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Tuesday, 3 November 2015
ROMEO IS DEAD,
This road you walked before.
Before January was betrothed to June.
This sea, you swam ashore.
While it was yet closer to Earth.
.
You've heard this same story over and over again.
More than the hooting honks of Lagos 'danfo' buses.
Like the Police car sirens.
You already know when it calls.
.
You've seen it all before.
In the eyes of clones and real versions alike.
Interwoven twisted tales.
Romeo is DEAD and long gone.
©Akinlade Oluwaseyifunmi Sky™ 2015.
Edited by: Bankole Kolawole
Picture credit from transmedialshakespeare.wordpress.com
I am Akinlade Oluwaseyifunmi Sky; A writer, an actor and a tailor.. A Student of the University of Abuja. A Nigerian, from the fountain of knowledge.. ( Ekiti State). Sky is a one time Philosopher of the Week at the Figures of Speech Movement; an avalanche of art and the fastest growing art movement in sub-saharan Africa.
Monday, 2 November 2015
BEAUTY FOOLS
The BEAUTIFUL ones are not yet born
Those out there are fully for fun
To them they are the most beautiful
With the life they live, they are BEAUTY FOOLS.
Marrying mirror making up to paint lips
with skimpy dress to display hips
front sit with big boobs in jeeps
To them they are the most BEAUTIFUL
O! they are BEAUTY FOOLS
Many outing with myriad male
Brazilian hair dancing on dullard brain
pix mixing for advert and publicity that their BEAUTY IS FULL
Indeed they are BEAUTY FOOLS
Boasting with white skin made by CARO WHITE
Behold dark skin lady turning WHITE
snapping smiling with chop and go in shop right
They are the most BEAUTIFUL displaying BEAUTY FOOL
The BEAUTY FOOLS are victim of RITUALS
The BEAUTY FOOLS are victim of HIV/AIDS
The BEAUTY FOOLS maintain the ROAD SIDES
The BEAUTY FOOLS are those carrying BABY of USELESS DADDY
The BEAUTY FOOLS are with Black Berry without Busy Brain to think of a better future
The one with single date
Those with happy homes
Those with lucrative jobs
Those with best academic RESULTS
They are all BEAUTIFUL and not BEAUTY FOOLS
By: Olabanji Issa Usman (BUSY BRAIN)
Olabanji issa Usman *BusyBrain (BB)* is a prolific writer from Kwara state who have written many articles published on newspapers and magazines. A Journalist and a poet. BB once won the award of Best Grammarian of the Year at the Department of Mass Communication Department, Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State. He is an currently the Editor-in-Chief (Academics) for GLOBAL VIEW Newspapers and also a Public Relations Practitioner.
Monday, 21 September 2015
CUDDLED IN CATAPULTED WORDS
When two WHOREders MOUTHsturbates, the whole world gets turned on...
This isn't in irony, neither is it close to euphemism.. In this episode, Prestige brings Sissy to her dreamland as they both visit a nearby desert to quench their thirst with kisses....(Readers' discretion, 18+)
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The Romance: Prestige and Sissy
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Sissy:
Prestige, my sweetness
You are not just a man
You are a superman ๐ช
Tougher and stronger than the glorified superman!
Perhaps to him, you are the superior one.
Prestige:
If I am superior to super man
Then it's because I got a strong woman
Fusing me with Energy, Truth and Love.
You do it with ease
But I know it's no tease
Your words are sweet like manna
It spurs me to embrace good manners
Sissy:
๐
It's easy for me to be a strong woman!
‘Cos I'm being schooled by a virtuous man!
Nurtured and cuddled in catapulted words!
That has elevated me to my essence' core
Prestige:
You flow like LAUREN's stream from up the HILL
Killing me softly with this love that I feel๐ถ
You are everyone's sweet lady but MY WOMAN๐
Warming my heart with music, with a hot ONE DAY COAL
Sissy:
I hear you call me your woman! ๐
And my heart bounces @ the thought of you my man!
Though you eulogize me as Sugar!
I confess that you are sweeter
Prestige:
Sweet sweeter sweetest
Honey is sweet ๐
Prestige is sweeter
Sissy is the sweetest
‘Honey Prestiger Sissiest’
Sissy:
More, much, most
Sissy loves all, but Prestige more!
Prestige loves Sissy as much,
And sissy loves him most
Prestige:
Let's go to the desert
And quench our thirst with kisses
Let's go to the garden
And play naked like Adam and Eve
Sissy:
Let's hold hands together,๐ซ
Basking in our union like there is no other!
Let's mingle and tangle
After all, it takes two to Tango.
Delve into me as you would lick Mango
Hold me close and don't let go
Prestige:
I will squeeze you like orange ๐
Wipe your ripe mangoes with my wet towel
Cover your thighs with kisses๐
And your river will never run dry
Sissy:
Oh my darling!
Envelope me in your Bosom,
Fill my river with your magic rod!
Fuel me with sizzling sparks and redeem my weary heart
Dice me and Spice me into a story!
Take me to Paradise and tame me!
I command and also beg thee,
to love me forever beyond the reach of time⏰
Prestige:
Sissy Love, my beautiful dove
Please shun all worries about loving you forever
Cos’ on the very first day I fell in love with you๐
I brutally amputated the hands of time๐๐ช
Sissy:
๐
My heart beats faster,
I have suddenly grown taller and bigger!
Hearing the words I so desire,
Spring out from your sincere lips!
I love you deeply,
Truly and wholeheartedly too๐
By: Prestige Ifeanyichukwu Bernard & Sissy Dirisma
Edited by: Bankole Kolawole
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The journey has just began…..Watch out for the next episode…
Friday, 18 September 2015
SAMURAI SECRETLY PREPARES AN ANT'S RACE ON "THIS WAR"
OLAYINKA SAMSON AREMU (SAMURAI) is a renowned "WORDiator" as popularly chanted in the poetry/spoken word parlance in Nigeria. He is a Spoken Word Poet whose lines tickles the fantasies of the hardest of hearts. He is uniquely known for fighting with invisible swords on stage, little wonder he is a SAMURAI.
He was the 1st Runner-Up at the biggest poetry slam in Nigeria (War of Words Season 4, 2014), twice 2nd runner-Up at Abuja Poetry Slam 2015). He has performed on countless platforms from university campuses, radio and television shows, poetry and soul music events in almost all the commercial nerve centers of the country.
Here, we bring to your mind's eyes, 'an open secret' on Samurai's latest move to produce two of his awe-inspiring spoken word videos, "This War" and "Ants' Race" that promises to send romantic messages like archers into the heart of men previously-perfectly kissed by arrows.
You can't afford to miss the videos of those two multiple award-winning poems...hence you "WASH OUT"
THIS WAR
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This war is not to be fought on the battlefield
Where swords clang with the shield,
Where archers send romantic messages through bows
And the chests of men are kissed by arrows,
Where war-lords wield warriors
To fight, to surmount and to be victorious.
But this war started it all after all.
Haven't you heard of WET E, AGBEKOYA and ADO ODO PANKERE wars,
Where dangerous lions were unarmed of their paws
as the essence of their hearts pour
They never were apprehended with the fear of armed corps.
But of course,
This war started it all after all.
The kaboom Kaboom Of Gaza rockets,
That dismantled bricks, body, bones, ball and sockets;
Cases that can't stand on the legal docket
It emerged from "this war's pockets
This war started it all after all.
"BOKO ARE RAMS" slaughters men like Ileya rams
Bombings that surpass and supersede scams.
It all started with slams.
This war started it all after all .
You have heard about the war of Troy,
Where armies trample, invade and destroy.
Like little children playing with toys
They were unaware of the moment when war walked in to whisk away their joy
and all what they enjoy
Their plenteous pretties and beauteous booties were destroyed
This war serves several serenades of decoy.
This war started it all after all .
There's been so many religious conflicts,
When our founding father's fading faith contradict
When holy heathens and believing infidels refuse to mix
When religious leaders wore the robe of convicts
The Holy books and this war intermix.
This war started it all after all.
When Husbands and wives divorce
When men were riding and hitting their wives like horse
When women hearken not to their hubby's voice
When they have to part paths by force,
This war is the source.
This war started it all after all.
This war is fun for some,
For those that are troublesome.
This war is sorrow in the hearts of others
That love all as their brothers.
This war like every other war starts with a war song
This war is a fight for rights against the wrongs
This war is a dialogue-dictating epilogue
This war takes the shape of your tongue
This war started it all after all
This war is always around us
This war lives on the insides of us.
It processes its process in our brains and follows the furrowed flows in our vocal cords
It works innately and with us in accord.
This war begins and ends every other war
This war travels farther than birds.
This war is the war of words.
© olayinka samson aremu. All rights reserved
Monday, 14 September 2015
TAADEWRITES
When Manuel D’Poet got ‘Consumed by words’…He wrote for ‘TAADEWRITES’, an acrostic poem. Feel his cravings here....
Took me a while to notice you, still wishing to hold and behold you
Allowing myself get consumed by the words you spoke to me on that slow queue
Although we remain friends but getting closer to you by admiring your hair-do was all I seem to do.
Don't say a word, just listen to my few new words, love is what I pursue.
Everything I ever dreamt of abounds and can be found in you.
Will you let me feel this love all alone? Please ”jor” come to my throne
React to my feelings and emotions cause it’s eating me up in my bones.
Infact let me just call you now, where is my phone?
Then I found out that I've been sleeping and dreaming since
Experiment is over
Time for hypothesis and result of over-eating beans
Sorry for the joke though, wanted talking to you and it’s like this was the only means…
Written by: Adegboye Emmanuel Babatunde (Manuel D'Poet)
Edited by: Bankole Kolawole
PS: The above is a spoken word piece, written for performance purpose.
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Adegboye Emmanuel Babatunde (Manuel D’Poet) is a young growing spoken word Poet who has performed at different university/polytechnic campuses in Nigeria. His works are more often embellished with sweet-sounding ‘easy-to-grab’ word-plays that tickles one’s sixth sense to the seventh.
"joor” is a Nigerian slang word for “please”
Took me a while to notice you, still wishing to hold and behold you
Allowing myself get consumed by the words you spoke to me on that slow queue
Although we remain friends but getting closer to you by admiring your hair-do was all I seem to do.
Don't say a word, just listen to my few new words, love is what I pursue.
Everything I ever dreamt of abounds and can be found in you.
Will you let me feel this love all alone? Please ”jor” come to my throne
React to my feelings and emotions cause it’s eating me up in my bones.
Infact let me just call you now, where is my phone?
Then I found out that I've been sleeping and dreaming since
Experiment is over
Time for hypothesis and result of over-eating beans
Sorry for the joke though, wanted talking to you and it’s like this was the only means…
Written by: Adegboye Emmanuel Babatunde (Manuel D'Poet)
Edited by: Bankole Kolawole
PS: The above is a spoken word piece, written for performance purpose.
“Joor” is a
Nigerian slang word for “please”
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Adegboye Emmanuel Babatunde (Manuel D’Poet) is a young growing spoken word Poet who has performed at different university/polytechnic campuses in Nigeria. His works are more often embellished with sweet-sounding ‘easy-to-grab’ word-plays that tickles one’s sixth sense to the seventh.
"joor” is a Nigerian slang word for “please”
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
Men, Not gods
Adetimehin Victor ‘Vic’Adex’ is becoming increasingly
popular by the day with his “Men, not gods” piece performed at War of Words
Season 5 (August, 2015). Below is another version of the poem, crafted by a
freelance writer, Olabanji Issa Usman (BusyBrain), titled still as “Men, Not
gods"
Those we repose our trust
and verily craving for a lust
while their citizens hustling in a dust
O! they are the looters
They are men not gods
Through party manifestos they create
and we follow and voted them with faith
Now they are marring myriad fate
Who are they making us irate ?
O! They are Men not gods
Behold poly and varsities with corruption
as they rule with bad reputation
lecturers and there irritable method of extortion
extorting to build mansion
verily, they are men not gods.
Where are your particulars by the road side ?
claiming protection and cannot chide evil tide
Twenty Naira as daily bread from motorists in their ride
Taking bribe stylishly in a glide
O! they are Men not gods
“Allahu Akbar” after slaughtering
Claiming true servants after bombing
O! God those things are done in your name even raping
Alas! Are the gods vexing?
No, they are Men not gods
Those aborted pregnancy
by the girls at their infancy
who are the owners
and the terminator of terminated pregnancy
O! they are Men not gods
Men are the evil doers
as evil tide in Nigeria is building towers
Nursing murderers with kleptomaniac fingers
Men are the looters
Men are the destroyers
Men are the bombers
Men are the robbers
The evil tide perpetrators
are the MEN and Not
gods
Yes! Men not gods
Edited by: Bankole Kolawole
PS:
“Allahu Akbar” in Arabic language depicts “God is the greatest”
“Allahu Akbar” in Arabic language depicts “God is the greatest”
Wednesday, 2 September 2015
LINES&LYRICS INTERVIEW WITH AN ENIGMA…
‘Enigmatic’
Olumide Bisiriyu is a poet, spoken word artist, movie producer, poetry promoter
and Founder/CEO, EGC Media & Properties Company. In this exclusive
interview with BankHALL of LinesNLyrics, he speaks of his background, marriage,
career and his trending spoken word video, "I COUNT" unleashed on
Tuesday, September 1st, 2015.
BankHALL: Good
day Sir Enigmatic
Enigmatic: Good
day BankHall.
BankHALL: We
heard of your trending video going viral on the internet now, tell us about
it...
Enigmatic: I
Count is a spoken word Poetry video about mother Nigeria and her children.
BankHALL: How
did you come about the title "I COUNT" ?
Enigmatic: It's
a product of many thinking, about the many mistakes we make as Nigerians that
has been taking us backwards since independence till now, about the many
bombings of Boko Haram, the many petty thieves who get jailed Or killed for
stealing small money, the many big thieves in politics who steal big money and
still go scot-free, the many injustice, and the many ways we enjoy suffering as
individuals without actually wanting to change.
BankHALL: What’s
the primary message you intend to pass with the video?
Enigmatic: The change we
were looking for is finally knocking on our doors, but it’s not government that
will bring about the change, its understanding of the power of the masses over
the government.
BankHALL: Did
you encounter any challenge producing the video?
Enigmatic: Not really, because
i am a cinematographer and I prepared before hand for likely challenges.. The
only challenge may be during recording as the producer /engineer couldn’t get
what I wanted on time and I kept going back to record till they got it.
BankHALL: Was it
your first time?
Enigmatic: No. I have one or two short films that I kept away
from the public. But it’s my first Poetry video.
BankHALL: How do
you feel doing what you do in a country where poetry is still growing, unlike
music and movies?
Enigmatic: I think it’s a privilege to be among those doing
Poetry before it became popular. It’s just a matter of time and consistency
before Poetry gets her place in mainstream entertainment. But we poets need to
work more together if we are to get there faster.
BankHALL: Can
you give us a brief of your background and upbringing?
Enigmatic: Well,
I was born in Ajegunle area of Lagos. Second Son, of five kids from my Mum. I
later lived in Ikeja GRA for about 11 years. Then I went to school in Ibadan.
Then went to Katsina State. And then back to Ajah in Lagos to work and now I
shuffle Ibadan and Lagos.
BankHALL: Did
poetry have anything to do with your choice of a life partner?
Enigmatic:
Perhaps... Though I have known my wife for about 10 years before we got
married. We lost touch and only reconnected when she started making comments on
my poems on facebook wall (I used to post poems on facebook you know).
BankHALL: Tel us
about your journey into poetry performance and promotion
Enigmatic: I started
writing Poetry in around 1994, but I didn’t know it was Poetry because I sing
then. In 2004 I made a 7 tracks album that has one Yoruba “ewi” (traditional
poetry) and a pure spoken word Poetry . I took it to some professionals for
critique and fell more in love with Poetry because they loved the poems more. I
actually started performance Poetry in concerts just before then. I eventually
started Poetry Promotion when I met more poets in events around 2010, having
realised that if we do not promote one another our dreams of creating a vibrant
spoken Poetry industry may just be a mirage.
BankHALL: How do
you merge Property Management, Poetry Promotion, Talent Management and Movie
Production?
Enigmatic: I
actually can’t explain that. I think it’s in the blood.
BankHALL: Where
do you see poetry writing and performance in the next 10 years in Nigeria?
Enigmatic: I see
it becoming a big deal. Even the musicians and actors will want to switch to
poetry, Or at least do Poetry once in a while.
BankHALL: What
do you think you or other Poets/Spoken Word Artists can do to get poetry the
place where music is today?
Enigmatic: Supporting the works of one another and
promoting them. We should learn from how comedy industry blew up. They were
always there for one another. We should avoid cliques, sentimentality, and
everything that separates us. And most of all, we should keep doing what we are
doing and don't stop.
BankHALL: What’s
your advice to newbies who have passion for written /performance poetry, who
may be looking up to you as a Role Model and/or Mentor?
Enigmatic: A portion of the scripture says
the glory of the latter House shall be greater. You have every opportunity to
achieve that. Learn from those before you. Be better than them but respect and
don't look down on them. Most importantly, be consistent. Know
your style, message, and stick to it.
BankHALL: Thanks for your time, Enigmatic.
Enigmatic: Thank you.
BankHALL: Thanks for your time, Enigmatic.
Enigmatic: Thank you.
To view the latest spoken word video in Nigeria (“I COUNT), visit: https://youtu.be/qd2qUlmvlpo OR http://edimulo.blogspot.com/2015/09/my-favourite-poetry-video-i-count-is-out.html OR http://egcreativity.blogspot.com/2015/09/i-count-poetry-video-by-enigmatic.html
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