Ibadan Poems - Poems about Ibadan

...Nature did not unleash her terror on us as it did with Noto, Haiti, or the Indian Ocean. We abuse nature with the stamp of leadership which impedes lives, causing artificial stampedes of ......

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...Raise your voice aloud And echo that which taints your heart The days of the chain are laid to rest And the closed eyes are made opened In your order, our light is made to shine With the s......

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...COVID-19 On our planet suddenly appears, A pandemic so fierce That literally seem untameable Holding people hostage without weapon Restricting our gatherings to fifty Mouthlessly closing down b......

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...Seed of anthropology Blue-print of ancient antique Antecedence of brown skin politic Deity to pre-colonial centralised culture A republic with institutionally adorned grace for violence Bodi......

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...A city on a set of hills and valleys Rusty brown roofings a symphony Of rhythms in colourful harmony Ibadan a large city with a village sett. A cauldron of the old and the new; The Present A......

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...And this song fell out from my father's lips: Of boys learning to drop the corpse of their parents' bodies on the high mountain of Jos, Of girls who came home learning to place fingers on the ......

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...My mind distills away. Scraps from the underworld. Of education, tradition and media ****. I'm tired of caring. Sick of hearing, if I could. Control my ears closed. Block them from ********......

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...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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...To Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau Do you remember Sade? Do you remember yesterday we flew kite at the cloudy street of Ibadan? Do you remember how I channelled your thought to those boys who went and......

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...A perfect plain in the Sub Sahara Discerning screens, Japanese Madara Your frame formidable despite design Why shan't I sing aloud about your shine? Your songs of praises serenades female......

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...When in April 2013 Her soul fled... ignited Like a car engine... Still, he steered hard on her timid face Oh passion mixed with tension Even at a Praying Ground? On her, he kissed with words ......

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...COme with me to the shrine Let us deliberate on the plight Of our beloved country The gods are waiting to hear from us. Here is your sit, face me so that I could watch over you head and y......

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...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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...Brobdingnagian people of wealth Possessing sinewy warriors of health Brawny nature makes empires shiver City wall stronger more than ever. The people of great black magic Though they are meek Galla......

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...I journey for love on 75 miles With admiration for your love I walk pace the hill of 75 miles With respect for your person I swim through an ocean of 75 miles With determination to be your king I ......

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