Category: Poetry
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A Meaning to Life
What is this life? A grasp for meaning A hustle for relevance A struggle for permanence Lest you become forgotten As quickly as you are gone
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Deeds Undone
The words we left unsaid, are those we remember the best The moments we let go by, when our fears, of us, had the best The chances we never took, when we worried we could lose Those trips we never took, while trying to fit in others’ shoes
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Ayomide
Hello! Hope you are keeping well, and doing everything to stay safe in this COVID-19 era? I pray that you and yours will continue to remain in good health and prosper. We all have something or someone to be thankful to God for, and it is always is a great…
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GrandMaster
I am a Master, a GrandMaster. I don’t master pieces of classical music, Or make classic moves with immobile chess pieces Nor do I build or create art masterpieces.
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Deity (A Satire)
Deity, oh Deity! Deity drank whiskey Deity loved to drink whiskey We also heard, that he was a whizkid Once upon a time, Deity got a tattoo And everywhere, there was hullabaloo He also loved women, had them so many They filled his shrine, ‘specially if it was rainy Deity…
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Liberty: a Poem for Nigeria
Today, October 1st, 2016, is Nigeria’s 56th independence celebration. In the spirit of celebration, and in the hope of a better tomorrow, I have penned the following words, because I believe. I believe that Nigeria will not be a failed dream or a failed state – it will come through…
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Origins
Hello there! If you don’t know much else about me, you should know I am a Christian, an engineering graduate, and I love to write poetry. So I have been thinking of ways to tell some stories, and I decided to tell a bit of story in verse. This one…
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Of Memory and Music, Love and Expectation
Hello there! It’s been a few days since I posted here; busy with work and writing too. It usually takes a lot of hard work to put up something I find worthy of reading or which captivates my own attention. And I have a few pieces of poetry I have…
Chronicles of a Journeyman 