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Without The Rains

A Poem by Seyi Ojenike

How dry and hot wouldThe earth have been,Without the rainsFlowing down like a stream.Barren, the earth would be With no seed to sprout, No water to ..

Heartless

A Poem by Seyi Ojenike

Mind setYou thumb my beating coreOf magnitudeInto much cacophonyOblivious of my fragile stateAnd yet playing the doltWhile I paint scenes upon scenesO..

Shakespeare in Love

A Poem by Seyi Ojenike

The isle of love is full of romantic melodiesThat struts with sensation in the heart.Love beckons me into shakepeareAnd so I yieldWielding the pen wit..

English Man's English (Verb Controversy)

A Poem by Seyi Ojenike

Every time I speak the english man's englishI must say, I always feel feverishHe says it is ranAnd not runnedYet comes back saying gunnedForgetting it..

Morountodun (Love Letter)

A Poem by Seyi Ojenike

Morountodun My heart had led me to you. Very receiving was yours, waiting for me all the while. A sweet tingling sensation is what I feel at the ..

Cheers

A Poem by Seyi Ojenike

I heard! Heard your spirit soar As wind of time blows to your end Like rags in a gentle breeze. What wonders will today bring What boxes will gift..

Song Of A Lover (For Fatima)

A Poem by Seyi Ojenike

Come my love and let us sit. Under the dark blue skies, Where the stars lit. Arms locked while through fields of love, We creep. Leaving the whol..

Aluu 4

A Poem by Seyi Ojenike

The inhuman broad-daylight murder of four nigerian university undergrads.

Lagos

A Poem by Seyi Ojenike

City of complexity. Half baked under the yellow sun. Buried away into work As time passes by. Never a dull moment, Never a quiet break.

No Vacancy For Love

A Poem by Seyi Ojenike

I wrote a poem for you, But I tossed it away. In it I spoke of you With no hint that it would never stay. The feelings in me were very true Contaminat..