voice of the voiceless

KEMI ISLAMIYAT BAKARE:  Bones may crush out of time,  But the voice of the voiceless can report the dead  Night to unborn dawn to come. AJ HOUSE OF POETRY  CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS OF POEMS FOR HER ANTHOLOGY ''VOICE OF THE VOICELESS''   3/4 POEMS PER POET FROM NOW ON, THE RACE FOR POETS OF THE WEEK HAS BEGINS THESE ARE THE ISSUES  DISCUSSED IN OUR LAST MEETING, WHICH WAS HELD AT ALAKOTO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL...

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    Fabiyi Daniel DARKNESS Sober in darkness Tears, in eyes of love It painful But be cheerful OLONOGBE But you are too The child is pitiful He is not thoughtful Resentment with me Though it harmful Live goes on With this remarkable scene  I wish not to I'm sorry to Tree and wind Appears in battle The mighty is shown Either of both In confrontation What a glorious painful day The tree was but short Lying...

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   OSIGWE BENJAMIN MY EYES SKIPS. My eyes skips as i saw you grapple with the light that finds it way into my castle to rest OH! What fragrance dances on your hole you? What beauty sings in your face? What hair style you fixed? What color of lips you have been awarded? What blessings Aldous you? What smiles you are gifted with? Well i care not for your answers just one more question can i be your " TV STATION "...

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   Owi  Ocho PAINT ME Paint me now Paint me yellow with your words And not feeding me with lies I should live in you So you shall crack my bones? "Unlike me" I will walk to Golgotha Paint me black Still my cross I will hold To the last minute. Not to give up the ghost My words should be swallowed They preach,unrepentantly For our soul to dwell In the secret of them "oh most high" To abide by the glory of lies Accept...

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Love In The Memory Of Pain: (Poems)

Book Description Publication Date: March 28, 2013 In "Love in the Memory of Pain", a poetic characterization of the freezing point resulting from the equilibrium of the solid and the liquid, we feel the force of the love-passion with which Dagga Tolar, acting as the voice of the downtrodden masses, hauls stones at the predatory rulers feeding fat on the sweat and blood of the citizens – potent stones moulded...

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TOUCHING LIVES THROUGH POETRY

Posted by: Evelyn Osagie on November 7, 2012 in Life (Midweek Magazine) Leave a comment It was a sober reflection as guests watched the written words come alive through various performances of resonated the lines of Chinyere Darline Ezeigwe’s poems. Poetry came came alive as Chinyere unveiled her book,Parable of Deeds, last Saturday. The thought-provoking collection advocates against societal vices, violence, politics,...

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