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Have you eaten Awero's pounded yam?
it is a scrumptious finger-licking action,
as each morsel dances around in plates
of egusi soup and calms the r..
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These words will protect us
when the children of doom
appear at our doorstep
with message from Iku
on moonless nights of peril.
These words w..
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Apostles of death walking among the living,
Enemies of wisdom lording over the wise
Faithless touts burning souls for what they believe in
With eve..
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She learnt about love
from the markings on her mother's body
and wails of agony that escaped weary lips
on nights when her father returned with sta..
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My love is a leash-less hound
Whose bark is a ceaseless sound
With a seamless bound
It screams for the world to hear.
I love in lush fashion
An..
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My skin is
a conference of
yellow, black, white and
red patches,
so tell me,
how can I be racist?
My face is
a full map of nations
and hi..
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I see three tiny little gods
dancing on the tip of my thumb
to the songs of luminiscent leaves.
I see cow heads floating around
in sacred garden..
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am proud of this land
Never will you hear me say
That I hate the duds in command
And let it be known today
Listen very carefully
To these carele..
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Faceless!
That is the unceremonious name of
the unsung heroes of our nation,
whose memories will never be kept
in praise chants or history books,
..
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One day, poetry will rule the world
And build a palace with the bricks of nouns,
It will make servants of supple verbs
And command an army of fea..
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