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I’m from Nigeria, a nature lover and a poet.

  August 2022     1 year ago

Submitted Poems 11 total

Without you

I have made
this vow
in unborn
silence whether
the sky has lost
her tongues
and the earth
her sights whether
the sun has been
blinded by her
minions
and the stars have
lost their smiles
i stand by this vow
in fertilized quiet
i...

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Open wounds

has torn me
my wounds open yet not
open laced with fiery pain
yet my lips are voyaging
agony spread over my lids
yet drift into obscure

something has torn
my four walls
yet Ramadan has
come for my tongue

something so deep
...

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Before the dawn

Before the Dawn

 I took a seat
by my window
watching in silence--
the battle
of this harmattan wind
and tired trees--
trembling yet praying
that dawn rises
and bring them peace
I mumbled a prayer
too
that this dawn
be my peace
©...

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Her name was la la

Her name was La La
she never lived
only dreamt;
of joy
flying in lamps
like paper
floating in air
La la
never smiled at noon
or at the bright morn
but as after-day nears
perky bubbles burst
all around her face
La la
never spoke
...

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Fantasies that come with longing

Here I am
awaiting twilight
at noon
... perhaps
it would appear
with you
on its wings
or probably
you'd be spread
between the hues
of the rainbow
at dawn
Maybe Morning
will come
with stars
to twinkle your
message

© Oluwatobi...

– by Oluwatobi Moremi

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