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<p>Mè é ónógbó òbiébi<br>
Òmègbé óvi é ásó.<br>
Èkwè gbè rèdè ewiè mè<br>
è unè érosé<br>
Kó ótó è riè.<br>
Àkpómè è èkakó ó ka kpènu<br>
Ò ka wiè bèdè bédé<br>
Ifìkídiè mè èmamómó èrósè<br>
Kúgbí údú mè<br>
á tání à kà día.</p>
<p><strong>*** Dialect: Urhobo</strong></p>
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<p>First Prize Winner, <a href="http://college.wrr.ng/poetry-competition-for-worldpoetryday-2016-win-airtime/" target="_blank">Poetry Competition for #WorldPoetryDay 2016</a></p>
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<p>Translation:<br>
BLACK CAT<br>
I am the black cat<br>
Ready to cry at night.<br>
The history behind my birth<br>
Is the song of the gods<br>
That only the gods understands.<br>
My life is a seed planted to grow<br>
To flourish and never die<br>
Because I am the eyes of the gods<br>
And my heart is where they have chosen to live.</p>
<figure id="attachment_19274" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-19274" style="width: 720px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://poetry.wrr.ng/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/%C3%93N%C3%93GB%C3%93-%C3%92BI%C3%89BI-by-Okoro-Yvonne.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-19274" src="http://poetry.wrr.ng/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/%C3%93N%C3%93GB%C3%93-%C3%92BI%C3%89BI-by-Okoro-Yvonne.jpg" alt="ÓNÓGBÓ ÒBIÉBI by Okoro Yvonne" width="720" height="471" loading="lazy"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-19274" class="wp-caption-text">ÓNÓGBÓ ÒBIÉBI by Okoro Yvonne</figcaption></figure>
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