The Danny! by Adewale Sobowale

Grand old Danny: Needs no nanny: Hardly sleeps; Always bubbles! Always bubbling; People wining; Some shopping; Others beering! Even come night; Never out of light; You’ll see people Some vehicling! Others strolling or barhopping; Some groupies either as couples; others as crowds all are afloat! In the busyness of spring’s fell; while welcoming summer’s sweltering!…

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Bloody Christmas by Adewale Sobowale

I would have wished everyone have a merry Christmas but I can’t afford to be unrealistic! With hunger caused by global inflation in the land, with instability and wars ravaging our world: Russia versus Ukraine; Israel against Palestinian people; Some 35 armed conflicts in Africa; Over 20 in the Middle East; Seven in Europe and, six…

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Blame Game by Adewale Sobowale

Should we blame our destiny? Should we blame our laziness? Should we blame our never-say-die attitude? Should we blame our sticking to tribalism? Why is it that out of all our people, we’ve not been able to find good people to rule us? Is there no good person in our country? Are politicians bewitching us?…

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Up NEPA! by Adewale Sobowale

Wasn’t really asleep woke up minutes ago with shut eyes enjoying luxury of rest sensing something wasn’t right quiet and solemnity enveloping me I opened my eyes! Seeing nothing feeling blinded or April fool’s day on February one! Power outage? To the balcony I went only my square of apartments was blind! In again, a…

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Elephants and Crickets by Adewale Sobowale

Elephants and Crickets! May foolish remain unwise, for, wise to keep them cheating! Little do we know elephants we carry on bald heads! Yet, we go using feet cricket holes to search! How many are they – money-miss-road; corruptly influential; spoilt brats – fleecing our resources; greedily appropriating commonwealth; rendering essential commodities unbuyable? They patronise…

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Adua by Adewale Sobowale

On this land where We never earned, Yet, given were we Benefits aplenty! Afore then, despite Not being right, In coming in, we Were relatively forgiven! Treated were we Like human beings, Given human rights Without a fight! Our eleda pray! Our children pray! Our wombs pray! Man and woman pray! This land is blessed!…

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