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Book - the Bluebird and the Sparrow By Janette Oke

two sisters' journeys sculpted by the choices they made


July 18, 2023.

Poetry Soup

Poetry soup is a destination so many choose to navigate 
Only the ones that love poetry are prone to walk its plank 
Each member is a stand alone member with many limbs attached 
Truth be told they are the embodiment of poetry when they write  
Regardless of age creed or sex, poetry soup is a welcome site  
Yoke it to your heart and join its mission of patriotic poetry 

Soup is something hot you drink to keep warm, its true in both  
Oh what a blessing it is to belong to a family of poets that love to  
Umbrellas are items of great valor, they shelter us from rain   
Poetry soup true its name shelters us under one beautiful umbrella too.

Fathers Day

Father, I'd hear your whispered voice, "Let's go fishing?"
Away, we'd go, always on sunny pleasant days.
Together, you and I, hiked down through
Heavy tall green sedge and rapid flapping of wings.
Early morning towards the pl-ashy
Riverbank, on a cloud of silence. There was no
Such thing as time, when waiting for fish to take the bait.

Dad, the sun rose and went down
As you gave us strength. You were and are the
Yoke of love that always keeps us together.

5/12/2021

Poetry Contest: A TRIBUTE TO FATHERS 
Sponsored by: L MILTON HANKINS

Dike Alaa - For Chukwuemeka Ike

Dike Alaa Mm?? (Maka Chukwuemeka Ike)


Izunna Okafor dere ab? a

Gém gém gém gém!
Dùm dùm dùm dùm
Tìkó tìkó tìkó tìkó
Gbám gbám dùm dùm.

Ùgbòrò ab?? ka òkù na-akp? dike
? kp?? ya na nd?, ? kp?? ya n'?nw?
Ihe emegh? n'ízù, o mee n'?nwa
Maka na isi gbàá ah?, chaa áw?,
Nwa onye ?wa ga-azar?r? chi ya òkù.

?z? t?? n'ili dike
?ha mm?? na ?ha mmad? an? ísì ozu ya
Maka na ? na-ab? ekwe k??
Àmà agbaa.

? b? g?n? na-af???
Oke mmiri àtáálá n'udummiri
Ihe mèrè na Nd?keli?nw?
Oke mmad? ebuláálá akw?kw?

Gìdì gìdì gìdì
Kotìko dùm dùm dùm
Cha?! íbo èzéé n'obí ézè
Ebubedike alaa mm??

G?n? ka a na-ekwubèd? ihe a?
Chukwuemeka Ike àpàchiela anya
Eze Ndikeli?nw? ejebego obodo af?dobe
Izùtè nd? mb? na nd? ègèdè n'?hà mm??.

Ihe emee n'obi eze
? na-ab? ézè az? kakp??
? si òsìmìrì l?ta
Onye ije alakwúrú chi ya.

Chukwuemeka b? dike ?b?r? nk?
?kaibe n'?h?a edemede
?kamm?ta nwere ùgwù
Cha?! eze obi umeala alakpuo ?ra.

Ihe ala rìrì àkár?á
Ya d?ba, maka na ?wa a b? ah?a
Onye z?cha nke ya, ? laba
Chukwuemeka Ike lad? mma.

Kókó kókó tìkó tìkó
Dùm dùm kótì
Eze, ka mkp?r? obi g? zùru ike udo
?b?ch? nkw? ka any? z?k?? ?z? n'?hà mm??
Onye ije lad? mma.

Noble Commitment

R-ightfully
U-se
D-ivine
Y-oke

A-nd
S-imply
U-tilize
N-oble
C-ommitment
I-n
O-bligation's
N-ame

Topic: Birthday of Rudy F. Asuncion (July 18) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

Righteous Yoke

M-eekly
A-ccept
R-ighteous
Y-oke

G-iven
R-ightfully
A-nd
C-ourageously
E-mploy

D-evotion's
E-ndless
L-ove
A-s

C-hosen
R-ole
U-ses
Z-ealousness

Topic: Birthday of Mary Grace G. Dela Cruz (April 17) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

Joke and Rib

J-est
A-bate
S-ad
M-oment
E-ndorsing
R-apturous

F-eeling
A-s
J-oke
A-nd
R-ib
D-on't
O-ffend

Topic: Birthday of Jasmer Fajardo (February 23) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

Noble Yoke

L-et
E-very
N-oble
Y-oke

V-erily
I-nclude
L-aborious
L-oad
A-nd
N-icely
U-se
E-ach
V-aluable
A-ctivity

Topic: Birthday of Leny M. Villanueva (February 18) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

Divine Yoke

L-earn
A-bout
D-ivine
Y-oke
L-etting
Y-our
H-eavy

V-olume
I-n
L-ife
L-eave
E-very
N-egative
A-spect

Topic: Birthday of Ladylyh Villena (November 19) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

Primary Duty

N-eglect not your primary duty, 
A-s it's no frill like leaves of oak; 
N-ever abandon your function, 
C-ompletely fulfill your 
Y-oke. 

V-ery nice to do the primary duty 
I-n life underneath the sun; 
C-omply with your solemn task, 
E-ven though convenience is gone. 
N-ow is the proper time 
T-o please the Lord God Almighty; 
E-arly Tuesday sixth of March, worship is your primary duty.

Jest of Joke

J-est
O-f
Y-our

J-oke
O-ffers
H-appiness
N-ever
S-peaking
O-f
N-othingness

Topic: Poetess (Joy Johnson) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic

A Stroke

I had a stroke
And that's not oke
'Cause I can't rhyme
Line for line
And I can't spell....well
I lost my specs
Where the heck
Are they now....wow!
So far my new poem rhymes!

Doctor Said

An apple every day, he said to me.
Berries too, for your recovery.

Can I have just one small slice of pie?

Doctor nearly glared into my eye!
Even nuts and cheese you must not eat.

For Heaven's Sake, Doctor,  I need a treat!

Good food should not be processed, white or fried.

How about some egg whites on the side?
(I was being snide because it's no
Joke that yolk is always good to go!)

Knowing I should lay off yummy things
Like burgers, chocolate, and pizza brings
Me such great angst! Everybody knows
No vegetables compare to fried potatoes!

On Thanksgiving, I will do some cheating.
Popcorn (hot-air popped)  I will be eating!

Sept. 10, 2016 For the Alphabet Soup PoetryContest of Kim Merryman

I Will Come To You :Letter To My In Law

BEFORE the day gives room for the reign of the
night
Before the loudest silence conquers the stillness
of the bustling day
Before the active eyes of the Hawk hide behind
the tired lids
I want to say
I will come to you like omo-gidi in Aso-oke,
gliding in pompous fashion against the walk of
the wind
I will come to you with a neck and wrist
decorated with the proud beads of our land
I will come to you like Omoluwabi
who cherishes the values of the land
and pledges to uphold them even afterlife
I will come to pluck my favourite flower in your
garden
with my chest against your ground;
a way that pleases the unseen faces of our
ancestors
I will come with my ebi ati ara(family and friends)
to pick that day your name would be replaced
with mine.

Oiroegbu Halls

:: Oke Iroegbu's Halls' ::

I want to be a sword
Give me a brass-smith
Mold me please... Mold me

I want to be a fish
Freedom of those depths
In the last frontiers of the Earth

I want to be a fruit
Come taste my puddings
Just bring a spoon- no bowel

I want to be a pen
Drawin pictures that lives in my mind
Creatin stories of Oiroegbu Halls

I want to be yur ...
Pulling yur hair all day
Waitin for yu to wake up in the mornins

I really want to be a story
In like the Arabian nights
Of bravery and of determination

I want to be a nutmeg
Makin yu cough all day*lol*
Laughin at yur red face*tongue*

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