Word of the day: doodle
doodle Verb: scribble absentmindedly 1: to make a doodle 2: DAWDLE, TRIFLE Doodle noun : an aimless or casual scribble, design, or sketch also: a minor work
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Lenten Season! – Adewale Sobowale
Fast for forty days,Masses fast everyday.Awe ti b’awe nle,Biribiri gan la ngba! We already spent,Without being sentAeons in fast,Cos we lack. So when you sayWe must pay,Through fasting,We are smiling. Already we’re hungeredCos we ponderedOver nothing to eat,We have no wheat. We are prayingWhile picking,The left oversNot to be picked by others! Dikko was prophetic!…
Demoncrazy! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: Daily reality Turn by turnWe dey run.Great idea I have,Give them crumbs,They’ll worship you.Little knowingWhat you’re givingBelongs to all. Militocrazy!Khakistocrazy!Agbadacrazy!Civilianocrazy!Chopintocrazy! All na craze!A no wan craze o?OK!Peopletocracy!Massestocracy!Who is straight? If you no wan craze,Stop the gaze.Free your sense,Stop being dense.Must we dieFrom their lies? @ as 021318
And, Buhari Wept! – Adewale Sobowale
It’s no longer news that the first civilian governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, has left this world. He was a man of achievements! So many housing estates, so many schools, so many hospitals, a radio station, a tv station, a university, etc were founded by him. To cap it all, he was…
gods need human parts! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: the Guardian When I talk about my motherland, I’m so passionate about how we have disappointed the living God. Yeah! We have because God has been so merciful to Nigeria that He has provided almosteverything needed for a nation to run, and run well, for the country. What else do we want? Manpower?Fertile…
Múìbátù – Adewale Sobowale
“Àdèwalé ọlọ́rẹỌkọ MúìbátùÌwà rẹ wù mí oKáàbọ̀ ṣé dáda lo déAdewálé ọlọ́rẹ.” Even, before I came to be:I had known her:Sweet, caring, tender,and winsome to behold!My paternal family knew her through songs!Her song was always sung to me!She never naggedNeither was she ever jealous!Her family never asked for bride priceSince I never met them!In fact,…
Feeding from the bin! – Adewale Sobowale
Photo credit: thisdaylive I love leaders who tell the people the truth before they start ruling them. That’s why I wouldn’t blame the Nigerian president for the tough times the nation is facing. Before he was (s)elected as president, he warned severally that he would continue with the dismal leadership of the former president. So,…