Sonnet of the Surreal Shadows: My Niger Delta
Lost in the woods somewhere poor Niger Delta
Men and women in red and black chanting
Their dreams consumed, fortune lost in ranting
The youths inflamed, runing helter skelter
When I schooled in you many years ago
We saw the world with eyes of paradise
We saw Nigeria's painted canvas
A wortheir work than Michealangelo
The shadows I see today saddens me
The wasted generation celebrates
Mediocrity shines, the crooked crown
They will not hear thy plea or cries of thee
O Mother Africa! By thy gates
Your children cry, thier leaders dance to town.
Dele-Israel Ikeorha
Kaduna, 19 October, 2005
Men and women in red and black chanting
Their dreams consumed, fortune lost in ranting
The youths inflamed, runing helter skelter
When I schooled in you many years ago
We saw the world with eyes of paradise
We saw Nigeria's painted canvas
A wortheir work than Michealangelo
The shadows I see today saddens me
The wasted generation celebrates
Mediocrity shines, the crooked crown
They will not hear thy plea or cries of thee
O Mother Africa! By thy gates
Your children cry, thier leaders dance to town.
Dele-Israel Ikeorha
Kaduna, 19 October, 2005
posted by Dele-Israel Ikeorha at 3:44 AM
1 Comments:
Well done.
How long do you intend to keep this memorial tribute for Chima Ubani?
You compose very good poems.
God bless.
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