot like khamsin, passionate like the yamo
Sucking on your tongue for life
Seeking the umbilical water for my pain
What care for anapestic sentiments
Trochaic promises, dactylic stories
I need you in all the wonder of your loveliness
In all the moods that living tell
In our orbiting exodus of earth and hell
No time now for phony precisions
I speak as I am, as I feel emotions
Dancing on my finger tips
Dancing on the velvet smooth of drums
Ladling at your Nakura, lapping at your lips
All tribal, my body hums
For the stolen glory of my history
For the cinder of theories
That make me victim twice in my misery
I am Africa, I am man
Hear my prophecy, I will succeed!
Categories:
oba, inspirational, on writing and
Form:
Free verse
OGUNLABI OLAJIDE YUSUF-NativePen 029
EKO @50
TIME OF THOUGHT:LOSS
DATE OF THOUGHT:2015
A damsel was born decades ago
Her name is EKO
Eko Ile Ogbon
She is the most sought after amongst other
The eyes of the Southwest states
The favourite of her mother Country Nigeria
The choice of all
Her northern and eastern arms is shared by the Gateway state (Ogun State)
Adun ba'rin ma to'si
Her western arms is shared with Republic of Benin
Even her Southern arms lies the Atlantic Ocean
Thanks to the ancient settlers of Eko the CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
The Aworis I salute thee "Kitigbe o" ? "O gbe ire"
Beckone on them for varieties of sea fishes; Obokun, Epiya............
Eko Akete
The home to deities of fortune and wealth
Eko Ile Aje
The first ever style can be found within her walls
Won kere si nonba Eko
Eko is ever radiant as the sun and the star
Her fortunes makes her markets rival to none;
Do you need food spices? Danfo knows the route to Oyingbo
Ladipo market is home to all automobile parts you ever think of
Your electronics solution lies in Alaba market
Attires of many colours that makes Eko the home of fashion is there in Balogun market
No wonder the mamooth population of different tribes
Igbo kwenu, your inmense investment cannot be ignored
Yaya dei,
Ara o le bi? Ase jere o
Eko a home to a number of warring ethnic group
To whom much is taken
Much is to be given
Now is the right time to celebrate her (Eko)
Let all her suitor gather round
Her celebration is on
Eko is just 50years, but her riches makes one think she's older than metuselat
If you have not been to Eko,it is certain you dont know Eyo
Her fortune spirit beckones on all
Eko is a friend of all, foe to none
Eko gbole o gbo'le
Eko embodies the economic future of Africa
"Eko o ni baje o" O baje ti"
I won't drop my pen, so I can write many more without saying Kabiosi o Oba Rilwan Akiolu 1. Also more grease to your elbow, your excellency Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.
Gbogbo Eko aku odun aku iyedun ooo
God Bless Lagos State. God bless Nigeria . God bless Africa.
Categories:
oba, africa, anniversary, blessing, class,
Form:
Bio
~ Sndita ko Muslim ~
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Badn khalalayami
a Biyaloy a sndita
o bala tano sa ingd
a ophoon ana mbto
na sndita so Muslim...
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Na ba ini babago pn
a oman pha paromanan
i andang dn ko ingd
a lagid a Pilimpinas
a kilidn so Muslim...
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Langon taman marata
na dawayen on so Moro
a miyaka mawlika
na sumpat ilano iyan
na balsn so Muslim...
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Na ino makandadamar
a ingd mip'phanamar
ka pkharata so ongar
o marata i ngar-ngar
na lumawan dadn a dar...
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Na mabarang sa mapanton
na bakodn panginophon
ko ingd ko a mabaton
adi mbaloy a tiphoon
ka ana ako miso soson ...
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Na oba ka korawada
a mbida ta sa kabaya
na naino sumibaya
ka miyakam baya-baya
na anako makandaya...
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~ dsr,Khadaffy D. Mangondato
Categories:
oba, anti bullying,
Form:
ABC
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MARANAO HISTORICal POEM
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~ Linimpang a Pilimpinas |
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Pilimpinas go(w)Ane
ko masá o Mericano
na ini zámaiya iran
na othángen so kadatu
a minindatu ko Moro(d)
ko lupa a Minsupala
Na paka Thâgombasayen
so kadatu ko Sulot(a)n
go so kalipa datu ...
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Pilimpinas miyareg
na somiyorong sa (k)Akal
na inaiyok so mithontot
a mbaloy a palati(ng)kop
na katan tuwan a bénar
a ndiongkatén so ingéd
ka diyulon so ndatuan
a alinen so betikan
a maki phéLala iyoka ...
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Pilimpinas miniség
na péd a phipalatiko
na péd pén a magingéd
a malo mala i sowá
ka piyaka pamaganad
na inisurat tugalin
a ini lakam a bénar
na takinuba inalin
ka piyaka aiyon siran ...
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Pilimpinas komiréb
na somiyorong phároman
na biyaloya a Lédawan
so miyambiyat a wata
a kiya Merikano-wan
sa biyaloi a rawatén
a inusar ko maguingéd
na sulutan go kalipa
a Bithôwan sa Pangulo ...
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Pilimpinas lumimbég
na pin'dakél Presidenté
na ini rénéb so kandatu
ka piya ka sondo-sondong
ko Gobernor Heneral
na okit a ini phâ-ar
ka kiyalitan sa gaés
na tiyongkop so Kadatu
sa minitanggasai dén ...
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~ Ditadawayen l
khadaffy D. Mangondato
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N.B.
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PITOWA :
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Giyangkaiya a manga Katigan sii, na daa bawn paka aantapan, ago kéna oba kambinasa ko ingaran o inged tano a Pilimpinas, ka matag piyaka okit sa POEM, go so manga thö-thool (Narratives) o miyanég ko miya payag a Estorya ko riyaot ko manga Lukés, Mapakay a adn mambo a kaba-bénar iyan ko masa i Presidenté Manuel L. Quezon ko Oras o Merikano, odi na inumanan a Lébatan, ogayd na sagabay badn aya a Phôka pokaw ko manga Kalombayan a gopén pkhi-saluno ko phakasabot on ko Rowaiya niyan. Daa a papantkén ai inunta na pamaka inengka ko Meranaw a di phékhapokas ko aiyan niyan. Sanggibo Salamat !
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Categories:
oba, america, anti bullying, betrayal,
Form:
Political Verse
OGUNLABI OLAJIDE YUSUF-NativePen 029
EKO AKETE @50
TIME OF THOUGHT:LOST
DATE OF THOUGHT:2015
A damsel was born decades ago
Her name is EKO
Eko Ile Ogbon
She is the most sought after amongst other
The eyes of the Southwest states
The favourite of her mother Country Nigeria
The choice of all
Her northern and eastern arms is shared by the Gateway state (Ogun State)
Adun ba'rin ma to'si
Her seat of power breaths at Alausa Ikeja.
Her western arms is shared with Republic of Benin
Even her Southern arms lies the Atlantic Ocean
Thanks to the ancient settlers of Eko the CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
The Aworis I salute thee "Kitigbe o" ? "O gbe ire"
Beckone on them for varieties of sea fishes; Obokun, Epiya............
Eko Akete
The home to deities of fortune and wealth
Eko Ile Aje
The first ever style can be found within her walls
Won kere si nonba Eko
Eko is ever radiant as the sun and the star
Her fortunes makes her markets rival to none;
Do you need food spices? Danfo knows the route to Oyingbo market
Ladipo market is home to all automobile parts you ever think of
Your electronics solution lies in Alaba market
Attires of many colours that makes Eko the home of fashion is there in Idumota/Balogun market
No wonder the mamooth population of different tribes
Igbo kwenu, your inmense investment cannot be ignored
Yaya dei,
Ara o le bi? Ase jere o
Eko a home to a number of warring ethnic groups
To whom much is taken
Much is to be given
"Itesiwaju Eko" "O jewa l'ogun"
Now is the right time to celebrate her (Eko)
Let all her suitors gather round
Her celebration is on
Eko is just 50years, but her riches makes one think she's older than methusela
If you have not been to Eko,it is certain you dont know Eyo
Her fortune spirit beckones on all
Eko is a friend of all, foe to none
Eko gbole o gbo'le
Eko embodies the economic future of Africa
"Eko o ni baje o" O baje ti"
I won't drop my pen, so I can write many more without saying Kabiosi o to Oba Rilwan Akiolu 1. Also I say more grease to your elbow, your excellency Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.
Gbogbo Eko aku odun aku iyedun ooo.
Categories:
oba, africa, age, blessing, celebration,
Form:
Bio
| Thursday | 04 | August | 2016 | 12:28 AM |
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~ Aynaw Kanogoniyan ~
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Aynaw Kanogoniyan
ka obo o katawangco
na bacodn phiyapiya
ka baco ini katawi
i kapagipos o masa...
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Aynaw Kanogoniyan
ka Miyadaramba akn
So kalawanda i lalag
na di khindod di-khiPaar
na maphámoco dn a dar...
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Aynaw kanogoniyan
ka so mainot a iN'k
na daco kaPahâlai
a bacodn mingGoamay
na miniSarmpang ái...
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Aynaw kanogoniyan
na insanaan so darm
sa oba kapharomani
ka Marasay a dan-dodan
a badn miyaginalang...
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Aynaw kanogoniyan
na magudas ako badn
sa da rataang ginawa
ka andamanaya ini
na tigowan ta so pikir...
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~ ditadawayen ® 2016 - Khadaffy D. Mangondato
Categories:
oba, care, caregiving, corruption, courage,
Form:
ABC
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 as a city
Myriad and diversified
Complex and haughty
Confident, ununified
Of adulation, always worthy
Edo!
My land forever o!
Oba gha to kpe e
Ise….
Categories:
oba, art, dedication, faith, family,
Form:
~OBAR OBAR~
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Obar-obar a lombay
a p'phamag ombos-ombos
sa ginawang ka rombosan
na olin ingka di mathay
sa ba kolapt tomabid
na 'bakobo maka mbkaw
ko balin'tad o rupaan ...
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Na pangali ingka rakz
a nayaw angka manugon
a lomombay so raon ko
ka obabo sa lumanit
so tompa o obar akn
ka p'phamara marayong
so karimpoong i ladn ...
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Na pakaid ingka rakz
ka kadaan ta pakaig
Na oba sambi a laon
a phangti so kaigan
na ramsangka itado
sa bapiya namog akn
ko tkd o iphipita ...
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Na panimo angka rakz
i mirams'a ko botha
ka obako kamarai
na diyako phiya mbkaw
na ombayank so lupa,
na toos a ilalaon
na malayon so sapadn...
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Na samborak ingka sa ig
a romamson so anggaw
na oba pman pmbayog
a sambr so endow bagr
na rnding nka rakn
so riyayaran sa pokt
ka madidi a makarn ...
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Na asar a lomombaya
a mag obar-obar ako
sa mailp o tamaing
goso manga papanok
rakhs o paro-paro
na initangkap aladn
a miyaka pantao ako ...
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Obar-obar inam'bar
a obaya aya bnar
na oba mambo mabmbar
ka abog-abogn a dar
na lomumbay bo a datar
na matago ta 'inditar
a L'mba aka khabnar...
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~ By: dsr, Khadaffy D. Mangondato
Categories:
oba, art,
Form:
ABC
~ Ndau itogalin ta Pman
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Ndao rasai ranoni
a phnayaung ko ini
a maka tangki tangkiri
a diko mipn diri diri
a paraman ngko manari
ka oba sangka trangi
Ndao mapanga nganon
a badn maph phranon
na tamanan ta manganon
i da thaman sa ranon
a ba akn maph panganon
na bakopn panganogon...
Ndao masakit aki
A kaphki lakit ami
na pakanayau ta muri
sa tamanan nta khauri
na madidi o thetui
na Kagia akal ari ...
Ndao bakodn rnk
ka anta maka gaga nk
a torogn ta a kank
ka ibata badn ra rnk
a biyadutan ta tnk
na inipo san talubk...
Ndao ndau akongka
ka angka mamaradika
na obaka makadkha
a miyathay inayawngka
na ndaungka bulayuka
na ayak a simbayaka...
By: ditadawayen sa ranao | Khadaffy D. Mangondato
Categories:
oba, age, art, beautiful,
Form:
Rhyme
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 are the pulse of a great nation
The heartbeat of many tribes, cultures, and beliefs
Seated in their midst from east, west, south, and north.
Oba gha to kpe e, the great conqueror
With you, no kingdom matched your wealth and domain
From the east, west, south, and north
Your reign is like the eagle over the sky
And like a mother hen, sheltering her chicks
With walls, moats, forest, and war cries.
Great land, your artistry is beyond compare
Woman, your beauty and history are adorned in bronze
The Portuguese came to spy on your beauty
The British came with a false romance
And they ravaged her
Even the forest land, the northern men assault
Against her will, her culture, and belief.
And my love lay wasted and abandoned
O great people in a great forest land
Arise as we put our past behind us
Today we have healed our wounds
By our diligence and resoluteness
Binis, Esan, Afemai, all who dwell in the land
Let us together build a great land
And be the heartbeat of a great nation!
Categories:
oba, africa, art, culture, eulogy,
Form:
Free verse
Upon lovers
it dawned
that Love
turns on
everything
and it comes
in all forms
fit for
everyone
there is not
“just one”
but rather
many
for in the land
of Love is Plenty
and simply put
it’s fit
quite right
“one love”
was written
and many
were smitten
with a light
but then….
a misquote happened
in the land of "right"
that long ago
gave lovers fright
as the love of One
almost
vanished from sight
seas became dim
a sun became shame
the land fell back
to a hollow form
where flowers dried
and worries loomed
all because Lovers
missed
what’s understood
so then It came
to try again
bringing forth
a second hand
reaching deep
to understand
what
“just happened”
so long ago
because just what
had frightened
what Creation
was about
“so below”
in a garden
there was lay
lying
only one row…
“come find me”
it would one day call
and “I’ll find you”
was the final haul
“so now they’ve come
to see us all…”
.
.
.
came
ala
amor
anteros
and eros
benten with brigit
and demeter
as heros
cupid with flora
and hathor
with hora
isis in juno as
ken and kupalo
lada in lempo
as mariana
kissed ken
and oh… breathe…
oba knew
opps gave osirus
smiles too
for quite a while
as the Lovers grew
a list not many
if the any know
wuzzle was got
and a plot was not
to be a report
of ‘no show’
rather instead
Creations ink bled
with names
in a delightful glow
an endless thread
from a timeless bed
where Love IS talkin’
to be the cause
because IT’S
the One
without a clause.
“Santa”
~I’m not done with you ;)
every.one.Loves.
It’s true.
I give thanks
for the fuzzy snuggles
from them too.
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.
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inspiration is this list of love gods
http://wuzzle.org/cave/lovegods.html
Categories:
oba, life, lovelove,
Form:
Tarima ka Galawan,
a Mapay so Bontal akn,
na Diakn Miphangandag,
Ka igira so Kakasi,
i Piyamanika Lano,
na Daa Phanginonan-on,
a Rowar sa kapangunot…
Na oway pmanka Bnar,
na Ditabo Mapamanik,
so mini Pangkat o Nurie,
Na Ditadn Rorotosn,
ka oba Bnar Rawtn,
so Okor a ipanganting
Categories:
oba, absence,
Form:
Ballade