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Omo Poems - Poems about Omo

Premium Member Spoken Word Poetry: Jazzed Up Afrobeat
...Spoken Word Poetry: Jazzed Up Afrobeat Without jazz, Life would be a mistake— A symphony of silence, an empty canvas, where melodies fade and dreams escape/ But then, oh! We jazz it up, Afrobeats......

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Categories: omo, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word
Wonderland
... A country in Africa's kaleidoscope of culture, Unique and blessed, with natural and human riches to nurture. Roles blur, names defy convention's might, Husbands are "Baby," sons are "Daddy," in ......

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Categories: omo, abortion, africa, allegory, emotions,
Form: Ballad



Premium Member Fear of Missing Out - FOMO
...can’t seem to shut it down no strength to stay away when I try hard to back down fear of missing out holds sway FOMO, FOMO, FOMO keeps driving me insane try to minimize its hold by playing s......

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Categories: omo, anxiety, fear, psychological, social,
Form: Rhyme
OLUPONNA; MY LAND AND TERRAIN
...OLUPONNA: MY LAND AND TERRAIN. Oh my mother land; wealthy in soil To my grip held so highten; not soiled So cultured and nurtured in legendary To a land whose worth is never lost in form Wi......

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Categories: omo, africa, confidence, emotions,
Form: Free verse
Black Is Gold
...Black is Gold Makinde Adebayo Adeniyi Speak your culture Wear your language Profess your art Own your shadow Love the man in the mirror Don't change a thing Black is gold I am ......

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Categories: omo, africa, courage, culture, deep,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member No Anchor For Rancour
... "Learn to consider the source ... of rancour and ignore. All tantrums don't require your reaction." Quote by _Ibadidran Omo Akinde I have spent my......

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Categories: omo, bullying, courage, hate,
Form: Narrative
Beautiful Childhood
...You won't und'stand if you d'nt experience it, My fatherland is where I cut my poetry teeth. 'Tis also the place where I had a splendid childhood, Naija- where we cruise our tyres around the hood;......

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Categories: omo, childhood,
Form: Rhyme
Ojulopesi
...Ènìyàn n'sáré àtilà sùgbón, kìràkìtà ò dolà. Omo adáríhurun n'sebí elédùà sùgbón, Oba òkè dáké. Mákànjúolá òré èmi. Ohun tí ò tó léèní yoo sékù lóla. Ojúlópésí, ìyókù d'owó adániwáyé. Sa ipá......

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Categories: omo, africa, destiny, poems,
Form: Haiku
Drunk In Self
...Duet between Omodele Oluwabunmi and Wems Henry Temmy speaks... cautiously OmO Mother, I forget not thy words When I was a score and half a dozen “My daughter, let your heart hold my teaching "......

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Categories: omo, abuse, africa, age, art,
Form: Rhyme
African Woman
...AFRICAN WOMAN Who are you, African woman? What’s your identity? What do you stand for?? Black is beauty they say but the beauty lies in our core values and virtues. Look at the African child......

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Categories: omo, africa, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Yemiitan
...YÉMIÍTÀN If you would stay do stay Please tease me no longer My body, no more can bear But my heart, yet still craves My womb you make hollow My hopes many times dashed How can you be so hea......

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Categories: omo, africa, bereavement, death, mother,
Form: Free verse
Kwarapshen - Corruption
...A Poem in Pidgin English Me, ma na SARS I sabi drop bars My gun ready to blast Any youth wey dey drive cars If tattoos na your singlet We go treat you like piglet If you no gree cooperate O......

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Categories: omo, anger, betrayal, black love,
Form: Rhyme
Youth Afflictions
...Black men's with their troubles again Mental turn black, no too dey reason again White eyes turn wine, no dey see again Criminals Edition who's making the scene again So terrifying! Innocents b......

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Categories: omo, 1st grade, africa, youth,
Form: Rhyme
Letter To Mama
...*LETTER TO MAMA* Iye omo to r'ewa Iya ni iya mi owon I know you wonder if your prayers don't ascend to heavens You keep asking if the promises won't come true You're beginning to doubt the ......

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Categories: omo, home, journey, missing you,
Form: Free verse
Once Upon a Forgotten Kingdom
...Once upon a time in Erin land, the sun smiled on the people the rains communed peacefully with thunderstorms Erin flowed with palm wine and palm oil, And her children drank to their fill Oba......

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Categories: omo, africa, brother, bullying, forgiveness,
Form: Didactic

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