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Poets in Nigeria
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IF SEX IS SIN
All is vain except love and coitus is the culmination of it...
SAY NO TO RAPE, A POEM BY ALHASSAN MARYAM
"say no to rape" is a poem expressing the trauma and hurt a girl went through after her rape experience.
IF I EXCHANGE THE PEN FOR THE GUN, A POEM BY NUEL UYI
This is a poem about the pains of having to go fight at the war front and leaving one's beloved at home with the thought that one may go to the war front and not come back alive.
FAITH, A POEM BY PROMISE AKPA-ESU
faith lies in the heart of the believer, and the sinner sins only because he believes; that redemption is a winged horse...
//SUPERSTITIONS//
This poem tells about the beliefs we all had while younger, before we were librated by sciences,common sense and so on.
MY DEPENDENCY, A POEM BY YAHUZA ABDULKADIR
Losing a loved one got me into smoking and drinking. I tried to quit but it's the most difficult thing to do.
WHEN I HEARD THE WORDS ” HATE THE SIN, NOT THE SINNER”
The title became somewhat more of a sermon to me & this was one reason I wrote the poem, it one time had effects on me as a person(sinner).
Sin truly is a purgatory, we are forgiven only when the police of our heart(conscience) is safe, clean & sane.
MY FATHER WORE GRIEF AS A GARMENT
when i reckon of how much i have been through, i think of how much my father has lived to endure as the result of the ill felted marriage with my mother, as all i could see written on his face are scares of grief.
LOVE ONLY VISIT ON BIRTHDAYS
Love Only Visit On Birthdays is a masterpiece written by multi award winning creative writer; Ayomide Inufin D'great and it centers on the hypocrisy, sentiment and unrealistic show of love and affection which is framed and falsely flaunted on special days such as birthdays.
HOW TO START WRITING POETRY
Poetry is a form of self-expression where you can say anything without any limitations. Whether you are feeling joyful, sad, or angry, it's all welcome in the world of poetry. Put your pen to the paper and let your creative juices flow.