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Ogoni Poems - Poems about Ogoni

Ogoni Poems - Examples of all types of poems about ogoni to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets of PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous examples for ogoni.

Saro-Wiwa
...My tears run from the coastline To the Atlantic My grief is fueled By the flare of oil wells My hope is dashed By the disaster of oil spills And my only voice of justice Is hanged with......Read the rest...
Categories: ogoni, cry, death, freedom, political,
Form: Free verse



Environmental Pollution
...The release of the naked sword of marine oil spills From the window and door of offshore platforms drilling rigs, From the arena of natural oil sips to execute our living meals. Petroleum hydro......Read the rest...
Categories: ogoni, africa, earth, environment, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
When Curse Flows
...WHEN CURSE FLOWS Oil! cursed prosperity That tar of riches Glitters but not gold A curse no the Niger Ogoni Land A blessing to the Arabiyya But they fight for it Killings us for it ......Read the rest...
Categories: ogoni, angst, mystery, philosophy, sympathy,
Form: Blank verse
Ogoni Land.
...A once lush vineyard, now battered, shattered, and scattered. Her solemn-looking trees, and slumbering silence, seem knocking, at the keeper`s grave.......Read the rest...
Categories: ogoni, depression
Form: ABC
Abacha
...your voice broke through the hanging and dirty clouds of verdict’83, marching on your smoking boots you led the parade of khaki vultures to scavenge on the chest of our motherland you tilted yo......Read the rest...
Categories: ogoni, introspection, nostalgia, time, voice,
Form: Didactic




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