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‘Boom!’
Deeper and deeper We sink Into the bottomless pit Crimson tears The reign of fear While the ‘big man’ Sits Drinks Sips …And winks. ‘Nottin’ dey ‘happ’n!’ Design? Game plan? Subterfuge? Delude? Deluge Of violence No sense Evil always Begets Evil. Truth is painful Slow Bitter Truth always Wins In the winter. c.fmwongi11114.
We Hail Thee
October 30, 2014
The ghosts of our stymied nationhood Beat hasty retreat into echoing chambers of heritage Prospects of a pleasant after life experience repulsed Subliminal honour of celestial acceptance rebuffed Saints and prophets denied the just reward of service so deep Rebels and heroes frustrated by the lack of sleep Ignored by the divine arbiters of Peter’s […]
Eyes Wide Shut
October 27, 2014
The art of soul is more than artifice Buried beneath the layer of religion A hijab wrapped around their faces Hidden agendas Veiled intentions Moral sanctions This shimmy sham of illusion But the mind can see the delusion Our eyes have learned to talk But they speak in silence A raucous babble in mobile minds […]
I am Tired
February 2, 2012
I am tired Nothing inspires All around is dire Soon I shall retire They quench our fire With greedy desire Nothing to admire Them shameless liars Status acquired In borrowed attires Pretend criers Night time fliers From whence the ceasefire To save us from these mad squires? None aspires Nothing transpires Stoke the burning pyres! […]
The Last President
December 28, 2011
The Last President Boy from the delta Birthed in the belly of the the Niger When folk tales retold The fables of old Of Whitey’s surrender And the triumvirate agenda Three blind mice And then the cats were born Strange cats with long knives These were not part of the tales That grandpa retold by […]
One Chance
August 23, 2011
Sports City looks beautiful tonight A little small London A fickle Mardi Gras The African Brasilia Have you seen its lights? Shitta redux Forty-seventh heaven From Ojuelegba To the Love garden Shayo twenty-four-seven! Ode to Surulere From Balewa’s Square To Tafawa’s Crescent Melancholy in betwixt A palaver of dreams Night birds in flight On four-inch […]
No Justice
August 23, 2011
Shoe size no matter Unless your name be Papillo Size nine, size fourteen Na cobbler get wahala Person wey hold gavel get power Fit be judge, fit be jury You fit be innocent You fit be guilty Sha, dis one pass me As man take him own hand do silly Error just dey jam calamity […]
Poem: Silhouettes
February 19, 2011
We came alone Abandoned souls In solo Cadenza improvisio This place was limbo We felt the emptiness The despondence A nocturne of silence An envelope of darkness Numbness Echoes of nothingness The stillness vibrated Drilling redemption Deep within the inertia Were we here to pay For sins uncommitted? Are we repentant Of crimes unremitted? The […]
Poem: From Ibara To Itoku
February 19, 2011
Olu Omo had dignity. Pride was his attribute. Nothing remains sane forever. Grand Ayekoto in Ceaser’s robes Olusegun was his Augustus The dark side of change It’s constant is a virus This so-called new breed. New seed of a bastard son? Tick-tock insanity. Alien illiteracy. A far battle cry From Oke Ilewo to Itoku. We […]
Poem: Wake Up!
February 19, 2011
Great art comes From the extremes Of emotional experience We force ourselves To channel Our passionate depths As we master the art We become the masters of the art Reflecting the defining moments Of our lives First person narratives Me Myself I Nothing you have heard Before Prepares For what lays ahead The beautiful moments […]
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November 1, 2014
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