"calabar" poems - Hello Poetry

If you want to make heaven Marry from Enugu! You want to be successful Please marry from Anambra If you want a complete package Marry an Akwa Ibomite They attended finishing school Right under their mother's tutelage If you want to raise Professors Marry From Ekiti If you want to build empires Marry an Igbo girl They push you to success Do you want to maintain your culture? Mary a Yoruba girl If you want to be royalty Marry a Hausa girl If you don't ever want to cheat Mary and Edo girl If your relationship survived this year Despite its economic realities Please marry that one If you desire a beauty Queen Marry a Benue girl If you love good romps Marry a Calabar girl Your life will never remain the same And you will live happily ever after If you want to be loved forever Marry your friend and soulmate Listen to me my friend Don't go for looks It will fade away Don't go for money Someday it will be exhausted If you want a good partner Go down on your kneels Then, watch and pray

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Nov 21, 2019

Nov 21, 2019 at 2:42 AM UTC

gentlebabs

If You Want To...

If you want to make heaven Marry from Enugu! You want to be successful Please marry from Anambra If you want a complete package Marry an Akwa Ibomite They attended finishing school Right under their mother's tutelage If you want to raise Professors Marry From Ekiti If you want to build empires Marry an Igbo girl They push you to success Do you want to maintain your culture? Mary a Yoruba girl If you want to be royalty Marry a Hausa girl If you don't ever want to cheat Mary and Edo girl If your relationship survived this year Despite its economic realities Please marry that one If you desire a beauty Queen Marry a Benue girl If you love good romps Marry a Calabar girl Your life will never remain the same And you will live happily ever after If you want to be loved forever Marry your friend and soulmate Listen to me my friend Don't go for looks It will fade away Don't go for money Someday it will be exhausted If you want a good partner Go down on your kneels Then, watch and pray

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At the Biafran front, I fought Tearing down Nigerians With shots of guns We fought like men Defending our lands But with risk and fear As some went blind Among our troops Were hatred and envy Tribalism of doom Had taken over our army. Alongside my brother We triggered together Tearing down men Like pales of feathers. As a boy of sixteen I saw terror in fifteen Behold dead men lay like weeds Vultures had enough to feed Among the dead people I saw my old father, he died still feeble. Turning to my right Lay my mother, sister at flight My hands became weak And my heart did bleed They were killed by the army Which I fought that they live. Biafra was in famine As children starved to death A thousand Igbos massacred at night As our troops retreat to die. Nigeria flew their jets Bombing no one but children and old women A grenade caught my brother And I knew it all be over. The seaways were surrounded Nigerian Navy locked us in our grave No weapon came to Biafra Even our camouflage had become rags Enugu; capital of Biafra had been captured There's nothing left, except to be raptured. Oron and Calabar fell Nigeria sent us hell So in battle front we had Nothing more than matchets and planks Our major had ran And we were left, to die at our hands. With fear, my fellows fell The fear of death, none could tell I ran through the forest Finding way for my escape Lo there was a tunnel And so I escaped Colonels. Fifty thousand fighters quite survived it They were buried alive In mass graves for their deeds. Down in my tunnel of sleep I saw my family in the deep Papa, I called aloud my father He said go for the war is over. Biafra had surrendered But I had lost an arm Millions had died Diseases did bade them bye The war, famine did sail them high Though a soldier I survived. I had lost my home family and lineage. What would I do with a withered arm? Flies had really fed it by As the last man alive, No one cared whether I die. So I died a lonely death With no one to cry

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Oct 14, 2016

Oct 14, 2016 at 9:20 PM UTC

george-nsikak

The Fight For Biafra

At the Biafran front, I fought Tearing down Nigerians With shots of guns We fought like men Defending our lands But with risk and fear As some went blind Among our troops Were hatred and envy Tribalism of doom Had taken over our army. Alongside my brother We triggered together Tearing down men Like pales of feathers. As a boy of sixteen I saw terror in fifteen Behold dead men lay like weeds Vultures had enough to feed Among the dead people I saw my old father, he died still feeble. Turning to my right Lay my mother, sister at flight My hands became weak And my heart did bleed They were killed by the army Which I fought that they live. Biafra was in famine As children starved to death A thousand Igbos massacred at night As our troops retreat to die. Nigeria flew their jets Bombing no one but children and old women A grenade caught my brother And I knew it all be over. The seaways were surrounded Nigerian Navy locked us in our grave No weapon came to Biafra Even our camouflage had become rags Enugu; capital of Biafra had been captured There's nothing left, except to be raptured. Oron and Calabar fell Nigeria sent us hell So in battle front we had Nothing more than matchets and planks Our major had ran And we were left, to die at our hands. With fear, my fellows fell The fear of death, none could tell I ran through the forest Finding way for my escape Lo there was a tunnel And so I escaped Colonels. Fifty thousand fighters quite survived it They were buried alive In mass graves for their deeds. Down in my tunnel of sleep I saw my family in the deep Papa, I called aloud my father He said go for the war is over. Biafra had surrendered But I had lost an arm Millions had died Diseases did bade them bye The war, famine did sail them high Though a soldier I survived. I had lost my home family and lineage. What would I do with a withered arm? Flies had really fed it by As the last man alive, No one cared whether I die. So I died a lonely death With no one to cry

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Hello? "Is Andrew home?" This is him speaking. "Heyyy. It's me ______" Oh hey ______ "I need your help..." Ok? Are you hurt? "I'm..... Well I'm not hurt yet...." I can come over if you'd like. "No you wouldn't like to see me like this." Her speech is slurred... Are you drunk? "No I don't drink. I'm high though. Hehe." I'm coming there right now. "No... no you.. you can stay. I have my friend here with me." Who is your friend? "Calabar." Who's that? "Calabar. You know? 22 Calabar. He used to be your friend." Put it down. I'm on my way. "Whatever." dial tone..... Where are you!? "In my room... Come find me." As I walk up the stairs, Bang Nooooo!!!!!

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May 27, 2013

May 27, 2013 at 7:09 PM UTC

andrew-moonlight

You called for me?

Hello? "Is Andrew home?" This is him speaking. "Heyyy. It's me ______" Oh hey ______ "I need your help..." Ok? Are you hurt? "I'm..... Well I'm not hurt yet...." I can come over if you'd like. "No you wouldn't like to see me like this." Her speech is slurred... Are you drunk? "No I don't drink. I'm high though. Hehe." I'm coming there right now. "No... no you.. you can stay. I have my friend here with me." Who is your friend? "Calabar." Who's that? "Calabar. You know? 22 Calabar. He used to be your friend." Put it down. I'm on my way. "Whatever." dial tone..... Where are you!? "In my room... Come find me." As I walk up the stairs, Bang Nooooo!!!!!

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Oh! Africa! Let me tell you About my dearest Africa The cradle of human civilization The land of wonders! Undoubtedly, the second most populous Of all the continents Where Gazzeles run to survive And Lions pursue to feed In a battle of survival Let me tell you about Africa Covering six percent of earths surface Home to Nelson Mandela And greats like Fela Anikulapo Kuti But for Ethiopia and Liberia We were all colonised Introduced to foreign gods and culture In all these occurrence We never forgot Africa! 170millon of us speak Arabic 130million speak French With over 2000 different languages We are the kings of diversity Let me tell you about Africa Where we hold the ace As the hottest continent on earth Surely, a noble bragging right! Go back to your history books Let's set the record straight Africa is not a country Neither do we live on trees It is a blessed and peculiar continent Let me tell you about Africa Where our only problem is governance And corruption reigns supreme Oh! Africa! My Africa! Wait a second! Are you planning a getaway? Visit the Omo River in Ethiopia The birthplace of Emperor Halie Selasie Would you like to track Gorillas? Then would love it The Virunga Mountains of DR Congo It is worth all your penny The breathe taking scenery That Zanzizar offers Will make you relocate to Africa Surely we are The real Ministers of Enjoyment If you want a birds view Of our beautiful continent Make it to the tallest mountain in Africa Mountain Kilimanjaro, Tanzania It stands at 19,340feet Kenya reminds you of nature Cape Town, our most beautiful City The Mummies and Pyramids of Egypt And the delicacies of Calabar, Nigeria It is appointed to die once But before you do Visit our beautiful continent Your life will never remain the same That your education may be complete And I hope this inspires you!

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Sep 9, 2019

Sep 9, 2019 at 4:01 PM UTC

gentlebabs

Let Me Tell You About Africa

Oh! Africa! Let me tell you About my dearest Africa The cradle of human civilization The land of wonders! Undoubtedly, the second most populous Of all the continents Where Gazzeles run to survive And Lions pursue to feed In a battle of survival Let me tell you about Africa Covering six percent of earths surface Home to Nelson Mandela And greats like Fela Anikulapo Kuti But for Ethiopia and Liberia We were all colonised Introduced to foreign gods and culture In all these occurrence We never forgot Africa! 170millon of us speak Arabic 130million speak French With over 2000 different languages We are the kings of diversity Let me tell you about Africa Where we hold the ace As the hottest continent on earth Surely, a noble bragging right! Go back to your history books Let's set the record straight Africa is not a country Neither do we live on trees It is a blessed and peculiar continent Let me tell you about Africa Where our only problem is governance And corruption reigns supreme Oh! Africa! My Africa! Wait a second! Are you planning a getaway? Visit the Omo River in Ethiopia The birthplace of Emperor Halie Selasie Would you like to track Gorillas? Then would love it The Virunga Mountains of DR Congo It is worth all your penny The breathe taking scenery That Zanzizar offers Will make you relocate to Africa Surely we are The real Ministers of Enjoyment If you want a birds view Of our beautiful continent Make it to the tallest mountain in Africa Mountain Kilimanjaro, Tanzania It stands at 19,340feet Kenya reminds you of nature Cape Town, our most beautiful City The Mummies and Pyramids of Egypt And the delicacies of Calabar, Nigeria It is appointed to die once But before you do Visit our beautiful continent Your life will never remain the same That your education may be complete And I hope this inspires you!

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