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To you and you alone!

Amorous pools sable and deep

Set lightly upon lustrous smile

Thy moonlit skin my heart doth keep

Stow’d away upon distant isle

Evermore to serve thy desire

Thy will my own ‘till I retire

 

An oxymoron, a Metonymy, to part thy lips

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My Sis Got Married Last Weekend - Final

On the few occasions I have been privileged to attend a Nigerian-Caribbean wedding, I have always been fascinated by the similarities in culture, the colour of the occasion and the beauty of the people. But never did I imagine that one day it would [...]

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EDNA: THE FORGOTTEN CHAPTERS (3)

In five long minutes, I had a glimpse of what it was like to be the chairman of the country’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as the voice on the other line threw me into a web of confusion.

“My love,” It came out in [...]

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Lime Juice for Nuptial Wine

Coo-coo-coo-coooo! Crew the big brown cock, beckoning on humans to leave the comfort of their beds. Soon, the henhouse-generated melody resounded from rooftop to treetop. Father Okoye, now wide awake, marveled at nature’s choir and orchestra. And to think that frogs had croaked him [...]

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You may kiss the Bride... muah

I hate weddings.

Not the institution but the ceremonies built around it.

I mean, the first miracle Jesus ever performed was at a wedding…and that should have sent a signal to humanity that no matter how hard people try, something would always go wrong at [...]

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Short poems in A-minor

WHEN WE ARE BUTTERFLIES….The soft pattering of an evening autumn shower A soothing prelude to my lover’s entrance whilst waiting, I deign a dip in the memories of still lingering touches And drown when you leave me [...]

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Valentine?

Its valentine they say

A bright and lovely day

But my lips smile not

Dark and heavy is my thought

Today I say goodbye

To my love with a heavy sigh

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Poem To My Unknown Love

Looking out my window
somehow i know
that you’re there
far away but near
a face among the crowd
held high and proud
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Ageless Love

The other day, you knew just what I was thinking
As I mused over my visage in front of the mirror
You embraced me from behind
And pressed ageless kisses to my head
I savored the mild sting, as stubs [...]

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Whose baby are you carrying (an excerpt)

This is an excerpt from one of my novels - a work in progress. [...]

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