GIFT

17 Aug 2009

·Oludpoet

Bloody Gift What is in you That warriors of troy died for? While in another camp songs of conquest rouse Vainly, converts queued waiting for John the Baptist Like Dele Giwa reporters with urgent reports. Sandy princesses in mansions like heaven Adorn with million-dollars diamonds Though daily around the world Children die of hunger. Dele Giwa was a Nigerian journalist (editor and founder of Newswatch magazine) who was killed by a mail bomb in his home on October 19, 1986.

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Oludpoet

I am a lyrical tailor stitching rags of fairly used words launder and perfumed with metaphors and imagery to make the world withing my reach a delightful place. For me creativity is a way of life and without reading good poetry and writing...

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