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Harmattan

...1
Autumn, harmattan
—forest everywhere 
births green or rust hue

2
Harmattan
—my lips are eager
to map the season

3
Fog-ensnared ocean:
fishermen gasp
in the net of harmattan 


©Nk...

Penguin and Dolphin

...What think you about Penguin 
How as a bird quite genuine?
Yes, it’s a sea bird: penguin?
About future flights sanguine?



Chatting up was I Edwin,
Who really seemed set to win 
Both a fair...

Shrouded

...
"Shrouded" 

found in the humanity
not in the divinity
many pilates 
wash their hands
of this

long enough
for the clouds 
to descend 
then rise 
fly away 

crimin...

My Home -Owa Mwen

...Ever wondered how most civilization got lost to time;

Read the poem- 

MY HOME (OWA MWEN) 
.....



When i recall the good old days;
The invaluable golden memories
Shared with neighboring...

Thomas Chatterton Translation: Excellent Ballad of Charity

...An Excelente Balade of Charitie (“An Excellent Ballad of Charity”)
by Thomas Chatterton, age 17
modernization/translation by Michael R. Burch

As wroten bie the goode Prieste
Thomas Rowley 1464
...

My Love My All

...World's Longest Love Poem (second edition)


Title: My love my all

Edited by Izunna Okafor


Editor's Note:

Out of their ardency, eighteen poets and poetry lovers identified with the need...

An Ode To the Hearth

...An Ode To The Hearth 



Everything born is birth
Anything dies is dead

Nothing ever really changes
Because nothing is new

Life is given
This same  life is taken.

Emptied dreams
Empt...

Mini Series About Wshington By Godwin

...Mini Series About Wshington by  Godwin

While Washington had been riding,
About him we we5e all confiding;
Each soldier,
Becoming older;
From the enemy many were hiding.

We could hear each c...

Life

...April 12, 2013


An ode to LIFE (AGBON)



The yesterdays,
The todays and even the uncertain morrows
In accordance to the law of nature
Are in a state of a perpetual flux.

The many stage...

Our, Own Heroes

...Our Own Heroes

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"We,
Birthed by parents;
Without prior planning 
For a proper alignment 
of their kids destiny,
yet, 
Here we are,
Our own very selves, 
Our own he...

Ten Shillings

...( a before independent Nigeria, excerpt )




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At night
He came with his family;
The whole band,
All looking somewhat tired and hungry.
Oga!
He shouted,...

Mother Says

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Mother Says

Mother says biko hapumaka
Je suis fatigué
These things keep revolving
Maybe not like a revolver 
If i could only take a sling shot
Hit t...

An Ode To 150cefa 'Francs'

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Bonsoir 
He had greeted the trader, for it was evening.
An unusual day it was, the sun still smiling
And shedding light on dark mother earth...

To the Man Who Fishes At the Beach

...To The Man Who Fishes At The Beach 


This is to the man who fishes 
At the oceans.
The beaches
With wooden boats 
Equipped with Yamaha engines
Well crafted to keep the salty water out.
A fi...

Rain

...Rain


*Lightening and thundering in the heavens
Aves scattered about in the  darkening clouds
In search of refuge 
It will rain and the bird's foot shall never touch water,
The river soon to ...

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