LOVE?! (for Gerri)
[caption id="attachment_1625" align="aligncenter" width="234"] Love?![/caption] Is this love? Wanting What is taunting; Hoping For what is eloping; Facing What is effacing; Seeking What may sicken? I do not know. Still,...
WINKING IN THE DARK (of life and politics)
[caption id="attachment_1621" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Winking In The Dark[/caption] I. Blinded by their greed, They plundered their land Until it became smelly debris…! Loud echoes resound from a long dead present,...
RICH GIRL, POOR BOY (loving against the world)
[caption id="attachment_1616" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Rich Boy, Poor Girl[/caption] Come, my love, my nighttime soul mate. I will wait for you in the darkened places, Where prying eyes suffer blindness, Where...
THE NOTE ‘MI’ (a political lament) by Oku-ola Abiola Paul
[caption id="attachment_1611" align="aligncenter" width="270"] The Note MI[/caption] The note mi Brought out the song in me: A song of freedom For the sons of the kingdom Who live as slaves...
WOOING REBECCA [for Rebecca Effiong Okon who hates Poetry]
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="370"] Wooing REBECCA who hates Poetry...[/caption] I met a damsel named Rebecca Who has the face of an angel sent from heaven. Now I'm hoping she's not...
NEGRITUDE (An Ode to Africa)
[caption id="attachment_1592" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Negritude[/caption] Smile stuck-on, pride woven with ego; Doubt vanquished, grief knifed to zero. I beat my chest, and sound the ivory trump, Glory in ecstasy, and...
CONFLAGRATION (a pun)
[caption id="attachment_1586" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Conflagration[/caption] What is fire? Our desire Some inspire. We inquire Warmth require Love for hire? Silent cryer Fervent buyer Funeral pyre. meet the poet: Albert Jungers
THIS WICKED FLOOD
[caption id="attachment_1580" align="aligncenter" width="300"] This Wicked Flood[/caption] Must we at the temple’s hill Hear the preacher’s talk “You must each other kill And even their children you must stalk!” Shan’t...
PATRIOTS
[caption id="attachment_1577" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Patriots[/caption] National goals have become capital bores And the soul is captive that pursues its chores! Our goals are unset like keys uncut, Heavy, they...
APOLOGY
[caption id="attachment_1570" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Apology[/caption] Apology is the hardest thing to do Especially with strutting pride in you! Apology soothes the ear like a love song So don't fail to...