Poverty
...In the bleak night, ‘pon lonely street of Capitol Bye Pass,
Mine stomach’s growl, louder than thunder’s clash,
Mine lips, pink and cracked like parched earth’s skin,
I lift mine gaze, pleading to ...
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Categories:
gari, africa, america, earth, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
You For Noh
...You for noh
Say I dey shine my eyez
Coz na so so wahalla wey dey shine for my head top
You for noh
Say na I jos dey parade my gari den granot
So sey hunger no go kill me now
Coz if I die now,...
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Categories:
gari, africa, class, death, humor,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Cassava
...I AM CASSAVA,TURN ME TO GARI ,SPAGHETTI, FLOUR.EAT ME AS FOOD,I AM CASSAVA CULTIVATE ME IN LARGE SCALE.I DO NOT DISCRIMINATE,I AM CASSAVA .PLANT ME AND WALK OUT OF HUNGER,POVERTY AND MALNUTRITION.I A...
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Categories:
gari, education, environment, nature, poverty,
Form: Rhyme
Sushi Rolls
...Eel or salmon sushi rolls
Nori or rice wrapped
Served as roll or hand roll shapes
Eaten with chopsticks
Served with wasabi
And gari
Plants
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2-20-2016...
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Categories:
gari, food,
Form: Epulaeryu
Hunger
...'Gari', yes 'gari' with deluge of sulphuric mixture,
It’s creamy without injecting cream, cow’s advice,
O! Blazing dust of gold, erupting particles of diamond
Snowy cubes of crystalline fill...
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Categories:
gari, food
Form: Free verse
Salutations
...Salutations to all the poets
That waters my ink,
Those whose words never
Make my heart shrink,
Of you always i ever will think,
Standing alone, i could sink
So i grasped on your knowledge
That...
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Categories:
gari, dedicationheart, heart, me, ,
Form: Rhyme