The fear grips me Deep-deep down my marrow The Culprit? A cassock deliverer confronts me No-no-no I am a fair player – a lover Gaitily I move closer She groans still in horror But curse nobody, not even me I hear push-push-push I say push-push-push Oh-oh I share in the sorrow But only her, only [...]
Some let their names run Shiver into our spines You let yours run A spirit of love into our nerves. While some leave in flying colours Others suffer after graduation When with your Bob Marley tones You counsel us Others thunder at us Oh my mentor, my nurturer Actor of BUK Holly Wood It pains [...]
THE ASSORTMENT of opulent cars, well-dressed people in different fashions, ranging from local attires to modern European gowns stormed the ground of this glamorous occasion. It could easily pass for an automobile fair or a fashion parade. But it is neither of the two. It is the visiting day of the Government Girls School where [...]
You’ve shunned me for long Under a slight mistake Soothe and remember our young Hilarious with promise to be And our beautiful song alter bitter to tea Unzipped almost is my lung As it waits for your key Born is time for ding-dong Do let the world see Unless you call for a bang Livelong [...]
Guaranteed by ages of her father Ignoring the teaching of her mother Roaming hither and thither Lacerate her identity and fail to bother Sit, for you shall be gathered together This poem by Yushau A. Shuaib was first published in Sunday Triumph March 31, 1991 Tweet
Young worlds are hungry Universe cares not for their anger Scientists make killing discovery And health by 1990 is rare Unpardonable leaders looting with the lorry Lots of life in sorry As death grips away in hurry Royal fathers without people’s mandate Enlarging our expression to look awry. This poem by Yushau A. Shuaib was [...]
Nigeria my life Land for me to safeguard On it I was and shall be Royalty to the depth and width Indeed to sacrifice all my being Now and till when I shall die This poem by Yushau A. Shuaib was first published in Sunday Triumph March 10, 1991 Tweet
You can boast with opulenceh opulence Unable to purchase beauty with ornament Health is so secure from your pharmacy And sight needs no spectacle. Use head thing for enormous vivacity. Breathing in negative luxury Exploiting not the happiness And relief is rare leaf That falls on the cool-minded Indeed shelter for patient ones That heed [...]
Abused, misused first Chastity, dignity lost Parades in near nude Fostering culture of moods In coloured thinly lips And a bony frame of hips Swaggers in a shattered dream Calling it a modern beam All to explore quick market But in a dubious racket On and around the campus For the sake of a negative [...]
She deserted me Abandoned me Ran away from me Like past Years No one to share my joy No one to listen to me No one to console me I long for a smile I long for a joke A squeeze, a hug Some kind of inspiration from her But to no avail It’s terrifying-horrible [...]
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