tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30308945047334121932024-03-07T21:49:21.745-08:00THE RABBIThe works of Stanley Ejiogu, comprising of poetry, Literary Appreciations, and Poltical Views.Stanley Ejioguhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02726496064074025706noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030894504733412193.post-62177536907132525932010-03-08T07:02:00.000-08:002011-08-27T13:49:54.968-07:00MY LIPS SHALL RHYMEFor years to be added unto me, I do not proclaim
<br />To acknowledge your deeds, I do proclaim
<br />My tears you took and fertiled the soil
<br />So, in vain no longer shall be my toil
<br />For no adoration unnoticed, passed you
<br />Even if I’ ve got no gold
<br />Worship I’ ll still give unto you
<br />For you are God
<br />I can see your deeds splattered over the shores of time
<br />And for that and for you, my lips shall rhyme
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<br />Like a dog, I shall wag my tail
<br />Just to demonstrate my tale
<br />In time of distress, I shall not stagger
<br />Rather, like David I shall go gaga
<br />For when I was down and out
<br />You gave me reason to live again
<br />So, like a child, I shall skip about
<br />For your knowledge has become my gain
<br />Even at the time of no dime
<br />For that and for you, my lips shall rhyme
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<br />On your command, still the waters stayed
<br />On the mention of your name, evil fled
<br />By you, man was made
<br />And by your power, the devil bled
<br />Just like a child, your praise, my lips shall mumble
<br />Like thunder, your praise, my lips shall rumble
<br />Like a mad man, I shall speak in unknown tongues
<br />Out of insanity, I shall blaster in unknown tongues
<br />When I get dumbfounded, I shall mime
<br />And for that and for you, my lips shall rhyme
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<br />The poem “MY LIPS SHALL RHYME” was written by Stanley Ejiogu and can be used for reflection purposes. If it has to be read, the author’s name has to be mentioned.
<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Copyright © 2010Stanley Ejioguhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02726496064074025706noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030894504733412193.post-90469594268498405302010-02-02T02:03:00.000-08:002010-02-02T02:34:43.867-08:00WHICH WAY NIGERIA?They never contested<br /><br /> They shot their way to the top<br /><br /> Till we protested<br /><br /> And blew our top<br /><br /> Promising us a change<br /><br /> They left<br /><br /> Looking at the right,hoping for a change<br /><br /> We forgot the left<br /><br /> From there they came<br /><br /> And kings they became<br /><br /> No longer in their original forms<br /><br /> Because there were no uniforms<br /><br /> Which they' ve traded for gowns<br /><br /> And their caps, they exchanged for clowns<br /><br /> So life really became a stage<br /><br /> A palace without a page<br /><br /> They, the actors<br /><br /> We, the spectators<br /><br /> Being forced to cheer<br /><br /> Because we are afraid of the deer<br /><br /> Just like their skin, their hearts are black<br /><br /> Looking forward and never turning back<br /><br /> Because soldiers will always be soldiers<br /><br /> And every houses will always look like a barrack<br /><br /> Of ourselves, we are prisoners<br /><br /> Looking ahead for better days to come<br /><br /> But when shall it become?<br /><br /> When the owl still howls at night<br /><br /> And the deer still prowls with might<br /><br /> Because like coal, the heart of man is black<br /><br /> And a voice still rings at night weeping,<br /> <br /> 'Which way Nigeria'?<br /><br /> <br /><br /> AUTHOR: STANLEY EJIOGU<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> The Poem, WHICH WAY NIGERIA? was written by Stanley Ejiogu. No part of this poem <br /> should be reproduced in any form without the consent of the Author. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.Stanley Ejioguhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02726496064074025706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030894504733412193.post-25892697067820067652009-12-22T01:16:00.001-08:002010-02-01T01:41:51.860-08:00THE COLOUR OF THE SHADOW OF DARKNESSOn and on I walked, unto the throes of darkness<br />Unknown, the evil that belies ahead<br />So lonely like the wilderness<br />But on and on, I forged ahead<br />And no one to comfort me in this great moment of my forsakeness<br />In this great moment, when heaviness becometh my head<br />No one around to console me, in this great moment of my nothingness<br />Not even my constant companion- my shadow<br />Or do they only stay in the meadow?<br />So grief became my best companion<br />At this moment, I felt like I could not be saved<br />Not even by my lucky medallion<br />Because in and in, the road caved<br />Leading me to the house of doom<br />As if I already have a room<br />I can feel the claws of evil<br />Clawing, clawing at my soul<br />With the intent to rip it apart<br />I can feel the mauls of evil<br />Mauling, mauling at my soul<br />With the intent to rip it apart<br />I can still hear the voice of the preacher<br />Still staying, "vanity, all is vanity"<br />And I wonder why the preacher<br />Chose to come at this moment of insanity<br />Does it mean I still have a chance?<br />Does it mean this is all a trance?<br />Then I cried, "mercy"!<br />I looked up at the black sky and cried, "mercy"!<br />For now, I' ve seen and known, nevertheless<br />The colour of the shadow of darkness<br /><br /> AUTHOR: STANLEY EJIOGUStanley Ejioguhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02726496064074025706noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3030894504733412193.post-86271755986013517472009-12-18T08:11:00.000-08:002010-02-01T01:54:45.637-08:00NE-ME-SISDon't want to end up like my friends of' course<br />Gone of a just course<br />I shall not grieve so much<br />For one way or the other, we shall all go as such<br />And when I have to go, it shall be for a reason<br />Though they call it treason<br />The vultures of this earth<br />Always gladdened at the sight of death<br />With no respect for humanity<br />Thinking that life on earth is eternity<br />Vampires! getting so fat on our blood<br />Though it sounds odd<br />But for how long shall you betray a brother?<br />For how long shall you betray a sister?<br />The trust they gave you, you betrayed<br />And in you, I saw no conscience portrayed<br />I see! I see! Revolution<br />I see! I see! Rebellion<br />I can see blood on the streets<br />I can hear the sound of the drum beats<br />Because when you push a man for so long<br />Violence becomes his song<br />But unto him you blameth not<br />But unto thee who shareth their lot<br />From the mist emerges a traveller<br />And slowly he walks like a toddler<br />But unto his destination, he is no stranger<br />From his manifestation, emanates danger<br />Upon your stair case he tops<br />On your door he stops<br />Knock! knock! on your door he knocks<br />Before you could ask" who's there"?<br />Click! click! the door unlocks<br />Then he tries to answer your question, "who's there"?<br />But a word he could not utter<br />He tried again to say his name, but all he could do was stutter<br />Ne-me-sis<br /><br /><br /> AUTHOR: STANLEY EJIOGU<br /> <br />The poem NE-ME-SIS was written by Stanley Ejiogu and no part of it should be reproduced in any form without the consent of the author. 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