Tosin Abegunde Poems

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1.
Tree Of Memory

Tree of Memory

Endlessly it continues
Seed o' the war-thirst
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2.
Water

Water

I passionately fear you with awe
Even though I take you while raw.
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3.
How Time Flies

How Time Flies

94 years ago,
We gather to celebrate
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4.
Family Ties

Under same battlement
Without retirement
With resentments
Sprayed on rents
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5.
When The Wine Got Exhausted

When The Wine Got Exhausted

There, in the congregation, I sat
Thinking in snatches and so, lost
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6.
So Sorry A Sight

So Sorry A Sight.

As days dissolve into nights
And seasons chameleon to centuries,
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7.
Kokumo

Kòkúmọ́

The truant of existence.
Severally registering appearance,
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8.
God Bless Nigeria

Oh Nigeria,
My father land
So blessed a land
To the penury of her children.
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9.
On A Coal Of Fire

On this coal of fire I sit,
Patiently, like a hen on a line
Museling about this socio-malady
That makes a man bleats
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10.
Syberitic Pearl

Syberitic Pearl

Dark, in my lowly solitude state,
I see in your world a tender arm,
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