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Abuja - Oasis in the Desert
(Poesia)
6-08-2004
by Olumide Olaniyan
My name is Abuja
If you have not heard about me,
Then, you are probably uneducated,
Probably ethnocentric
Probably detest the black or lack interest in them
For none can downsize me
Not when you see all men as equal
Irrespective of clan,...
Beautiful Face of Failure
(Poesia)
23-06-2004
by Olumide Olaniyan
Failure is an outcome of an attempt
A man is not opportune to succeed,
Unless he opens his door for failure to have an impact.
Failure is the seed of success
Failure is the placenta of success.
Failure is the nutrient (food) of success...
Centuries After our First Meeting at the Bank of River Niger
(Poesia)
13-08-2004
by Olumide Olaniyan
He said yes, I said yes
He said no, I said no,
He rejoiced and I grinned
He grimaced and I wailed
He devoured the meals
I washed the plates
He drank the wine
I scrambled for its cans
Scavenging is my idiosyncrasy
He sailed to my...
Hidden Treasures of A successful Christian
(Opiniões)
21-07-2004
by Olumide Olaniyan
*This being the text of my speech delivered at my Church in Nigeria.
Let me start this talk by thanking our Daddy here in the House and the entire Wisemen of DCI Churches of Marara for giving me this great opportunity to address us today on the...
Our Recreation
(Poesia)
22-04-2004
by Olumide Olaniyan
The gunboats roars visibly
Men, dogs hurried to the mountains
Women, Sheep scrambled to the forest
Children, chicken dashed into hiding
The human merchants are back on prowl
Grosses of virile men
Dozens of virgin women
Captured, chained,...
Subjugation of the "Breasted"
(Poesia)
26-04-2004
by Olumide Olaniyan
The creature with dual lofty milk glands
You sustain his existence with your (re) production
Your knowledge knows no bound
Your ability is divine
Yet, he rides on you to his ego home
You nurture him from cradle
He’s non-existent without...
Time: Creator of Mankind
(Poesia)
26-04-2004
by Olumide Olaniyan
It tickles
Then
Now
And next,
We gain it in the morning
It gains us at night
In its claws is our destiny
It is continuum
Makes the wise
Mars the foolish
It’s at our mercy today
We are at his mercy tomorrow
It makes the boy a man...
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