Long Eme Poems

Anyammiri Ala Any? 

(Tears of Our Land)


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Ala Na?jiria ebegbuo onwe ya n'akwa
Anya mmiri anya mmiri ebe niile
Akwa ?t?t?, akwa ndeeri na akwa ar?r?
?nye ga-az? ala any? ? 

Chi ?b?b?...

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Godwin Henry Osaigbovo (Pa Shakespeare)??
Here’s a soul that has the capacity to feel everything so deeply, cutting through the crust of words unspoken. A being that understands even the language of silence and hears when...

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This is a true-life celebration of love ballad. A chance meeting on a Greek island becomes a whirlwind romance. From Athens’ vibrant Monastiraki markets to a Taverna where you can experience the lively traditional, passionate...

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Chuka Nnabuife: Nwoke Na Mma


(Ab? p?r? iche maka mmemme ncheta ?gb?gba ah? iri ise nke Sa Chuka Nnab?ife)


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A s? na mma nwoke b? mpempe akw?kw?
Mana nke ah? b? maka nd? ?j?...

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Igbudu:
Drink before our forefathers shall drink,
Take this kola and eat before our mouths taste;
For we can't eat before you, it is an abomination.
Under your craving eyes shall hungry eyes be fed,
Heaven and earth shall pass...

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Ag?? (hunger)


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Ch??? ch??? ka ? na-atà n'af?
Nw?? nw?? ka ? na-am? n'?kp?kp?
Ag?? b? aha ya
? kp?? ?gan? ? za g?

Ag?? b? echete ebeme
O nwegh? nne, nke o ji enwe nna
O nwegh?kwa...

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He’s On To Their Scheme

By Elton Camp

The government is sending rays to his brain
Paul’s thoughts and secret desires to drain

To his every thought they’re turned in
Making a record of each and every sin

Into his eyes,...

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COME CLOSER TO ME
Trelos ya sena

COME CLOSER, LOVE YOU TRUE,
Ella Konda mou na sou po,
MAY I HUG YOU,
Na s’angalyaso an boro,
I DANCED WITH YOU LAST NIGHT,
Ma ze sou horepsa egthes,
FOR ME YOU SEEMED SO RIGHT,
Agapi...

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*I AM DONE*

Poor us;
Tools we became in the hands of fate.
Like winds fleeing the coast,
We deracinated our homes, families and cultures.
Indeed we were those who dared the agony of our ventures.
Na ga ma


For 365 days,...

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Ezigbo enyim nwoke bia ka anyi noro
Na ofu obi na ofu nhota ihe uwa a bu.
Ezigbo enyi nwoke bia ka enyi tinye 
Aka ru sia obodo anyi bu Nigeria.

Ezigbo enyi nwoke egbula m
Igbuo m gini...

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nnam, where's that tree
at the centre of the clan?
o, what happened to the people's iroko?
where're my people's hope?
the voice of my clan
the famous tongue that came
like the griot of my niger
and stood firm, astute, echoing
the...

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the famous age-grade mourns
those who pour libations
are now a mockery 
by the sides of my forests
the enemies has come out
with bows, arrows and spears
where are the warriors
who gave these forests life
the fire is out 
no...

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