THE BEAUTIFUL MONSTER CALLED LOVE You are the mystery unknown Fiercer than the blazing sun Tender as the morning dew Sustaining the undying ...
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Thursday, 21 May 2020
Thursday, 14 June 2018
FOR SCARREDPOET ON HIS BIRTHDAY
June 14, 2018
*FOR SCARREDPOET ON HIS BIRTHDAY* Let us break kola over these kegs of palm wine Let the dancers prod the Arena with their magical ...
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Your Will Alone be Done
July 19, 2017
Sometimes unanswered prayers are God's greatest gifts. If all our prayers are answered, we may end up missing God's plan for our liv...
Your Will Alone be Done
July 19, 2017
Sometimes unanswered prayers are God's greatest gifts. If all our prayers are answered, we may end up missing God's plan for our liv...
Friday, 14 July 2017
Idylls of Love__Part 10 (The Lingering Scent of Fakindi War)
July 14, 2017
The Lingering Scent of Fakindi War "During the days of Akimba Things were different Boys travel down to the sacred groove to become men...
Thursday, 13 July 2017
Idylls of Love___Part 9: (This is Destiny)
July 13, 2017
This is Destiny When it was three days Before Sosa festival Bambili invited me to his room He sat on his old wooden bed The one his own fath...
Thursday, 6 July 2017
Idylls of Love ____Part 4 (Has Time Done this Injustice?)
July 06, 2017
Idylls of Love ___Part 4 (Has Time done this Injustice?) "I've heard too many weird stories About the yonder cities Furnished in th...
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
Idylls of Love ____Part 3 (Long Way from Home)
July 05, 2017
Idylls of Love ___Part 3 (Long Road from Home) My gaze went from your watery eyes To the green grass upon which we stood I Could almost hear...
Tuesday, 4 July 2017
Idylls of Love ___Part Two (The Last Tryst?
July 04, 2017
Idylls of Love ___Part Two (The Last Tryst ) Could it be love That placed your face everywhere I turned? Could it be love That planted your...
Saturday, 17 June 2017
Attaining Christian Maturity
June 17, 2017
Now if I ask you, what conditions must be in place for a suckling or baby to become a full grown man, you won't think twice before you ...
Thursday, 15 June 2017
THE SOCIO-POLITICAL RELEVANCE OF NIGERIAN MUSIC: A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SONGS OF ALEXANDER AJIFOLAJI (9ICE), BUKOLA ELEMIDE (ASA) AND BISADE OLOGUNDE (LAGBAJA)
June 15, 2017
THE SOCIO-POLITICAL RELEVANCE OF NIGERIAN MUSIC: A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SONGS OF ALEXANDER AJIFOLAJI (9ICE), BUKOLA ELEMIDE (ASA) A...
Friday, 28 April 2017
Little Evelyn
April 28, 2017
Little Evelyn Little Evelyn Chuckling when no joke is made Dragging everyone's thumbs to the mouth Your mother just said You are le...
Saturday, 22 April 2017
Rain from the Cloudless Sky
April 22, 2017
Rain from the Cloudless Sky When on the tempestuous sea of life The ship of your soul sails When the only path upon which you tread Lead...
Friday, 21 April 2017
Orekelewa
April 21, 2017
Orekelewa! The beautiful angel With dazzling eyes like the stars Her hair black, full and fresh Stretch down the horizon of her shoulder...
Sunday, 16 April 2017
To a Young Child
April 16, 2017
To a Young Child Life had taken us this far From the comfort of the cradle To the glades of conflicts Our eyes had seen The te...
A Poet is Who I Am
April 16, 2017
A Poet is Who I Am I've been taught to pronounce my name And that will I do without any shame I've been given minstrel'...
Joy Keeps Changing Apparels in this World
April 16, 2017
The wind blows bellow my hind The rain smoulders my pains The leafs of depression are still green Fertiled by the rivers of bleakne...
I Am a Dreamer Too
April 16, 2017
I Am a Dreamer Too The heat of the morning sun Devours my flesh As hot perspiration boils out of its furrows It's been a long b...
Winks of Life
April 16, 2017
Winks of Life Times are when life winks And changes garment at will Turning on one side Brings bliss and peace Flaunting the other side...
Unwanted Visitor
April 16, 2017
You the quiet messenger The custodian of the final gate of life A friend called enemy A brother called bastard The carrier of life-t...
These Starry Stairs
April 16, 2017
These Starry Stairs Upon these starry stairs The blood of giants were spilled The bones of heroes were broken The carcasses of gr...
Sunday, 9 April 2017
When to Know a True Friend
April 09, 2017
The burdens of this world Are not for just one shoulder to carry The worries of this life Are not for one heart to bear The tears of...
Big Girls and Fake Lifestyle
April 09, 2017
You be Queen Zidreth for city But your real name na Sidi for village You carry leg enter jeans like giraffe shoulder high like say ...
We May Hide Behind the Walls of Lies
April 09, 2017
Our shores are stained with the blood Of too many innocent people Our history is written with the tears of bullied souls Too many peop...
What is It You are Thinking?
April 09, 2017
What is it you are thinking my friend? Is it endless like the blue sky above Or deeper than the bed of the sea Or darker than the fou...
Monday, 3 April 2017
You Can't Run from Me
April 03, 2017
I am the shadow of destiny That beckons in silence From the dark woods of the twilight I am the terror of traitors The conflicts in ...
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Will You Dance to this Rhythms of Love
March 29, 2017
In my heart I feel the stampings of dancing feet I hear the boomings of joyful drums A song is perching on the lines of my soul With...
Upon My Head the Sun Has Fallen
March 29, 2017
These holes you see in my shirts Are not the signs of poverty But the marks of survival The scares you see on my back Are not the em...
Don't Call Me Your Brother
March 29, 2017
Please Mr man Do not call me your brother I know how many children my mama has Do not call me your friend Can dogs and tigers share ...
Tuesday, 28 March 2017
If She Says NO!!!
March 28, 2017
If you ask her out Please do not shout For they like it when you lie I really do not know why Liars do not scream But just whispe...
Friday, 24 March 2017
One Thing the Rich Man Lacks
March 24, 2017
You sleep on expensive beds In air-conditioned rooms Yet you complain of terrible nightmares But I spread my mats on the open grass ...
Are We Not Victims Too?
March 24, 2017
From this beautiful land Our fatherland They were taken away in chains Across the Atlantic into strange lands Some drown in the sea...
Lust and Beauty
March 24, 2017
You twist like a serpent and smile like a goddess Each swing of your waist Is a heavy throb in my heart The way you call my name Ma...
Will You Marry Me?
March 24, 2017
Will you marry me? If I had no food in my plates No clothes on my hanger No money in my pocket No cars in my compound But only a si...
Saturday, 18 March 2017
To My Fair Lady
March 18, 2017
May be I've not taken time to know you And I'm not certain of your name But each and every time my fair lady You take my kindn...
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Do Not Call Me A Village Boy
March 14, 2017
Do Not Call Me a Village Boy What's this uncooked junks you call salad? What's this worms you called noodles? I prostrated to g...
Who Will Be the Next King?
March 14, 2017
While it may be possible to demystify this poem along any thematic line...it is my intention to address the confusion that ransacks social ...
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
Cat in Mousetown
March 08, 2017
You denizens of mousetown How come you were so fooled To make the cat you king!!! What on earth has a rogue to offer Has he pro...
Angel of Death
March 08, 2017
O great visitor The messenger of yonder realm The threat of mankind across the ages The fear of humanity in all centuries No iron ...
Sleep of Death
March 08, 2017
I know of a slumber From which no one will ever wake For men of bygone days Still lie on their rusty beds Snoring throughout eternit...
I Have Found My Future Wife
March 08, 2017
Glory glory glory!!! I have found my future wife A woman of beauty and grace The personification of everything wonderful The embodim...
Why I Can't be God
March 08, 2017
As I woke up this morning I discovered I could read other people's minds A woman greeted me with a big smile But in her heart s...
I Deserve to be in Jail
March 08, 2017
I am a proud criminal The greatest thief of any century The biggest swindler of all generations I deceived them to trust me I sho...
Someone is Thinking About Me
March 08, 2017
Someone is thinking of me Somewhere far away I can hear you screaming my name My thoughts floods the flow of your blood You just ca...
Saturday, 25 February 2017
The Three Nuts in the Calabash of Knowledge
February 25, 2017
O sons of Africa Daughters of my mother land You whose blood are still hot Whose bones are strong Hear the wisdom of old Written...
I Will Never Fall in Love Again
February 25, 2017
I Never Fall in Love Again I am that flower of innocence That blossoms in the dawn of silent mornings I am the beautiful rose Wi...
Sunday, 19 February 2017
It was just....
February 19, 2017
This beautiful girl Sitting on the river slump Looking into the water As if to find a buried treasure. I see innocence on your face Bu...
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Should a Christian be a Billionaire
February 15, 2017
Do not love the world or the things in the world, anyone who loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 1 John 2: 15 Ho...
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