Best Yusuf Poems

freedom day 
(april the 27th 1994)


far too many brave compatriots died

and

flooding rivers of tears were cried

far too many families ripped apart

with

daggers cutting into their heart

the...

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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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( In memoriam - the heady days of draft, hippies, moon-landing and Gloria Steinem)

When Armstrong landed on the distant moon
It was a wild world full...

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OGUNLABI OLAJIDE YUSUF- NativePen
   TOPIC:DEAR FRIEND
  TIME OF THOUGHT-02:18PM
  DATE OF THOUGHT:29:11:2011
  
Your worth is more than a precious stone
So...

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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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Rasta Master(For Bob Marley)

Like the lion of Judah ,

Lying on the coast of hope,

With the turban of gold crown,

From the mountain of glory,

His mantle of...

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Notes:

I was listening to some music, by a famous singer, about this story, can any guess the song? 


I find it interesting in light of...

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TIME OF THOUGHT: 12: 56PM
DATE OF THOUGHT:13/04/2011
OGUNLABI OLAJIDE YUSUF-Nativepen
BUTTERFLY
Come around
For the darkness has vanished away
Come quickly around
For the barrier has finally gone

What a relief
The morning...

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WHEN THE DEED IS DONE
TIME OF THOUGHT: LOST
DATE OF THOUGHT: 21/11/2010
OGUNLABI OLAJIDE YUSUF- Nativepen

Was anyone around then?
Was there no one to caution?
When the deed is...

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Dawn again in this gaol
The jailbirds are imprecisely numbering
One hundred and sixty million
Or more of my countrymen.

The jailors are three hundred and sixty humpty down
And...

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Hearth of Winds

From west to east you plumb axisal spin,

And darted on the limbs of the poles.

On longitudes and latitudes, you are dotted in silhouettes.

Just...

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OGUNLABI OLAJIDE YUSUF-NativePen
DEATH
TIME OF THOUGHT:LOST
DATE OF THOUGHT:LOST
Umm………………………..
The end of mens sojourn
An August visitor
A must that all living dislike
Is there any armour against it?
A thief that...

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NEUTRAL COLOURS

Special species in speeches,

Thronging the long lawn.

Chameleon:echelon of neutrality.

Pavillion:bullion of activities.

Springtime:symbol of productivities.

Humans abound around,

The globe for abode.

Different but not,

Inference for lot.

Global creed of...

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Zulaikha:
What a bird you are, o red-billed Bird, 
you don’t eat reddish mangoes!
By eating which ash, will you exist then
in this bower of fate?

Yusuf:
That there...

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Sweet Home


From the tense of turbulence you profer comfort,
from the tests of time you offer abode,
Will all the fortresses of home refer incline?
Will all the...

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