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...

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Ajoke
  ...... to my Ajoke,  to your ajoke
 
It was at oja ale I first saw you
Your smile that day ajoke 
Robbed me...

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MURI A KAPAGODAS

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Magodas ako Gadong,
a igagador ko Alam,
na Sagayanan onSnang,
ko Gapa a Simalawn,
a Dayamonthaya ragat,
ko alabat sa Slangan,
a inikarantangadat,
na Piyaladkho Marinaw,
so inambar o Pakato,
sa bapya...

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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...

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| 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...

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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...

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~ 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...
·
Na ba ini babago pn
a oman pha...

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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...

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| 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...

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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...

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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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~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 ... 
·
Na pangali...

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~ 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...

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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...

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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...

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