Orifah Samson Poems

ECLIPSE OF THE STARS
The true stars
Are done and gone!
And this constellation of stars
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THEY TOO ARE IDLE IDOLS
We too can be idols
If fed by chance.
And as long as
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3. CHAINS AND PAINS
Chains and pains
Form the two sides
Of the coin of life
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2. HARD TIMES
The times are hard,
Man is bad
The rhymes are sad,
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On Mothers’ Day
Will they beat their chests
Today it is mothers’ Day:
A child is left in the cold;
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LET THE RIVER FLOW
In the sacred name of pipe-borne water
They dammed River Ojirami
And with billions of naira
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Irony
the rich work like ants
but eat like elephants
the poor work like elephants
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WITHOUT QUIT NOTICE
They littered the drains
When the rains
Had not come
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Come Back Home
Come back home
Arewa
Oduduwa
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I Hear Crying Wombs

i'm reminded in deep pains
the indescribable pains
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