Arise Environmentalists Comrades of our rich forests Rulers of our precious wild resources Arise, the forest calls Pick your sword Let’s write a new song Perhaps the migrating birds Will stay to sing it in our children’s ears Let’s plant new trees For the wayfarer to rest Under it green branches At the close of… Continue reading WHAT WE MUST DO
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WHEN EARTH SPEAKS
I’ve seen it all came alive from the very first break of light and words Said this oak to his descendants borne from a single root I’ve seen the purest of hearts and the best from the race of men As his eyes grew dim and tired barks and withered leaves fall off I’ve floated… Continue reading WHEN EARTH SPEAKS
UNGRATEFUL
The sun heard my prayers It sends me its rays: A noon of a new era Corrupted before with many evil days The sky wept for my burning skin It sends me its droplets: The ground is muddy and new Its scenes so attractive – like a playlet
THE EARTH IS ANGRY WITH US
The volcanoes are on it again! Selling ‘hell’ on earth If we survive the rain the sea will come The land no longer has rights to their manure: naked harvest has widowed the soil and kept crops at bay Beyond the feet of men tired earth unseat us Our huts now settled on heaved ground… Continue reading THE EARTH IS ANGRY WITH US
WISER THAN SOLOMON
We are wise Wiser than Solomon So we cooked plenty lies To make it all look common First we plucked animals teeth Then we dug up steel Leaving weak the ground beneath We then turned to the trees Our ground is now without shelter Crusted, battered and weak Yet we continue to dig deeper Soon… Continue reading WISER THAN SOLOMON
(H)EART(H) OF DARKNESS
What a wonderful world! A beautiful composite of opposites: Behold nature in her beauty And man in his foolery Ravaging everywhere like a colossus; His heart, dangerously obnoxious Who can understand the pit? Heart of darkness! Earth of blessedness! What a wonderful world! Written by: Oladipo Gbenro Eyitayo Edited by: Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
SANDY SUICIDE
Man: Sand, Breath, Water. Earth: Sand, Air, Water. Sand Against Sand; Suicide! Doom, Assured. Written by: Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
STENCH IN THE NOSE OF GOD
The murder of mother earth; shedding of blood Is but a breathing stench in the nose of God! Man against man, no one knows another. Woman against woman, all is put asunder. Brother against sister, the cord is broken. The scion forgets that his breath is a token. The earth cries out, her voice rings… Continue reading STENCH IN THE NOSE OF GOD