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564 · Feb 2013
The LORD'S armada!
Dada Olowo Eyo Feb 2013
On my side,
The LORD'S army, charging along,
Cutting off ruthlessly, the wicked throng,
And none can match, the deafening, thunderous ride.
564 · Jan 2015
COMMUNISM.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jan 2015
The supreme leader and overlord,
To his people, he is GOD!
He declares, and it comes to pass,
His nation worships him and westerners call him an ***.
559 · May 2013
Bustle.
Dada Olowo Eyo May 2013
Daily, the conductor bellows,
"Enter with your change!"
Echoing the opinion of his vocal fellows,
Then disembarks passengers outside the range.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jan 2021
On this day, it was a Sunday,
Just like any other day,
A lazy afternoon after morning service,
Day turned into night without notice;

I lost a dear friend that night,
With whom I earlier shared Christmas delight,
Cut down by a mad driver,
And never to bee seen again, never;

Many more would taste eternal transition,
The still dark murk welcoming them into oblivion,
Such was the terror of exploding ordinance,
The earth shook, hearts stopped, silencing all new year plans.
On January 27, 2002, the Nigerian Army Cantonment in Ikeja went off in exploding ordinance as their armoury caught fire.

Many Nigerians died, one of whom was my good friend in church. Run over by a speeding car.

It was a day filled with terrifying explosions and mindless running helter skelter.

Until today, the truth about what truly  happened is interred with those unlucky to have met gruesome demise when ashes rained from the skies and day turned into a disastrous night.
558 · Feb 2013
Player-novas
Dada Olowo Eyo Feb 2013
You are a thief,
You go around committing mischief,
You fill women’s hearts with unwholesome grief,
You make men’s lives short and painfully brief.
Certain species of earthlings just do not know what LOVE is...sad, really.
557 · Apr 2023
UNEASY.
Dada Olowo Eyo Apr 2023
The quiet, it shouts at me,
Can't stand the noiseless ringing,
So I turn up the melody, higher,
Then, I'm at peace, with the loud calming.
556 · Dec 2013
Twilight Bright.
Dada Olowo Eyo Dec 2013
Tarry, milady, a lifetime,
The moon is nigh full,
Indeed, I be a fool,
To love you without a dime.
546 · May 2013
Daddy.
Dada Olowo Eyo May 2013
The days you held my hand,
Told me I was beautiful,
But now you lay beneath the sand,
Leaving me behind, unsure, and sorrowful.
Ajuma's Daddy - passed away March 27, 2013
545 · Sep 2014
SAY IT, EXPRESS IT.
Dada Olowo Eyo Sep 2014
In the little sacrifices,
Of joyful long suffering,
Or upon the mountaintop over the grey seas,
With very little meaning.
540 · Dec 2013
Ms Winkie.
Dada Olowo Eyo Dec 2013
She flutters **** eyelashes,
And makes tasty sandwiches,
And when she said YES,
Every other became less.
538 · Oct 2013
And-Row-Me-There.
Dada Olowo Eyo Oct 2013
But considering Solstices and Equinoxes,
Life can be full of paradoxes,
The future left in the past,
Or time, a function, of dies cast.
528 · Jun 2013
The Mirror Opaque.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jun 2013
Because your shoulders do not hang the orange overalls,
Does not canonize you as a saint,
Do not brush me with red paint,
Just because you walk the hallowed walls.
Society frowns upon convicts, ex-convicts, perceived criminals and the like; but  only innocent until proven otherwise.
526 · May 2013
Flat-You-Less
Dada Olowo Eyo May 2013
Moments of hot air,
Oh, there I go again,
The same, old refrain,
Whoosh! Until...there's nothing there.
525 · Feb 2019
THE PRICE OF LETHARGY.
Dada Olowo Eyo Feb 2019
Now the mold is set,
And the dawn broken,
The cost of aloofness,
Is to be rewarded with less;

Refusing to make effort,
Apathy in the face of oppression,
Choosing to mind other things,
Throwing the future to the dogs.
The much educated elites and eggheads of the south of Nigeria very much take a back seat when it comes to taking tough decisions. The figures released by the electoral umpire's showed the predominantly illiterate north displayed overwhelming class in returning the incumbent. SHAME.
520 · Mar 2013
Hee! Haw!!
Dada Olowo Eyo Mar 2013
Hey! Put a lid on it!!
And quit ranting, like a loose *****,
Every one's starring at you,
Wondering, if you're on mad heat.
520 · Oct 2022
THE APRON STRINGS.
Dada Olowo Eyo Oct 2022
A mother's love,
Who can comprehend?
Only the ones above,
And below, bounds know no end;

Greater for the male child,
Her son, in whom she takes pride,
Whether he be gentle, or wild,
Always standing by his side;

Not nearly different,
Even for her daughter,
Praying off the malevolent,
Wishing her warmth and laughter;

So, when her joys abound,
And they must follow their hearts,
She remembers her eternal bond,
Almost resists, tearfully, as new life starts.
When my mother came down with a stroke,  about three years after the death of my father, I did not expect to be surprised because it was long time coming as her darling was no more there for the nightly long talks and meal sharing.

Being she was so emotional and was nowhere strong in that way, I worried, fearing the worst.

So, on the fifteenth of July twenty twenty-one, the apron strings severed permanently and my mother breathed her last in her sleep. We had a talk the previous afternoon over the phone and I told her not to worry over a domestic issue concerning a ward that was living with her.

She was seventy years old.
519 · Oct 2015
TRAPPED.
Dada Olowo Eyo Oct 2015
I be a genius in a bottle,
Lost at sea, bobbing in the scorchlight,
For a hundred years I await the right,
To put my mind on the throttle.
518 · Apr 2013
DEVOTED.
Dada Olowo Eyo Apr 2013
All but forgotten,
The world's back on me,
They told me I was rotten,
But through new eyes, you, make me see.
512 · Feb 2013
The...passing.
Dada Olowo Eyo Feb 2013
If death today shuts me eye,
I pray to God, me soul, on wings to fly,
And if I cannot attain a place that high,
Then earth bound without a goodbye.
The fleetingness of life
512 · Feb 2013
The...friend-crossed.
Dada Olowo Eyo Feb 2013
And there are many millions,
Even billions,
Yet fate had her way,
Crossing our paths the very day;

Many months later,
Chatted...texted,
Friendship getting better,
And we have talked!

You're my highpoint,
Of this year,
You're so on point,
My GingerBread dear,

Jesus' older sister;
Go on and have a great new year,
Many magical moments,
With absolute zero torments. #BirthdayVERSES >>> Adeola Ojo CEO Adehola Creations :D :D :D :D
Met this amazing lady last year and we've become such good bff's!
509 · Mar 2014
O di'gba, O se.
Dada Olowo Eyo Mar 2014
Mama, you belong, now, to the ages,
"Dada awuru ya'le ya'gi oko, baba mi!"
I remember you'd fondly call me,
Rest on, Mama; We love you.
'Mama Alakuko' went on to be with our forebears yesterday, March 20, 2014. Sun re o.
507 · Feb 2013
Illuminate me.
Dada Olowo Eyo Feb 2013
Her eyes intoxicate me,
I'm up, all night,
Praying, they'll be,
My guiding light.
501 · Apr 2019
PENDING...
Dada Olowo Eyo Apr 2019
The silent scream of the grave,
Crying for justice,
From equinox to solstice,
Deafening howls that prayers cannot stave.
501 · Mar 2013
The place...beautiful
Dada Olowo Eyo Mar 2013
Petals of red and gold,
Pink and green within the folds,
Breathtaking, they line the glassy roads,
On the way to the grassy hold.
490 · Dec 2015
WHAT NOEL?
Dada Olowo Eyo Dec 2015
Two thousand year old controversy,
Of a manger, and of northern lights,
Of pagans or saintly rights,
Lord, have mercy.
489 · Jun 2013
Nothing Something.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jun 2013
I hunger today, now,
To fill the mouths, yes, tomorrow,
This hustle, it is all, that I know,
And no, I will not, never, borrow.
488 · Oct 2022
THE EXPLOITATION OF MR.
Dada Olowo Eyo Oct 2022
Into this world came he,
This child, not wild, but beautiful,
The long awaited arrival,
Couldn't have ended any better;

Through the years, he grew,
Enough to see through dark patches,
And into a bearded youth, indebted,
To the graces of better offs;

Thus continued a struggle,
Between conscious good,
Or a pestering evil,
Contesting for time in the fore;

The fair kind caught his eye,
Stirred his inner workings,
His waist will dance to the rhythm,
Of one or two melodies of his choosing;

Responsibility came alongside,
Charged to forsake all else,
In the presence of know and unknown,
And none to make any objection;

In a few moons came tiny ones,
Spitting images of either ***,
Left to wonder how on earth,
One should be blessed, or  even at all?
487 · Oct 2015
THE FALSE GOD.
Dada Olowo Eyo Oct 2015
And cast they, him, Shadrach,
And alongside, Meshach,
Bound with them, too, Abednego;

But cold raged the fire,
Even seven times hotter,
For within stood the glorious One;

Spake He to the inferno,
As though it were snow,
"Touch not these, my annointed sons."
487 · Nov 2013
Dark Love.
Dada Olowo Eyo Nov 2013
But the eyes by which I see,
Are coloured by affection,
The blind are lost at sea,
So are the fools that seek attention.
486 · Feb 2016
THE OCTOGENARIAN.
Dada Olowo Eyo Feb 2016
Friendly figure hovers around my warm cradle,
Memories of our walks, holding my tiny hand on the safe side of the road,
Occasional chastisements with the cautionary rod,
Moments I felt love was too difficult to handle;

But growing in mature understanding,
Love meant taking hard decisions,
Not pandering to filial emotions,
Daily praying, guarding and guiding;

My dear old man,
I owe it all to you,
Your great insight has proven true,
Thanks for making me, my own man.
My daddy is 80 years old today! Happy 80th birthday, pops!!
485 · Apr 2013
MOVE ON...NOW.
Dada Olowo Eyo Apr 2013
She belongs to someone else now,
Why give yourself high blood pressure?
She did not see you in her future,
Curtains! Take a bow!!
First, and only girlfriend I've ever loved, weds; and it ain't me.
483 · Oct 2018
IGBO.
Dada Olowo Eyo Oct 2018
****.
Tribe.
Hashish.
Nonsensical sense of entitlement.
There's this tribe in Nigeria that has prides itself as being descended from  Jewish tribe and has never stopped wailing about seceding; interestingly, the title of this poem is synonymous with a natural herb some folks get high on :)
482 · Sep 2014
THE REST OF US. (Part 2)
Dada Olowo Eyo Sep 2014
Five times daily,
Or many times weekly,
Their forebears were crusaders,
And Jihadist conquerors.
482 · Jun 2013
Angel Dark
Dada Olowo Eyo Jun 2013
She walked in,
With perfect love handles,
And voluptuous chest bundles,
Oh, where have you been?!
479 · Nov 2013
She's her daughter.
Dada Olowo Eyo Nov 2013
Waves of anger,
Course through enraged veins,
Eyes spotted with crimson stains,
Incensed, she boils over;

Mother makes her mad,
Says things she hates,
Treats her lesser than her mates,
And plays the nagging card;

Sometimes she wonders,
If she sprung from this root,
She seeks the truth,
Day and night, she ponders;

So mother brings wine,
Stretches the crystal, tall glass,
With a smile, she makes the pass,
Then all, again, is pleasant and fine;

Deep down inside,
She knows,
Love flows,
And with this she weathers the tide.
Vera. You know yourself
477 · Jun 2013
Aristo-CRAZY.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jun 2013
If I had it on a platter of gold,
And never knew how much it was sold,
Then can I make bold,
My blue voice, in, the common fold?
476 · Jan 2014
Better Than Ever.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jan 2014
Circumstances made you leave,
Instances of moments still cleave,
After the fallow comes refertility,
Tomorrow holds no uncertainty;

But Take this along with you:
I leave you better than you were.
474 · Mar 2013
LOVE...in a BIND.
Dada Olowo Eyo Mar 2013
We think we've found the better,
In that awesome, perfect other,
Until comes another,
Who totally knocks us over.
March 14 2013
474 · Dec 2013
Lean on Me.
Dada Olowo Eyo Dec 2013
Outta the Zanga,
Almost at Berger,
I Slept late,
But can't miss this early date.
470 · Nov 2018
EVERYTHING CHANGES.
Dada Olowo Eyo Nov 2018
When you have a child,
And reality grips your senses,
In moderation and mild,
The scolding and tender defences;

When loves goes cold,
And romance becomes a figment,
But you did as was told,
If only that was the requirement;

When death approaches,
And life has run its course,
No time for presupposes,
Only to fulfil, this one sure curse.
Nothing ever remains the same.
470 · Jun 2021
TROUBLE. (3).
Dada Olowo Eyo Jun 2021
It is white as far as the eyes can take,
Crunchy underfoot, sometimes hip deep,
What wouldn't she give for a warm steak,
And warmer place to rest and sleep.
Nigeria encourages the poor on perilous journeys to untimely demise.
470 · Jan 2015
HONEST BALLOT.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jan 2015
Hahahahaha! They say collect the money,
But vote your conscience, what conscience?!
In the land of poverty and honey,
Hehehehehehe! What conscience?
469 · Apr 2019
IMMORTAL BISCUIT.
Dada Olowo Eyo Apr 2019
Each crumb a lifesaver,
Eat to your heart's rejuvenation,
Every piece as delicate,
Enticing, even to the most conscious.
468 · Jul 2022
EVENT. ACTUALLY.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jul 2022
All come to an end,
Every good,
Every bend,
The bad brood;

The pregnancies women carry,
Elephants and mice, too,
So, why worry,
And every time blue?

The magical love story,
Unbelievable romance,
Meteoric fame and glory,
That heartbreak, ******, messy and gory;

Eventually the king gives up his cause,
However long the queen might live,
Longevity eventually runs it course,
And another's the crown to receive.
There is a time for everything. A time to pretend everything is fine. And yet a time to be confronted with the mendacity of the falsehood we live.
467 · Feb 2013
Balls of Steel (Part 1)
Dada Olowo Eyo Feb 2013
Child of necessity,
Born on a blanket of hope,
To a mother who can barely cope,
And a father who roams the city;

With so much tears,
Mother gathers a few rags together,
Prays fate will find one better,
To love him all his years;

Tempered by harsh realities of life,
Scavenging on scrapes and bits,
Grows leathery skin to survive the streets,
Each sunrise and sunset a renewed strife.
467 · Jul 2015
GODS OR GIN. (1)
Dada Olowo Eyo Jul 2015
The white man's medicine,
Says there's no sin,
But the gods are awake,
Angry, and lives, will be at stake.
464 · Jun 2022
THE ALT PERSPECTIVE.
Dada Olowo Eyo Jun 2022
Quite interesting that,
No political machinery,
Is pushing a different narrative,
Around elective positions;

Especially at the highest positions of,
Federal, state and local tiers of government in,
A horse race to secure power by any means, and,
To what end, really?

One backed by bullion war chests of,
Infinite origins or two of,
Rich origins that remain quite unclear and,
Three acclaimed to be extremely frugal;

Any side of the triangle appears to
Be propelled by ordinate ambition to,
Lord it over the living and the inanimate in,
Obstinate patriarchy to be the head and not the tail;

So, and not so surprisingly, still,
No political organisation in the running has,
Conceived the idea of a female candidate in,
The position of president or the vice, why?

Busy with primordial pernutations,
The entire land is in a heightened frenzy with,
Ethno dichotomy and religious bugaboo, both,
At the fore of national discourse, sadly;

So here we are, the woke and unwoke, all,
Pretending to be mute, deaf and unseeing in,
What evidently would have been the,
Icing on the national cake where a woman to emerge;

Why can't a woman be your running mate in,
This quest to change the miserable trajectory of,
Impending doom this contraption is headed for,
And a gender balance at the echelon of state power?

Whatever anyone says or doesn't say, now,
Nobody should be left any doubt whatever that,
As a people this geographical expression is not serious with,
The things that matter; like a female vee-***;

And until the national focus shifts toward the,
Preference for a female vice president or president, even,
Over religious or ethnic balance in pairing flag bearers then,
All and every attempt at anything, whatsoever,  remains, still, a huge J O K E.
Nigerians have found themselves at this juncture of either rescuing their country from impending doom or salvaging whatever is left for the sake of posterity. But in all.of this nobody is talkng about having a female head the country at the highest level, and why not? What are they afraid of?

All that is projected os whether the ticket should be of same religious or ethnic stock. The buffoonery is mind boggling and most shamefully the ones that appear the most liberal in outlook clearly have no clue of how powerful a male-female ticket on any ballot would give the wining edge in the coming 2023 general elections to elect the  next president of that sorry state.
463 · Nov 2013
Day 1,000.
Dada Olowo Eyo Nov 2013
On the day the sun blinks,
I lift up my supplications,
Grateful, in many situations,
Wacthing, hopeful, as the sun *****.
First 1,000 days in Abuja.
458 · Sep 2014
GHOST OF INSURGENCY PAST
Dada Olowo Eyo Sep 2014
He shook the leaves vigorously,
Threatening vengeance and blood,
They had riddled his master callously,
And now they would pay with tidal crimson flood.
457 · Aug 2019
CONFLICT OF CONSCIENCE.
Dada Olowo Eyo Aug 2019
Deep within I think a darkness,
Something to destroy everything,
Then comes a shinning,
That fills up the nothingness.
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