Tag: Poetry
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Dear Sambisa
Dear Sambisa The bitter truth is out The red roses never bear sweet fruits Its exquisite look fades away when kisses By the sunrise and the saliva of the sunset He speaks under the blowing air When the sky is so much pregnant Ringing the global bell of politics Not too smart to disguise his…
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My Hope
My hope and heart are with you Where I desire to be You knew the destination The flower ripens with the sunlight That cares for the morning dew And a light wind The rain had fallen The love arose in the two flowers That re-activated the dead body Lain for a century Now there is…
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What Independence
The eagle aspired to escape,From the cage of colonial masters,And fly its tired wings in the blue sky,Dive in acrobatic styles out of aesthetics,Dream of what life could be,Freedom is life, as life is freedom. Hopes had danced in the airwaves,As the lord freed the king of vision,It praised the lord for the gift of…
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What a bright future
I dipped into the future,Far as the eyes of Dan Masani,Who saw a twinkle of hope up in the sky. I saw the wonder that would be;Saw the new nation of colors,With the fragrance of opening buds. What a bright future it should turn to!The Northern and Southern gates opened,For treasures to overflow in and…
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Looker
The girls kept dancing in the moonlight,On the dusty carpet of the savannah,Swinging the fruits of desire. Do they escape the beseech looks of him?The stranger at the palaceThough he bites no child’s fingers,But, he remains a beast in a show. Zaharaddeen Ibrahim Kallah30/10/2015
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‘Long Silence’ Is A Cloud Of Literary Aesthetics: A Review Of After A Long Silence
Author: Zaharaddeen Ibrahim Kallah Genre: Poetry Publisher: Adamu Joji Publishers Pagination: 60 Reviewer: Muttaqa Yusha’u ‘After a Long Silence’ was a poetry collection authored by Zaharaddeen Ibrahim Kallah, the former Kano Branch State Secretary of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA). It is a collection of forty four poems published by Adamu Joji Publishers…