(A Poem Inspired by Igbo Landing)
In the hush of Georgia's morning mist,
Where the reeds whisper secrets the ocean kissed,
A tale still stirs beneath the tide,
Of broken chains and ancient pride.
They came in silence, shackled souls,
From lands where the Baobab consoles,
From the red earth of Igbo land,
Bound by force, not by command.
The slave ship creaked with stolen breath,
Its hull a tomb of living death.
Eyes like storms, yet voices still,
Carried across the ocean’s will.
Through markets loud with foreign tongue,
Their names erased, their stories wrung.
Sold like beasts to soil unknown,
But spirit rooted deep in bone.
To Georgia’s shores they met the day,
Forced to march the master’s way.
But on that creek, near Dunbar's bend,
They found their line, they drew their end.
The whispers came in Igbo speech,
A truth that shackles could not reach.
“The water brought us, it shall take
Us home beneath the silver lake.”
They rose not with sword, nor with fire,
But with defiance that would not tire.
One turned, then all, hand clasped in hand,
They faced the waves, they made their stand.
Into the depths, they chose to go,
Where no whip cracks, where no tears flow.
No master’s name to stain the tongue,
No life in ******* to be wrung.
They walked as gods, not broken men,
Refused the yoke, returned again
To ancestors who waited still
Beyond the sea, beyond the hill.
And now the wind, it hums their song,
The creeks remember what was wrong.
The water holds their solemn vow:
"We bent then but never now."
Their tale was buried, whispered low,
But spirits rise where rivers flow.
At Igbo Landing, silence breaks
Each ripple knows the stand they made.
So let this be their legacy:
A story not of slavery
But of a people, proud and free,
Who claimed their final destiny.
For the Igbos who chose the water,
May your courage flow forever.
Oct 15, 2025
Oct 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM UTC
In Nigeria’s heart, the wonders shine,
From Ogbunike Caves to Yankari’s line.
Farin Ruwa falls with power and grace,
While Owu’s waters dance in place.
Olumo Rock stands strong and wide,
Idanre Hills with age and pride.
Obudu’s mountains, calm and high,
Where Niger and Benue rivers lie.
Nigeria’s wonders, rich and rare,
A land of beauty, beyond compare.
From north to south, east to west,
NGWonders show Nigeria’s best.
Jul 16, 2025
Jul 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM UTC
I have seen a lot in this life,
The only thing I haven't seen is that which doesn't exist,
I have seen a lot in this life,
That which my mouth cannot explain.
Tell us what you saw Mr. Stephen,
What is it you saw that Troubles you,
Did you see the rainbow or seven colours of madness,
Tell us Mr. Ekemezie what exactly you saw?
I saw people I saw inhumanity,
I saw heartlessness in-love with wickedness,
I saw bitterness wedding greediness,
Callousness came to the wedding wearing injustice.
I saw evil ruling the universe,
Anger, dishonesty and falsehood are there with her,
I saw a sick earth where everything goes,
A world full of oppression and strife,
No humanity at all which keeps me speechlessly mouthless.
Jul 14, 2025
Jul 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM UTC
Holy Gabriel evil Michael
*** calling kettle black
Thieves of righteousness
With demonized hands.
Holy Uriel evil Raphael
Birds of the same feather
Father condemning son
Innocent criminal criminalizing Innocent.
Holy David evil Uriah
Evil Sheba holy Bethsheba
One lost a husband the other had none
****** Mary turned Angel Katherina.
Holy Satan evil God.
They're always right and you're wrong always
Satan judging demons for a pie
Friend selling friends for money and unquenchable greed.
Jun 11, 2025
Jun 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM UTC
Here comes a generation of substance.
Trouble lies, her name is Constance
Future of tomorrow caught with substance
Imagine Janet, Judith, Tiktok for instance.
Looking Hot another name for Misconduct.
Tell Angela Martins I have her product.
She ordered ring light for brightness
With a future filled with darkness.
Technology is sweeter than Candy,
Sweeter than the candy I gave to Andy.
Teenagers teenaging in Advancement,
With rationality reduced to Entertainment.
Tiktok, Facebook and Whatsapp,
Nigerians are lost in you dear App.
Tell them what you're meant for,
Lest we dance wastefully to Old age.
Jun 8, 2025
Jun 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM UTC
Abraham born before Jesus
They were born holding selfie.
They booked flight from the womb
Are the children of this generation.
They speak louder without sense
Yet wiser than Solomon himself
They sees beyond their parents
With food remnants on their mouth.
Right in the womb they ate wheat
Before they were born they saw you
What is it you know I don't know
Says a child from this generation.
Grannies yet ******* breast
A tree challenging forest
Difficult in accepting corrections
Are the children of this generation.
Eat your dough and bake the pan
Drink your eggs and fry the shells
Says a child who learnt nothing
Yet she knows better than granny of old generation.
Jun 8, 2025
Jun 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM UTC
Where am I?
Don't tell me I'm in Nigeria
Did I tell you I want to be born here
Is this wickedness or something.
Where am I?
Why Africa why not the world?
Why subject me to the colonial masters
Why making me a slave to westerners.
Where am I?
Why the world why not Heaven?
Is this mere wickedness or Ignorance?
Why bring me to this hostile world?
Unborn me right now
I prefer peace to war, love over hatred
Acceptance rather than rejection
A world filled with love, peace and harmony.
Jun 8, 2025
Jun 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM UTC
He is a good man with morals
He takes good care of his wives
He boasts about his wives a lot
Especially people's wives.
Our husband doesn't cheat says the wives
He's a responsible man with morals
Just but ten he married us
He promised not to marry again.
Our husband doesn't sleep at home
He said we scream a lot
He needs concentration for his work
So he sleeps in hotels of his choice.
What a wonderful man God gave us
He has seven secretaries for himself
Each tends to him when needed he said
Though we don't know what our husband does for a living. But we do know he works at night and doesn't sleep at home.
Jun 8, 2025
Jun 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM UTC