Long Godwin Poems

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 to give the 2020 Valentine celebration a poetic taste...

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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

In Virgynë the swelt'ring sun grew keen,
Then hot upon the meadows...

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"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 

criminal as charged
electric in the body
the mind already risen
the observer now crucified
takes notes

passionately...

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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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Twas like every November before it, 
But this one came with an air of uncertainty,
For the drums of celebrations had halted in may.
When Owen celebrated his second birthday.

Fate was finally smiling at Evbareke
Those around her...

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Africana, a poem that details the pre - colonial, colonial and post -colonial Africa, her rich history, struggles and  unique cultural heritage in a picturesque execution.


Africa will Rise Up Tall,Bold, and rule the Earth...

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Godwin Adizue Ibeh 
(1937-2017)


Mr. Godwin Adizue Ibeh
Aged 79 years
Was and is 
My beloved, doting father
“Is” because he remains
Spiritually present 
Present 
In my memory
Present 
In pictures and mementos 
Present 
In my dreams, smiles and tears 
Present 
In my prayers and imagination
His spirit 
Hovers in the air
Above...

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In these Days, We prayed series...

The 7enth innatemeditation 


REASON




Brethren,

Do we believe that the same God,

Who has endowed us 

With sense, intellect and Reason

Has intended us to forgo their use?


Thus,

A wise man who tells another he's wiser 

Is...

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Created in the image of Òrisa and Olorun eleda
Visage brighter than Moremi's memories. 
Gifted the body of a voluptuous goddess,
For fear, Mortal men trembled at her sight; "the Oye".
Indeed she was moulded on Ojo àyeyè....

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In these days, we prayed -SERIES- 

"TELL FREEDOM" 

June 10, 2017

                        ...

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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 go into unrest*



At times
We tarry...

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The Man Who Always Says Tomorrow



''****

He was always busy,
Serious and hardworking
Just like you.
He will get married to the love of his life
Soon, just like you.
The man whose dreams scared people away.
Only a few knew him,...

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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 kids 
From my small village, 
Such rural scenery,...

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A billion dollar structure to worship
An invisible God.
Why there are a billion persons 
Who go to bed hungry.
This God in whose image we were all created
Did He create the Rich 
And then separated them from...

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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.

At 37 minutes après l'heure de 7.
In the market place 
Et les...

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'From A LIth Book Of Tales'



On Cultism...



'Dodorima, Abankrier, Obuogede, Awumen,Omi'


Shout and chants that derails youths of their Concentration and goals in life.
Community brought us all together 
But secret societies;
The blacks,blues,yellows,reds,greens.
Each having their own evil agenda,
Killing...

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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 stages 
We have Experienced
Thus far,
Buttress and assert...

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PEACE 







We make war 
That we may live in peace.


Show me who won't love to take 
good tidings home to their people, 
That they may sleep in Peace.

For those who are at war with others
Are...

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In these Days, We Prayed


April 12, 2013


ÉGHÉ (Time)




?






WÉGHÉ' 

With time

The barren becomes pregnant

With time

The pregnant woman becomes a mother

With time

the mother becomes a daughter

With time

The married woman becomes a widow

With time

The childless widow becomes an...

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DEDICATED TO MY FATHER, (R) COLONEL WILLIAM C. GODWIN / 1931 - 1998


My voice is weak, my hand falters
As I attempt to speak of my Father.
Each night sleep takes me, then truth awakes me –
My...

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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 heroes!"







We Are, 
Our Own Heroes
We've come this far;
gods in human form. 
We've...

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'Going going gone 
Says the ticking clock
For each breaking day draws 
A man closer to his end.'
The true essence of time
 ...

Efosa, his mother had named him at birth.
For against all odds, 
She too has...

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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 fisherman's most prize...

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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 this situation in the groin 

Mother says biko cherum
Be patient oh!
À perte de...

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Mother


*yoruba edition*


'Better lose the saddle than the horse'.
Every mother's voice echo these 7 words 
To her child, not just out of love, 
Not entirely for love but for joy.
The joy of motherhood. 

This life will...

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