Buba Poems - Poems about Buba

Sentimental Song

...Although it was written and recorded in 1968,
I think that it was the late 80's when I first heard it.
First, arrested by it; later captured; then embraced.
For more than 30 years, I have loved th...

Categories: buba, childhood, song,
Form: Verse

Don'T Say Hush

...It is not our way
To reap from another’s sweat
It is not of the blackman’s norm
To call the breeze a storm.

You see when the elders sit
They can see far ahead of the youth
that stands atop th...

Categories: buba, africa, corruption, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme

My Amphetamine

...My AMPHETAMINE

 Buba-bababuba whhaat zup, My AMPHETAMINE
I need I crave I have a need for speed;
Doctor can you tell me whz wrong wit me;
My seizures are encased in restlessness, an...

Categories: buba, analogy, anxiety, confusion, depression,
Form: Free verse

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Morountodun

...Morountodun,
this is the place you'll find me
like the prey of a shrike
choked through by your thorny words
When the chase after Omo Ogun with your heart
Failed to be anything worthy to steal th...

Categories: buba, husband, travel, true love,
Form: Free verse

Unity In Cultural Diversity

...The westerners eat Amala and Ewedu
We eat Akpo and Ofe Nsala
They dance Juju and Apala
We dance bongo and atilogwu the beat of life.
T^he Northerners speaks hausa whilst we speak igbo
They marri...

Categories: buba, art, beautiful, , western,
Form: Free verse

Buba Claus

...‘Twas close to the day when Buba Claus,
His red nose and Bowie knife shining,
Would be off to fill the manly's hearths,
With bacon for their frying.


The ground was bare of snow or ice, 
The sky...

Categories: buba, funny,
Form: Light Verse

Bubba Bubba Bound Bubba Bubba Bound

...Bubba bubba bound Bubba bubba bound on my drumes i like to pound. 
Bubba bubba bound Bubba bubba bound i think it has a very cool sound. 
Bubba bubba bound Bubba bubba bound i would love to here it g...

Categories: buba, adventure, art, faith, song-visionary,
Form: Ballad

A Red Neck Xmas ( For Robert D.)

...‘Twas close to the day when Buba Claus,
His red nose and Bowie knife shining,
Would be off to fill the manly's hearths,
With bacon for their frying.

The ground was bare of snow or ice, 
The sk...

Categories: buba, funny, holiday, imagination
Form: Rhyme

For Jeramiah Jay Cook

...iss you so bad. 
But I close my eyes and see you clear
and don't feel quite as sad.

Pretty soon I'll be grown up
but you'll still be sixteen.
but like you said, 
God has a plan, 
and in the end I'll see.




*Note*
Jeramiah Jay Cook, my cousin, "buba" and friend passed away Christmas of 2004 at a party. 
Rumors fly about what it really was. Alcohol, pills.. it had only been 2 months since his own 
mothers death (mine had died in 96') and s...

Categories: buba, brother, death, depression, faith,
Form: I do not know?

A Red Neck Xmas

...'Twas close to the day when Buba Claus,
His red nose and Bowie knife shining,
Would be off to fill the manly's hearths,
With bacon for their frying.

The ground was bare of snow or ice, 
The sk...

Categories: buba, holiday
Form: Narrative

Ho, Ho, Ho / a Redneck Xmas

...‘Twas close to the day when Buba Claus,
His red nose and Bowie knife shining,
Would be off to fill the manly's hearths,
With bacon for their frying.

The ground was bare of snow or ice, 
The sk...

Categories: buba, holiday
Form: Rhyme