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An Ode to a Lovely One
(Poetry)
16-12-2009
by Adebayo Waidi Gbenro
Yen! Yen!!Yen!!!
She cried,
when she arrived.
Where she was
she couldn’t tell.
The environment
was nothing that she has seen before or envisaged.
So much confusion.
People picking up this and handing out that.
Then they bathed her.
Then...
My Decision
(Poetry)
19-05-2009
by Adebayo Waidi Gbenro
I stood
on the threshold of time.
My horizon
just ahead.
Knowing that
many had made this journey before.
Many had passed this way before,
many are making the same journey,
and history has had no room for them.
Then, how do I journey well?...
Our curse, our cross, our choice
(Poetry)
21-07-2008
by Adebayo Waidi Gbenro
Taah! Taah!
Somebody has been shot.
Taah! Taah!
Somebody has been robbed.
Taah! Taah!
Somebody is dead.
Somebody? Who is this somebody?
You, me, him or her.
If it is him today,
It could be her next;
It might even be me,
Or you, the next...
The journey of life
(Poetry)
15-02-2009
by Adebayo Waidi Gbenro
The distance seem so far:
my destination,
very vague and uncertain.
So many distractions,
so long the time
since I started this journey.
It is so daunting,
seemingly insurmountable.
But alas! I have learned
that nothing in life is to be...
The march of liberty
(Poetry)
15-02-2009
by Adebayo Waidi Gbenro
He thought, they thought
that the situation was not right.
Basic amenities were lacking,
There was poverty all about,
There was nepotism in the land,
Corruption was endemic,
Abuse of power was the order of the day,
Kleptomaniacs were on the...
TO GANI
(Poetry)
10-11-2009
by Adebayo Waidi Gbenro
You stood tall in death.
You lived on in death.
You came back to life at death.
For the deeds of men they say
live before and after them.
Your deeds
have forever put your name in the annals of history.
You lived in times of great peril....
What We Become
(Poetry)
1-04-2010
by Adebayo Waidi Gbenro
We are each endowed with immense potentials.
Events, occurrences and achievements
Through history have continued
To amplify and corroborate this assertion.
For each and every one of us
Our possibilities are limitless.
All through history...
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