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BRIDE PRICE by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

Oku-ola Abiola PaulMarch 28, 2014August 28, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10725" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Bride Price][/caption]25 litres of palm wine; two 10 rolls of Ankara, red and blue 50 tubers of yam One spotless ram ...Is your daughter for...

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THANK YOU, MA’AMI

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 8, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10344" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Thank You Ma'ami][/caption] 'Maami,' the sonorous tenor called. 'I'm in love with a preacher,' Mother's grinding stopped! 'Is there no one richer?' Maami, 'I'm in...

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I RETCHED

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 1, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10259" align="aligncenter" width="391"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Retched][/caption]Let me tell you the repulsive story of the vomit I disgorged yesterday. Yesterday my student-- little miss Sadat-- missed from class And days...

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LOVER’S AGONY

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 18, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10172" align="aligncenter" width="423"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Lover's Agony][/caption]The clock's fingers show the night has been halved Alas, sleep has eluded me once again as has become his practise of late I...

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OMOTUGHELE

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 3, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9932" align="aligncenter" width="365"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Omotughele][/caption]Sango and I dipped starch in Oghwevwri The night they sang of Omotughele's beauty On that day, my Ugboma parted with Erhi Ovigueraye! Finding 'Motughele...

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THE WIFE MATERIAL

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 19, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9746" align="aligncenter" width="383"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Wife Material][/caption]She's like a butterfly Her love is hard to get All the men try But no one has had her yet She believes...

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FRUITLESS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 18, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9729" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Childless][/caption]Will this wait ever end? Will the time ever come? Oh my womb! When will something sprout? Husband calls me a slut “You had too...

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CONJUGAL RAPE

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 28, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9420" align="aligncenter" width="376"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Conjugal Rape][/caption]Get down to the bed And let me make you red After all I've paid the dowry It's time to pay yours Off with...

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FORGIVE ME

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 27, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9397" align="aligncenter" width="374"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Forgive Me][/caption]I am to blame For being the Judas of the game I turn your days awful Turned your soul sorrowful In your heart and...

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LORD, WHO WILL I MARRY?

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 22, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9281" align="aligncenter" width="398"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Lord, Who WIll I Marry?][/caption]Underneath the doleful clouds Stood I, lone and haggard Ashore a forlorn sea Mooning over To the tale of sad-love The...

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BRIDE PRICE by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

THANK YOU, MA’AMI

I RETCHED

LOVER’S AGONY

OMOTUGHELE

THE WIFE MATERIAL

FRUITLESS

CONJUGAL RAPE

FORGIVE ME

LORD, WHO WILL I MARRY?

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