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Kola Nut Poems - Poems about Kola Nut

The Kola Nut's Promise
...In the land of the rising sun, Where the Igbo people have begun, A tale of love, so pure and true, Between two hearts, that beat anew. The maiden's name was Ekemma, A beauty, with a heart of g......

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Categories: kola nut, culture, i love you,
Form: Narrative
The Kola Nut's Sacred Bond
...In Igbo land, where tradition holds sway, The kola nut's significance, is celebrated each day, A symbol of unity, of peace and of love, Breaking the kola, sent from above. With three lobes, lik......

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Categories: kola nut, culture,
Form: Rhyme



Harmony of Life's Calabash
...In the calabash of life, a profound journey unfolds as the space gracefully passes the baton in the art of apprenticeship. Success resonates like a fine chant, akin to the resonance of the......

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Categories: kola nut, africa, creation, culture, moon,
Form: Free verse
African Kolanut
...I see a seed of white colouration, And pink pigmentation. Manually easy to divide, Not ritually difficult to provide. I see the financially easy to handle, A culturally accepted candle. Annou......

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Categories: kola nut, appreciation, culture, devotion, food,
Form: Rhyme
Those Days
...Those days..... When men didn't attempt to cage the lion, Domesticate the cobra or try to play god Those days when men didn't dog breed, cat breed, Moon walk or day dream Nature wouldn't bark ......

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Categories: kola nut, africa, appreciation, art, beauty,
Form: Prose Poetry



Hope For Uhuru At Dawn
...At the darkest hour of night Before night shadows Steal across the wall of darkness Into the welcoming hands of dawn; As with defecting soldiers At Korea's demilitarized zone With my spoke, I ......

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Categories: kola nut, africa, inspiration, peace,
Form: Prose Poetry
Photograph
...( after Achebe's remembrance) We opened our book of remembrance with a Blissful kola nut from Ogidi,then poured libation On that same ground that once held our eyes of unity. Your photograph ......

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Categories: kola nut, africa, anxiety, art,
Form: Bio
The Rain Dance
...Women rush their cooking Children talk in whispers Nursing mothers put the babies to sleep Darkness descends on the land The winds are becoming aggressive The buzzing is getting louder Like a c......

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Categories: kola nut, africa,
Form: Free verse
Let Nigeria Be Nigeria Again
...Let Nigeria be Nigeria again. Let the flag demonstrate peace Let the coat of arm be unity, Let it be the hero it used to be. Let it be the dream that elevate, Let it be the love it used to ......

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Categories: kola nut, abuse, africa, art,
Form: Free verse
Tomorrow Belongs To Me
...TOMORROW BELONGS TO ME Tomorrow I shall have children Who shall be answerable to me, They shall cover my grave when Am gone to meet my ancestors. That is the dream of marriage life. Tomorro......

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Categories: kola nut, age, art,
Form: Free verse
Have You Hear From My Father
...HAVE YOU HEAR FROM MY FATHER? Have you hear from my father, okadigbo? He was among those captured in the oil well Around the black river of delta in the south. Days ago they had gone with their h......

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Categories: kola nut, africa, art, betrayal,
Form: Blank verse
Letter To a Mother 2
...A kettle can never call a pot black Are they not from the same world of pain? I swing my Ego in one last time of my life And i was caught in the absence of hundred times A snake won't fail to gi......

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Categories: kola nut, abuse,
Form: Narrative
Tales From Nkporoland
...In Nkporoland, filled with milk and honey We read the hand written on the wall under The milky moon with our stomach painted with the earth When we ate those roasted black yam with red oil, And p......

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Categories: kola nut, age,
Form: Narrative
It Is Our Tradition
...Bring the Nzu and Kola nut Take it to the stranger among us, Let him kiss it and be bless. Let him rub the Nzu on his arms then his fore head. It is our tradition here not to neglect A hum......

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Categories: kola nut, africa,
Form: Narrative
My Forefathers
...My forefathers once poured dry gin on the green land of Nkporo from the North to the west, Prayed for prosperity and harmony to their children. Gathered us under the half yellow moon and narrated ......

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Categories: kola nut, age,
Form: Narrative

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