Long Kano Poems

Who doesn't check on their Facebook timeline?
Even Mr. Been does

Everywhere its competition 
At least for me it is rarely true

Before i post i first weigh 
what others have got to say
 
That's why i think...

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A Nation, wearied, sapped traumatized.
This vast exotic land, fringed by lush emerald jungles 
A spark rising from the west, once looked upon by all,
A giant? 
No, faded glory. 
Vistas of burning star and torrential rivers...

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When u will be free we will meet sometime 
If not on land then somewhere in sky

Your hesitations and the way you tried
Your every movements dwell in my eyes 
All those nights all those talks...

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HE

he ripped out his flesh for her to come to life
she wears his scars,
he knows his wounds through her body language
she scratched her back on the walls of his soul for safe passage.
he is down...

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GENOCIDE: A NECESSARY EVIL

When the East caught fire
Deafened by the noise of their own sun
They said healing was natural
Because Ojukwu was their son
Bitter leaves spread over Umuahia
In numbers that could set the world ablaze

If you...

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The hush sound of the mountains 
Such an eloquence that thrills the mind. 
Beautiful landscape terrifies the drumstick;
Groits! 
D blizzard environment, a scene to flourish the hyenas 
D still waters, fogs sent!
Such blessing I dare...

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A Mitsubishi breezes out of the South at Seven,
The North storming at Eleven;
The driver’s continual worrying of gear five,
The tires of the machine ever roaring alive;
In pyramidal slights of screaming passengers
Now-turned doom-alerting messengers.


It’s a driver...

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Author: Okechukwu Iroegbu
Title: Let them hear...

Let them hear...
From the hills of Isuikwuato
My sleepy hilly land'e
From my new'est bride Uyo
To the ancient muds of Enugu
From Makurdi's Benue river beach
To those peaked crags of Jos
Let them hear...
As...

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If I'm to say, You knew me not 
But one of the models I can't do without 
Not just a contest, I have your bio to paste 
An anecdote of your fame in every state...

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BLOOD MORNING.

Writing from the vicinity of
Aluu,
My beautiful taboo.

Here is the hometown of Kalu,
My good friend who resides in
Kano.
Aluu, the popular city wearing
Jungle tattoos,

In this city, atrocity happens every
Afternoon
Innocent blood could be mistaken 
For cashews,
Vampires breathing...

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I want it too
Just as much as you do
The ability to live and dream dreams
Of one day rising above this hatred
Whose origin we know nothing about
Same way our fathers knew nothing about
But which they endeavored...

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