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BLACK GOLD

BLACK GOLD 1970 (Edo State)

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It started with hopes…
darkness giving birth to dawn
occupants of seas danced
owners of green fields celebrated.
None
saw
the
deaths
behind the lives
flashing in wake
of ferryman of hades
lost in thoughts
of so many souls
ferried in few nights.
Occupants of seas wail
owners of green fields cry
one death too many
visited
by august guests
pumping black-gold
 to victory.
It is death, deaths at dawn
BY DAVIDSON IZEGAEGBE

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The poem is about a rape on nature in the search for natural resources without considering the pains inflicted on Mother Nature & how it robs on our existence as humans

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Written on November 09, 2022

Submitted by broadsidesproductions2019 on April 28, 2023

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Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQDRSQBT
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 431
Words 84
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 23
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BLACK GOLD

Davidson Izegaegbe is a Poet, writer, filmmaker & media consultant. Born on the 9th of November 1970. more…

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