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Okada Poems - Poems about Okada


Campfire Songs: A Journey into Freedom
...The dawn broke with a promise of freedom, As we arose, our hearts afire with joy; Oh hoo! The day we'd long anticipated is a mere few hours away, From the confines of the camp, we'd soon break fre......

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Categories: okada, encouraging, feelings, together,
Form: Other
Premium Member I was born there
...pleton, Where the brightest are critics and cadres prevents the ambitious I live there, Where certificate is a document to escape, Lawyers now charge and bail for survival, Doctors protesting like urchins Poets selling cosmetics, bankers riding "Okada", Amongst drug peddlers, Amongst cultist, Where clergymen induce the gullible, In this cage we call country. I was born there.......

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Categories: okada, africa, allegory, allusion, corruption,
Form: Free verse



At the Polls
...I didn’t see Alhaji Sule, the big contractor Though he is a sponsor with a huge stake in government. I didn’t see Chief Ade the financial banker Though he is well-versed on political palavers. I ......

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Categories: okada, africa, betrayal, humanity, irony,
Form: Free verse

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