KURUNMI (an epic) by Ololade Akinlabi
Ogun Ijaye le pupo! Oro o'wo mohn ko pada s'eyin, Iya re nke lo bi ewure Baba re nke lo bi igala Oro o'wo mohn, pada s'eyin. Corpses' hymns, dated...
MOREMI AJASORO by Ololade Akinlabi
Taking thoughts backward, Reminiscences of ancients; They are lost in memories Pieces left are hymns in holy papers Perhaps, discos are the better dance steps. Taking thoughts backward, Ancient archives...
DEATH by Ololade Akinlabi
We need not to write your stories in pen cause in your hands lie the ink to terminate life No one sees the end of your story Who dares to?...
OSU by Ololade Akinlabi
Daughter of Osu, Our father is a prudent squanderer, Spends today prior tomorrow surfaces, 'Tomorrow shall hold another blessing;' Hitherto, tomorrow comes with barrenness. And the calabash was bountifully emptied,...
1967 by Ololade Akinlabi
(About Nigeria civil war and it consequences) Yesterday was lost along our memorial path, It was the day we lost without defeat; We killed our sons as roasted chickens, They...
ÀBÌKÉ by Ololade Akinlabi
Do you remember That day... When darkness spoke into the atmosphere As silence whispered out your name into my heart Abike, that memory lingers Even as life unfolds its melancholy As...
MISSING SIGHT by Ololade Akinlabi
Suddenly we lost our sights Our light now our night All day long darkness is what we can see Our children are no longer imageries in our retina To exile...
ÀWÈRÓ by Ololade Akinlabi
Awero, night before yesterday night Behind the bricks when all eyes Had lost there consciousness And that always smiling spherical shaped thing call the moon splashed light on you Acceleration...
IFUNAYA by Ololade Akinlabi
Show me the path to your heart There, in it I will keep my trust Journey to your maiden Paradise An eternal reminiscence that lingers..... Even long after my eyes...
AFRIKA THE SLEEPING GIANT by Ololade Akinlabi
Far from home..... Beyond the sea is where we reside Where shivering usher out Our glowing teeth not to smile But to beckon to the frigid weather Our complexion is...