Long Abuja Poems
Long Abuja Poems. Below are the most popular long Abuja by PoetrySoup Members. You can search for long Abuja poems by poem length and keyword.
Identity Apples
Identity Apples
iam a fat skeleton, resurrecting
from the sad memories of dada
and dark mysteries of aminism
iam buganda
i bleed hope
i drip the honey of fortune
makerere, think tank of africa
i dance...
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Categories:
abuja, africa, analogy, anxiety, assonance, bangla, bereavement,
Form:
Didactic
Nigerian Independence Celebration
As October 1 approaches, HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY……………………
I have enormous tracts of land and vast volumes of water, but cannot feed myself.
So I spend $1 billion to import rice and another $2 billion on milk.
I produce...
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Categories:
abuja, celebration, freedom,
Form:
Alliteration
The Cry of the People
the cry of the people
I remember the day of glory
as they stand so truthful
with a new political slogan
of change
I remember the faithful afternoon
full of promise of hope
while we chant their political names
with...
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Categories:
abuja, absence, africa, confusion, for him, freedom, how
Form:
Epic
A Generation of Strange Youths
The sun shall rise again but
not in our season of songs this time,
because we are strange to it glamouring light.
We sparkle and shine not among its Galaxy of hope,
an unformidable corrupt...
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Categories:
abuja, abuse, adventure, africa, anxiety, art,
Form:
Bio
My Daughter's Carrot.
I am sorry,
I am very sorry,
This is for my daughter
I mean my young, beautiful pet.
That was it, the voice of my friend
Who now prides himself
Of another daughter across the street
Only God knows how many of...
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Categories:
abuja, adventure, friendship, funny, people, pets, daughter, daughter,
Form:
Free verse
The Greatness of Africa
When I look at the Nile or Niger
My heart overflows with joy for such a wonder
As currents daringly flow on each iconic river
Every fountain has wealth embedded in its waters
Each mountain, sealed by...
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Categories:
abuja, africa, bird, blessing, books, destiny, encouraging, fashion,
Form:
Rhyme
My Muse Got Me Thinking
When would this country be well again?
When would Nigeria be good again?
Who is against us or for us here in Nigeria?
When would our democracy speak for us?
When would you and me learn not to trust?
My...
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Categories:
abuja, art,
Form:
Blank verse
NATION OF STAMPEDES
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 hunger, worse than nature's...
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Categories:
abuja, abuse, corruption, food, humanity, loss, people, political,
Form:
Free verse
The Contrast
In slumbering slope they lay,
their gaiety snores in rhythmic peaks of cadences,
The lily livered japes
Kings from central castings,
Heroes of one hour,
jostling for President with mere words ...
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Categories:
abuja, africa, character, courage, freedom, hero, history, passion,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
I Remember a Friend
I remember a friend
I remember a dear friend, among a host;
A friendship with which I could boast
Among colleagues our friendship was the toast
And our story is still told from coast to coast.
I remember the excitement...
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Categories:
abuja, bereavement, best friend, death, death of a
Form:
Rhyme
Xgadgados, Abuja
I had to down my tools
I had to terminate the calling
I struck wielding the ngungi..
I struck the great gadgados
Defender i neutralized
What is mine by right
The mob was unleashed on me
Thoughtless humans trying..
Nay baying for my...
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Categories:
abuja, africa, anger, conflict, feelings, sad, war,
Form:
Narrative
Abuja and the Time Machine
ABUJAS TIME MACHINE
We do recall the day Abuja
arrived in a strange flying machine
claimed to have created da ding..
landed at the caffe near..
our lecture halls...
Abuja took some permanent markers-
wrote some gibberish on the wall..
alluding to...
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Categories:
abuja, africa, celebrity, science fiction, visionary,
Form:
Narrative
Black Africa Still In Chains
Its creation’s simplicity still stands as a difficult puzzle
head is twisted backwards while in a forward motion
still looking behind at the chronicles of some centuries ago
long before the infiltration of Christian missionaries and Arab traders
is...
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Categories:
abuja, abuse, africa, black african american, education, environment,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Two Brothers, Lemmy and Remi
There were two of them
Lemmy and Remmy...
Two leaders born
Born of destiny
The weight of government
Must rest on the shoulders
Of Lemmy and Remmi
Israe-el and Leki
One king the other kingsman
One immortalized one mortal
There is...
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Categories:
abuja, brother, conflict, destiny, mystery, myth, mythology,
Form:
Narrative
Poetic Justice
Choked by the incense of poetic justice,
I volunteered to be slain for the betterment of humanity.
The paintings of my ink on white sheet were witnesses,
When in Abuja, I drew my poetic daggers,
Against a twin bomb...
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Categories:
abuja, peace
Form:
Free verse
She Belongs To the Other Room
The hailings in the coridor of corruption
to the echoes of silence in the streets
Sirens whispering tales of wars
marines marching on looted lots
Justice is strangled by corrupt claws
Listen to the thunderstorm of civil lies
Masses keep mute...
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Categories:
abuja, abuse, analogy, betrayal,
Form:
Verse
Ime Judgement Deffered
IME IMELA YOU DEFEND US NOW
Shed tears not for your loved one
Who has departed leaving -Ime sad
Leaving Ime bitter- Ime you passed
You declined the sacrifice MuKiama
Ime so young yet now you have to
Use the forbidden...
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Categories:
abuja, africa, destiny, metaphor, mythology, power, tribute, wisdom,
Form:
Narrative
Love On Net
LOVE ON NET
Nigeria’s a jungle though
There’s a fairy
She’s my first love on net
Magamathy.,the sweetest
She must be a bud
Blooming across lush green leaves
I feel the throb of her petals
Rippling like breasts
Black though,shining
Must...
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Categories:
abuja, lovegreen, love,
Form:
Free verse
Change
They say it’s all we need
But would it be all we see,
When it comes, is it constant?
Do we need a monster?
To give us the thing we need?
Do you always get what you seek?
I lived...
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Categories:
abuja, people
Form:
Narrative
Abuja the Inspector Cop
INSPECTOR ABUJA
Wonder why when abuja...
has proved over and over again..
that hes capable of just about pullin..
any stunt from his warped brain..
abuja became a police inspector
chasing thief complete with a gun..
a loaded gun.. uniform police coat..
nothin...
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Categories:
abuja, city, conflict, courage, crazy, parody, vanity,
Form:
Free verse
Bookstrings 11
I have been around the world
Deepest, darkest corners of the globe
Down south, up north
Up high in the air time countless
Through routes criss-a-cross
Many times on sea sails
I have seen the world greatest cities
Lived in the thickets...
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Categories:
abuja, education, history, introspection, on writing and words,
Form:
Blank verse
This Court
It should have been here, this court
Here in Arusha or Abuja or nearer
This court that seeks to try Africans
For crimes said to be committed
Against people here in Africa
Not at The Hague, not in Europe
Not in...
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Categories:
abuja, conflict,
Form:
Free verse
The Journey of Crackers
Twelve Voyagers in transit,
In the highways of Lokoja enroute Abuja,
One man wanted the natural breeze,
Another man wanted a treat to the ACs,
The others absolutely wanted nothing.
The first man got up, and
Slid the windows open,
After a...
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Categories:
abuja, conflict, corruption, hilarious, journey, political, poverty, voyage,
Form:
Didactic
Still Trapped
We got trapped for seven hours
We couldn’t un-trap ourselves
From the dungeon of the road
Couldn’t call or receive calls
Was indeed incommunicado
Sim card got stuck
Would we ever get to our destination?
She got fed up,...
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Categories:
abuja, adventure, allegory, imagination, life, love, nature, peopleday,
Form:
Free verse
Love On Phone (2)
LOVE ON PHONE (2)
Two weeks run past us
Who, when do we breaks the jinx?
She can’t come to Lagos
Her project thesis on her neck
It then fell on my round neck.
I just came back from...
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Categories:
abuja, faith, fantasy, hope, imagination, life, love, passionme,
Form:
Free verse