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  Poem: The Loophole That Mocked Us

  Oni Abidemi Martins

  For Nigeria and what we have become….   The foundation crumbled at the cradle Journey forever from birth bedeviled The life and times Of a jostled nation Bed of icing broken before its time...

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  Poem: Odo-Ona

  Oni Abidemi Martins

  (Dedicated to all the children of Odo-Ona) River Ona, Ancient course that births a nation: my origin Deepest roots I am my beginning River Ona, my bodiless being Of the water tribe:...

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  Poem: The Benediction

  Oni Abidemi Martins

  For grandpa Benedict Okoko Ibadeki Mass of seeds In the silent nights tarried Mass of sand For salient delays arid The long yearns as on whom to beckon The long wait where a sojourner must return The old...

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  Poem: Another Realm

  Oni Abidemi Martins

  Things happened in another realm Before now Elusiveness. love. hate Betrayal. devotions. commitment Spirituality and ascensions Truly unrevealing; faintly vague Descensions were the out-point Things happened...

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  Poem: Voice in the Wilderness

  Oni Abidemi Martins

    The Prophet: A crusader of the first order Non-diabolic appearances Pure and amplified footsteps Wailing voices like thunders from a thousand chariots Serious-minded and concerned Concerns born...

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  Poem: Rhythms

  Oni Abidemi Martins

                          Play to me non-stop Soothing soul sounds to dance to To erase the burning blaze That burns fervently in my mind Like...

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