The Woman Warrior Poem by Alade Abayomi Idris

I will write about Adaku

The warrior woman

And her battles

In the matrimonial ring.


She is a beater beating beatables

Respect and reverence, aliens to her

Her mammoth size

Sing songs she dances.


Acrimonious yellings of her husband wake the people

As Imam to worshipers for morning prayer

When the man in him acts

The day before.


Neighbours avoid her paths

Landlord lowers voice in her presence

Passers-by take pleasure in watching

Season films she starred.


Mother-in- laws abandons her son

In a way strange to the blacks

She sealed her running mouth

The day Adaku shown her the pearl gate.


Adaku won her freedom

She becomes man whose say towered

Adaku is indeed a warrior to emulate

By women who do not fancy their womanhood