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Enugu Poems - Poems about Enugu


Genocide
...let's dive into the thought of that Benue woman. let's see through her sorrow carved separately, how many children are born to die before noon? 1966 saw this on the tail of her skins proudly, ti......

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Categories: enugu, abuse, anger,
Form: Blank verse
Wet Roads of Benue
...To Christopher Okigbo To Chinua Achebe To Wole Soyinka To JP Clarks To Habila Helon A measure of time past I am part of your dark side To this wayward side of this wet Benue roads, childr......

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Categories: enugu, abuse, africa, anger,
Form: Ballad



Biafra the Rising Sun
...How long shall I be in babylon and sing a song of hope and weariness? Whence my heart perishes in servitude, I have been debased to infra dig in a vast land we call our own. They seek my basket,......

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Categories: enugu, bullying, history, hope, humanity,
Form: Epic
Reflecting Voice
...Tomorrow will come to mind soon when we'll part ways to come again. We will forget yesterday we cried rain, we will remember the meatless meal we shared behind door of ignorance. Africa have m......

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Categories: enugu, abuse, africa, anger, anxiety,
Form: Blank verse
For Biafra 3
...In your blood we are birth, In you we shall die like sons, When the wind shall call of A global village; you'll stand. Of a truth your erotic voice is The envy of many nations. Before the night......

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Categories: enugu, africa, art, universe,
Form: Narrative



We Cry Behind
...To those who came almost fully made But were cut off short in life, go in peace; Go in peace not in pieces, we care about you. We can't fight now, our hands are tight behind, Do not look with wat......

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Categories: enugu, abuse, africa, art,
Form: Blank verse
Nigeria
...Author: Okechukwu Iroegbu Title: Let them hear... Let them hear... From the hills of Isuikwuato My sleepy hilly land'e From my new'est bride Uyo To the ancient muds of Enugu From Makurdi's B......

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Categories: enugu, africa
Form: ABC
The Prodigious Woman
...Tic tac! Tic tac! Time flies Encompassing fears and tribulations, she smiles A second's like a gemstone before her eyes Trying to please the World before the night cries What a prodigious woman Moth......

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Categories: enugu, dedication, family, hope, life,
Form: ABC
A Night At Onitsha
...(Journey to the East – Youth Service at Enugu State) On a Friday night, July 1, 2009 I found myself at Onitsha, home for all as it is called The eastern economic backbone and business centre of the......

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Categories: enugu, adventure, education, people, places,
Form: Free verse
Old Coal Mourner
...day after day he came here his mournful tale to tell upon an old torn suit he was in the world unlucky was the lot so said he old coal mourner digging out was his revered job upon the t......

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Categories: enugu, satireold, old,
Form: I do not know?

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