Ogun Ijaye le pupo! Oro o’wo mohn ko pada s’eyin, Iya re nke lo bi ewure Baba re nke lo bi igala Oro o’wo mohn, pada s’eyin. Corpses’ hymns, dated worships from heaven, Perchance from it closest neighbour, house of fire Corpses’ hymns, lo, echoe to the ears, deaf could hear, Dumb tongues hymn along,… Continue reading KURUNMI (an epic) by Ololade Akinlabi
Author: Ololade Akinlabi
MOREMI AJASORO by Ololade Akinlabi
Taking thoughts backward, Reminiscences of ancients; They are lost in memories Pieces left are hymns in holy papers Perhaps, discos are the better dance steps. Taking thoughts backward, Ancient archives plied through wind Whirling wind, in my memory they lodge, Descedants of living sculptures we are We are, offsprings of a heroine; MOREMI AJASORO. Night… Continue reading MOREMI AJASORO by Ololade Akinlabi
DEATH by Ololade Akinlabi
We need not to write your stories in pen cause in your hands lie the ink to terminate life No one sees the end of your story Who dares to? The invisible visible spirit Farther-nearer to the breathing being The supreme god of impromptu Powerful than a nap Giving eyes an eternal dictatorial order to… Continue reading DEATH by Ololade Akinlabi
OSU by Ololade Akinlabi
Daughter of Osu, Our father is a prudent squanderer, Spends today prior tomorrow surfaces, ‘Tomorrow shall hold another blessing;’ Hitherto, tomorrow comes with barrenness. And the calabash was bountifully emptied, When rain rained yesterday; As it rained so baba swallowed. Hence, our throats nurtured deserts, Very thirsty, our eyes sang song of tears. Hence, Daina… Continue reading OSU by Ololade Akinlabi
1967 by Ololade Akinlabi
(About Nigeria civil war and it consequences) Yesterday was lost along our memorial path, It was the day we lost without defeat; We killed our sons as roasted chickens, They were bitterly sweet along the oesophagus. Today, we croaked our throats to vomit poisons, Poisonus poisons in yesterday’s meal. For we have forgotten not to… Continue reading 1967 by Ololade Akinlabi
ÀBÌKÉ by Ololade Akinlabi
Do you remember That day… When darkness spoke into the atmosphere As silence whispered out your name into my heart Abike, that memory lingers Even as life unfolds its melancholy As this thing call life swallows my breath everyday And that tick-tack count my stay Abike, I will choose to conceal in your fragility heart An… Continue reading ÀBÌKÉ by Ololade Akinlabi
MISSING SIGHT by Ololade Akinlabi
Suddenly we lost our sights Our light now our night All day long darkness is what we can see Our children are no longer imageries in our retina To exile darkness has sent them In melancholy we dwell yet we can’t cry In the hands of helping hands our direction lies Be it consistent inconsistent… Continue reading MISSING SIGHT by Ololade Akinlabi
ÀWÈRÓ by Ololade Akinlabi
Awero, night before yesterday night Behind the bricks when all eyes Had lost there consciousness And that always smiling spherical shaped thing call the moon splashed light on you Acceleration takes over my blood circulation Deep down my retina, your imagery wallow……. Awero, a night before today’s Right their in your presence Boldness departed my… Continue reading ÀWÈRÓ by Ololade Akinlabi
IFUNAYA by Ololade Akinlabi
Show me the path to your heart There, in it I will keep my trust Journey to your maiden Paradise An eternal reminiscence that lingers….. Even long after my eyes Are shut by the inevitable Spirit called death…. Grip me closer……. More closer, preventing the Evening breeze from penetrating Alien lust to our love…. We have… Continue reading IFUNAYA by Ololade Akinlabi
AFRIKA THE SLEEPING GIANT by Ololade Akinlabi
Far from home….. Beyond the sea is where we reside Where shivering usher out Our glowing teeth not to smile But to beckon to the frigid weather Our complexion is seldom Negroes is what they call us Yet pride bestows in our skin Far away from home…….. That evening granny folktales Lie in pieces of… Continue reading AFRIKA THE SLEEPING GIANT by Ololade Akinlabi