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CHANGE OR CHAINS? by Okeme Jerome Akpevwe

Okeme Jerome AkpevweApril 24, 2016August 21, 2017
What did you hear When they mounted the stage of yesterday To declare their promises on air? Was it change or chains? Maybe the lies of yesteryears Have deposited wax...
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WORD CHEF by Okeme Jerome Akpevwe

Okeme Jerome AkpevweApril 24, 2016August 21, 2017
I took it upon myself today to be a Word Chef. Yes! A Word Chef. So I took a bold walk into the Word bank And purchased the freshest of...
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LET ME BE YOUR ROMEO by Osoba Taiwo Peter

Okeme Jerome AkpevweAugust 3, 2015August 21, 2017
Let me be your Adam And you be your Eve Be my children madam And the serpent won't get you deceive(d) You are my love from divine Let me and...
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MOTHER AFRICA by Okeme Jerome Akpevwe

Okeme Jerome AkpevweMay 26, 2015August 21, 2017
How can I forget your love in a hurry? Your love firmer than the Ogbòmò With which you backed me when I was an Omòmò. You waited till my shaky...
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VALECTION: by Okeme Jerome Akpevwe

Okeme Jerome AkpevweMarch 25, 2015August 21, 2017
Will you sit back at home or make use of your Visa? Will you probably join them singing Rihanna’s “Under my Umbrella”? Will it be a time to groove with...
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AGONIES OF THE POOR: by Okeme Jerome Akpevwe

Okeme Jerome AkpevweMarch 10, 2015August 21, 2017
Feed us not with lies anymore For our stomach are filled with empty promises. Our protruded bellies are not evidence of good living But of imbalance diet. How long shall...
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NIGERIA, THE JOURNEY SO FAR: by Okeme Jerome Akpevwe

Okeme Jerome AkpevweMarch 6, 2015August 21, 2017
Here I come again wise one To sit at your feet And hear those tales about my country, My ears always itch to hear. Tell me how those Oyibos sailed...
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DEAR LORD: Okeme Jerome Akpevwe

Okeme Jerome AkpevweFebruary 23, 2015August 21, 2017
Your words I always pray to obey No matter how much they weigh Help me that I may not fall prey So I'll be brighter than the sun's ray. Lord!...
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WHO WILL RESCUE US: Okeme Jerome Akpevwe

Okeme Jerome AkpevweJanuary 10, 2015August 21, 2017
Who will find the key to this cage of ours? Or are we going to be prisoners for life? For our wings have gone numb. We know not if those...
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A PERFECT DAY

Okeme Jerome AkpevweAugust 12, 2014August 21, 2017
What a day my heart seeks to behold! When dusk shall welcome dawn With smile and a handshake And the dark cloud shall step aside in peace. Then rays of...

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