Long Ife Poems

A poet of a thousand words
The pen garnished by the flame
Like a sea no desire knows
And love becomes the same
As poet to my love for thee
I confess between the lace
Of time and every sorrow made
I...

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Time is like a shadow bright
 It fades and never can requite
 A lip, a shade, a palest kiss 
The sorrow that my heart did wish
 Clasped upon the rose and chain
 When fate cannot...

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Many are the stars in the sky
You my love out shines them all.
Ajike, it's you that paints my heart's garden
It's your smile that gives life to it flowers.
Love flew on the wings of time
And it...

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Yspirfal across the sky
Awake now with a loving light
For I have summoned thee with song
And I have shaped thee to belong
In facets of eternal night
Where alor hath made the dim seem bright
Hyspirfael there beams a...

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Ah, that I were in the valley of vision
In the valley, yea, the desolate valley
Where there is sorrow like unto my sorrow
And the evening sand is gone over the sea

Oh, that I were in the...

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Ah, that I were in the valley of vision
In the valley, yea, the desolate valley
Where there is sorrow like unto my sorrow
And the evening sand is gone over the sea

Oh, that I were in the...

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Ife my love I dream that time
Should haunt or hesitate to be
A whisper exquisite till it requites
With love every rose upon the sea
Then memories wake each crimson blossom
Sometimes aspiring till when free
If my love on...

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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)


Izunna Okafor dere ab? a


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

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Sitting in the meadow green grass shimmering in the Sunlight
                     Jade green eyes Sparkle in...

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The Best Plan Ever


I’m never gonna leave you, I’m never gonna say goodbye,
Because today I had a thought and it changed my mind
And it changed my life
And it changed my mind
And it changed my liii-ife.


I’m...

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YOUNG AND OLD
 
Wisdom is the only entity that rules this sphere.
'Omode gbon, agba gbon lafi dale ife.'
The translation cascades from life's vault:
On the wisdom of both youths & adults,
The four-walls of ile-ife are founded.
To...

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Upheld by sublime testimony, verily unadulterated
Never to blend with filthy nuances of naughtiness
Asserting the Word from the supreme great Almighty…
Scripture stays pure along hallowed stature
Sanctified by the Lord Who remains sovereign
Affirming cleansing might of righteous...

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BROKEN ROAD LED ME TO IFE (LOVE)

She was the broken road 
that led me straight to you.

SHE:
Laurel Baltimore rave about this road
like a lullaby, country music or an ode;
Smooth-sailing, beautifully appealing,
Firmly charming, endowed & stunning;
Credibly...

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Intertwined two energies in love two souls exchanging acceptance of energies simultaneously in harmony~ foreverº changing the electromagneticº size of the heart receptive? to the :’frequency & modulation obverse same frequency..

?º???º:’??|?º:’SPIRTS:’?

Transmitted continuous-wave;  lower the...

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AWELEWA
(Beauty Lord)

Mojirola Amoke Orekelewa Omidan
Her beauty struck every creature
Like the camellic evergreen Flowering shrub.

Aponbepore Arewa Oleyinju Ege
Her allure utter chamomile of
Peace and pure love
Who then can deny not seeing her
When she majestically pass by?
Ajanaku koja...

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Abba, you are my light,
Body of my body,
Creator of the universe, who
Directs the earth in its orbit,
Effervescent incessant stars to dance
Fixed in the heavens. I
Glorify your name,
Hallelujah! Praise God.
I will walk in your truth
Jesus our...

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Moremi beautiful princess in Ile- Ife.
Moremi beauty is mightier than sword.
Queen of beauty, queen of brawn,queen of brawl.
Irresistable charm that eyes could not ignore.
The rich came for her but Moremi would not.
The royal too but...

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Behold! the captive noble moon
What strange romance finds imbued
Fanciful ornamental might
So unearthly in its light,
Behold, a gown of primrose sky
A hue more darkened by the night
Each hour weaves its colours bright
The gush of polished vesper-eyes
Yet...

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Ask me if I have seen an  Angel..
The once in the book of Bible..
The once in movies and stories..
The once in pictures and songs...
Ask me agan if I have seen  an angel..
My answer...

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Goodness flows from the Lord's mercy grants
Optimum but such never e n d s H I S  omnipotence 
Delighting r e c i p i e n t s for them to distribute
Life-building blessings...

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One of the most influential and inspiration people I’ve ever known
Unexpectedly had his life stolen from him at 2:00 a.m as a
Random drunk driver struck him as he sat on a residential street’s curb.

Fated to...

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Who is this Malaysian boy?
His style is dashing,
His eyes are beckoning.
He is the eastern boy from Nnewi,
With the hands that work all day,
Where poverty has no space.
He is the western boy from Ile-Ife,
With the reckoning...

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Ife my love a sea can wait 
Like a ghost bereft of love 
Then every sea that I have dreamed 
Still waits like lace upon the touch 
And every kiss that I have lost 
Another...

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Yes I am of the almighty Obafemi Awolowo University 
The alpha and omega of all other institutions
No argument about that fact!

I am of the almighty Obafemi Awolowo University 
Nobility runs in my blood 
And legitimate...

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Lately I have been kept up at night

Pondering over a fitting and just end

To lend this sorry take of woe

So here I go as nothing else I have got or know

Goodbye farewell to this life

And...

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