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<p>How many more Wills will Habit deceive?<br>
Fettered and guillotined, souls rest in tears!<br>
How endless lost souls dreamily receive<br>
Death’s melody, not Admonition’s fears!</p>
<p>For Eve was a beauty— unsoiled, unharmed,<br>
Playing in the lawns of peaceful Eden.<br>
Adam danced with bears— unwary, unarmed.<br>
What stranger to pain! What icon of men!</p>
<p>And, of course, he came to put joy at stake,<br>
Slowly—ah, slowly; mindful of a rhyme.<br>
Uncoiling he came, advancing; a snake!<br>
Such firm furioso to reel off a rhyme!</p>
<p>Blissful Eve was stunned by such swift passion<br>
Gliding to her side, enchanting the air.<br>
Her virtue wound up as curios beckon<br>
So vulpine was he! He curtsied with flair!</p>
<p>“Come away from that bramble and sample<br>
This apple. Stop your pitiful ramble!<br>
Eat now and grow wise. Yes, solve this puzzle<br>
Of this tree you think habours death’s mantle.”</p>
<p>Death she plucked at once, savouring the juice<br>
And as if on cue, deep darkness broke loose.<br>
To Adam and Eve, the rhyme sold a bruise,<br>
And ever since then, it has been Death’s fuse.</p>
<p>You hammer of death, I know you no more.<br>
Your doom has been penned, your fate decided!<br>
The hourglass of charm flows for you no more.<br>
Judgment has been passed, its seal unguided!</p>
<p>Tu-woo! Tu-wii!! Tururu goes my flute!<br>
I invoke the wild in you my sweet Will.<br>
Go on! Thrash him! He came to kill and loot!<br>
To crush! To win! To rule – shall be our seal!!</p>
<p>Whatever our lot, our given measure,<br>
It’s a true saying, our ears we must lend,<br>
Life is a fierce war, a risky venture<br>
From its beginning to its very end.<br>
(This is an excerpt. The poem is 1000 lines altogether.)</p>
<p><strong>BIOGRAPHY</strong><br>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/jeff.unaegbu">Jeff Unaegbu</a> (born Elochukwu Jephthah Unaegbu on October 1, 1979) is a Nigerian writer, actor, artist and documentary film maker, the author of eight books.</p>
<p>Filmography<br>
*Saved by Sin, part 2 (2007)[29]<br>
*Saved by Sin, part 3 (2007)[30]<br>
*Zik of Africa- A Historical Reflection (2008/2010)[31]<br>
*Journalism (Flash Documentary) (2010)[32]</p>
<p>Short story collections<br>
This Mosquito in Your Net, (Nsukka: Global Publishers). (2010) ISBN 978-31647-4-0</p>
<p>Nonfiction<br>
*Freedom in Our Bones: THE HISTORY OF THE STUDENTS’ UNION GOVERNMENT, UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA (1960-2004), (Onitsha: Blue Publishers, 2007, 2008). (512 Pages) ISBN 978-35602-2-0.<br>
*The Origins of the NYSC, (Nsukka: Global Publishers, 2009). (90 Pages) ISBN 978-33254-4-2.<br>
*ALEXANDER O.E. ANIMALU: A Biography of the Distinguished Professor of Physics (Co-authored with Dr. Akpojotor, G.E.) (Abuja: Ucheakonam Foundation (Nig.) Ltd., 2008). (133 Pages) ISBN 978-049-891-5.<br>
*Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama African World Challenge: Arts and Science in the Reconstruction of the Consciousness of Africans in the 21st Century, A Dialogue of Western and African Worldviews, (Co-authored with Professors Animalu, A.O.E.; Umezinwa, W.A. and Achufusi, G.) (Enugu: Snaap Publishers, 2009). (102 Pages) ISBN 978-049-951-2.<br>
*The Youth and National Development in Nigeria (Co-edited with Otagburuagu, E.J. and Ohia, N.C. (Nsukka: Global Publishers/ Benak Ventures) (2010) ISBN 978-8060-35-8.<br>
Read full biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Unaegbu</p>
<p><strong>MESSAGE TO POETS:</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>Write poetry that could jump up and become music. That way, your poem would last a hundred lives and more….</p></blockquote>
<p>“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” is remembered today, after over a hundred years, while theory books written back then have gathered dust in solemn libraries….</p>
<p>Be real. Thanks</p>
 
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