Once upon a vintage of black and white A time when the air was stiff with violence A season of vengeance and dark Knights Everything was tolerable but tolerance The Elders sat on low stools with hurt painted in their eyes And the youths inches lower with limbs crossed Ears pricked to hear the ache […]
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I know you’ll say it doesn’t make senseAll of the insults I takeFor your sake,That sometimes, being polite is rudeBeing rude to myself,And love is but just a ruse. I know you’ll say reckless loving,Is a fool’s mayhemEndless obsessionIs a madman’s endAnd even the devilWill not dare. I know you’ll warnThat you’re not the oneThat […]
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Dark regrets played darts with confusion taking the place of a referee as it caused a disruption in the deposits of my mindAltering the metaphysical intercourse Between Spirit and spirit. The corner of my left eye twitched open to unfold the crippled woman dressed in an ambiance of expectations Patiently waiting to hear the final […]
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Every once in a while, I say hi I go try chyke you like say I don high. Every once in a while I say die But the next day I dey claim say na you be my life. Every once in a while, You see me. But I dey claim say You dey on […]
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I heard you’ve had enoughGive me some. Enough is enough Why are those that have little or maybe nothing quick with those words? I heard you screamingAnd like time, I have run out of words.Give me some. Take a chill pill, Don’t try to beat the queue. I’m a veteran in your shoes,And here’s a […]
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We are all dream chasers Until the pencil meets eraserWe worshiped our childhood fantasy With the dedication of Shakespeare to his sonnetNow we treat our reality with the regard a queen has for her maidWhoever said dreams are only fancy on days when we came home with bruised knees And dress up dolls with pink […]
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GOD LOVES YOU, DO YOU LOVE HIM? In recent times, our generation has lit up with a great “revelation” or should I say understanding of God’s love for us, and rightly so. We spent a long time – may be too long a time – hearing so much of God’s wrath and justice, while knowing […]
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With freckles that removedSpeckles from my visionI soon enough swung into a missionMy morale went from zero to sea breeze bold. Beauty that gave me gingerLeft me like I was drunk in aleI said to her;You look like a twilightStanding out like a starlightThey say change is constantBut I pray your freckles never sway. She […]
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I often ponder, recently,What will be of calmIf 6 came after 9Would we sternly frown, try to fix it,Or confused, panicking for an explanation, helplessly drown. If heaven gets located under the earthAnd hell is where we are underneathWould it all make sense or throw us off balanceLike aha! No wonder all evil pleasures takes […]
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ET Godspower is a spoken word poet and hails from Bayelsa State. I wrote and recorded a spoken word piece with the theme of this campaign #riseforbayelsa (More details at www.forbayelsa.com). ET Godspower Kindly share and repost/upload. Let’s usher in a new era of spoken word poetry with quality and class from this part of the […]
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