Spoken Word Poetry by Obi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAfwjnPGDkU Spoken Word Poetry performance by Obi at Word Up Volume 2, Lagos, Nigeria
LYING TRUTH
[caption id="attachment_9529" align="aligncenter" width="347"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [LYING TRUTH][/caption]Making fictional fiction Handling the hand without a handle Gossip, our disgrace of truth We are so special Our absent minded self Is so...
UNTITLED
[caption id="attachment_11746" align="aligncenter" width="345"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [UNTITLED][/caption]My eyes are open but i still feel blind my mind's in the oven baking thoughts of different kind am stuck in the middle blocked...
WONDERING
[caption id="attachment_11747" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [WONDERING][/caption]I wonder Shouldn't you ponder? Think, wake up from your slumber Why don't humans understand when birds chatter? Oh! I wonder I wonder Why do...
YOU ARE
[caption id="attachment_11748" align="aligncenter" width="336"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [YOU ARE][/caption]You're like glass among plank windows You stay gleaming in my eyes Soft and shimmering, Wild and free You open for light like bible...
IMMINENT SENTIMENTS
[caption id="attachment_11751" align="aligncenter" width="340"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [IMMINENT SENTIMENTS][/caption]As fishes wriggling The entirety of their slippery bodies In vast oceans, lost in the glory of waters, Instincts meander their way through to...
THE REASON
[caption id="attachment_11752" align="aligncenter" width="316"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [THE REASON][/caption]Your social life will steadily grind to a halt No more outings, no more clubbing No more constant sitting out with the gang You...
LETS HAVE IT SHINING
[caption id="attachment_11753" align="aligncenter" width="363"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [LETS HAVE IT SHINING][/caption]Lets have it shining, between our breast The enviable lamp of endless friendship That many seek out to steal, In the flowing...
KATAKATA (ii)
[caption id="attachment_11755" align="aligncenter" width="313"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [KATAKATA][/caption]Behold desolate parishes Survivors of quarrying quests If the bell tolls for vespers Who shall seek to congregate, Where to worship is to die? Written...
LIES
[caption id="attachment_11757" align="aligncenter" width="290"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [LIES][/caption]Today, we gather at the village square To witness the funeral Of our yet living throne-men. They have all kissed us With their turtle lips...