My Alma Mater: Creative Minds Foundation

Even as the moon rides by the night

And the sun travels by the day

Your intention to excel never dashes away

And it is forever a great delight

A Charmed Night

The sun sets from superior summit

And night steadily stole in

Like the toughened criminals back to work

Into the boundaries of the busy city

Fair Weather Friend

All things I gave you faithful fan

And set for you a wholly caravan

But you became a stingy lad

Who never wanted to say he had

New Year Rain

It started firstly the clouds rolling in clusters

Causing darkness to overcome daylight

The wind arrived in a frankly filthy mood

Causing a stir and havoc to a devoid earth

A Season without Remorse

I witnessed as you carelessly cracked lips

Making the gardens wither

Dust penetrating into every nook and corner

Flowers turning pale, fertile soil getting hard

Moonlight Guest

Just by the late hour of the night

I see a shadow by me so bright

He sticks around me like glue

Moves to and fro just as I do

He shoots and grows taller like a rubber-tree

Or shorter, the height no man could be

Songs of the Righteous Man

I was born in hardship

But thanks to God for seeing me through

I was never born great

But achieved greatness full of weight

To Gani (Human Rights Activist)

The traveller was back to the shore

Only to meet his ferry gliding away

Helped by the changes of the tide

And an ocean tears of bitterness

That accumulated while he was away

The Bride

Decades after, the suitors still come to sway
Approaching with enthusiasm and murderous love
With brim confidence to lure her away
Yet show little for the legitimates to approve

A Tribute to Dagrin

DAGRIN, a leader in entertainment gone so soon

From mother earth to the dark grave room

Emotions were betrayed we never thought you’ll depart

But we‘ve conclude to admit you’ve played your part

The Take Off

The plane roars steadily signalling its departure

Standing on the tarmac ready to take off

Anxious passengers sat silently, hearts in their mouth

As the waving flags descends from mobile waving hands

Elephant

Between the lush green thick walled vegetation
And the tall pillars dotting round the forest
The murmuring movement of the protesting shrubs
Telegraphs the alarming arriving practical steps of an elephant

Dregs of the Society

As the world turns grey and famished

Cordiality has been neglected equally banished

Evil cults have gradually taken over with maturity

With violence to assert their ill-gotten authority

The Departure

In the still of the sleepless night

After the sun went behind the sky

And the horizon clear of disturbances

With only the soft whispers of the dead heard

The general lay hidden in his tent dreaming

Rumble Beneath The Clouds

The face got cracked into the terrain
With a grin, growling and trembling
The charm has clout the scene
Hurling a peril as people raced about violently

Day Break

After a long pause from the tired sun

The moon eases hastily away and gently

The rays of the sun shine unto the earth

Scorching through the hills, towns and villages

A Captain's Wish

I am a prisoner of war
Captured in the course of fighting for my land
So sad is it that I may not be back
To fulfil my pledge of redeeming Africa’s pride

The Grave Beneath

When the quake event comes to pass

Then will no mortal soul present

Witness the end or broadcast

Falsehood concerning its eruption

Civilization

They are still hot on our heels
Determined to poison our conscience
As they sought for our loopholes
Into the deeper part of our flesh

The Hangman

It shall to nobody be a surprise
That one day I, the hangman shall also die
In my hands the prisoners cry
Though I hate none in despise

My Mother

When times of glory were dead and gone
And days of perilous challenges are on
Who stood by me from dusk to dawn?
And never had me toil in the scorching sun

Gossip

Two ladies were caught up in the loudest of talks
Like the Agbor dancer entangled in the maze of music
Little did they care to know what happens around them
Or what transpires to call for their immediate attention

The Blind Night Bats

When dead dusk comes and all’s asleep

And the lamp lights have been taken off

The bats comes out from their hiding place

And tear around the sky in groups

The Little Bird

The pretty quick and little bird

Wakes every morning to perch on my shed

And with her little voice she sings

Joy and happiness to me she brings

Center of Excellence

The land of divine light bubbling with wealth

The homeland of commerce

The land of integrity

Accepting men of all races and cultures

As School Resumes

Dancing and playing

Has abruptly been stopped

Sorrow, depression now on children’s faces

As a new session begins

A Father To His Son III

See your future as bright as a sun

Oh! You my dear only son

Don’t accept in you cultism

And get addicted to it like those practicing atheism

A Father To His Son II

Listen attentively to your elders

To thread in the right part of life

Study the uneventful past

To write a better future

A Father To His Son I

Don’t make a name to be printed on sands

You would always attract the dust

When you make your mark in life

You would always attract erasers