Death! – Adewale Sobowale

From sakusaku dandy;It became sakisaki dadi!Cinemas may have length;All will duly end! Gave it tenacious hope;Held with tiny rope!‘Twould be better,With the weather! Foolish had we been;Lessons did we learn!When comes another morn!In a yet to be seen moon! We would realize –People do die… @as101019

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Winter Song! – Adewale Sobowale

Okere, bayi ni’wa re; No-one was warned,Of your impending flight!If you had,We would have – Okere O, bayi ni’wa re! prepared you foryour seasonal getaway!We’d have stockedcocoons with essentials! O ba’fa mu’le, o da’fa! Winter approaches!So long, skimpy clothesand corsetless cleavages!Welcome dull jackets! Okere O, bayi ni’wa re! @ as 092620

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Messrs Forever! by Adewale Sobowale

Had they known?They wouldn’t have daredtampering with commonwealthmaking have-nots’ caseseven worse! Had they known?They wouldn’t have beenbereft of ideasof making poor, ordinary peoplehave sense of dignity! Had they known?They would have providedmost basic of amenities!So they won’t be dying abroadwhile on medical excursion! Had they known?They wouldn’t have removedmoney from public tillfor their children yet-unbornbecause…

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In this age? by Adewale Sobowale

Unbelievable’s happening; Instead of building global perpetuity; we’re besieged with mortality! Is Putin being kind to History? even if he gains victory; With environmental degradation; arising from wildlife extinction! Unfathomable scale of ruination; resulting from destruction; of obliterated villages and cities; by modernized savages! All is now set; for uninhabited planets! Solid city walls; must…

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Abiku! by Adewale Sobowale

It’s everywhere, Over years, Not only political, Also is physical, Could be emotional, And, also mental, Strange philosophy! Like play, like play, Rag has become cloth, We never refused, Tattered clothes to wear! Seen as abomination, In lands that were, relatively insignificant! Shamefully happens at our very doorsteps!! Scariest of crimes Happen with levity, who dares…

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Learning right! by Adewale Sobowale

At their feet While being feed- ed! With right – not that White- Influenced – history, which is opposite what really happened to our ancestors while labouring, slaving out their sweats! Suffering as slaves after being sold out by African chiefs, who were influenced by mirrors and gin and even, cowry shells: We were mis-educated! Mungo…

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January 11! by Adewale Sobowale

Another birthday  Closer to grave Counting days E’en if one’s brave They won’t escape Appointment with the wheeler Who’s ultimate dealer It’s a given That human beings Must go Conferencing God However Whenever I look back Into past My past Though yet to be past I praise God For His love Though unmerited He still giveth…

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