As i face another day,
Watch over me Lord when i play,
Help me not to cry when i fall.
Instill in me your sweetest love.
Fill my heart with your truth.
As i’ll soon become a youth.
Teach me not to steal,
Nor to lie.
Take me to your bosom,
There,let me lie.
Help me to always read and write,
So i can grow to be famous,rich and wise.
I want to be the best i can.
I want to grow into a comely man.
Hearken to my pleas when i pray.
Let not bad friends lead me astray.
Help my friends who steal and fight,
Help us tell the wrong from the right.
Bless my father,
Fill him with strength.
Bless my mother,
See her through the years,
Fill me with laughter.
Confront my fears.
Make me ONE among my peers.
Watch over me when i sleep,
In your arms,my soul i keep,
Make my life a fairy tale,
Happy and sweet,this i pray.
ANDERSON (2010)
Awwwwwww!!anderson!! you make me wanna have your baby! lol!! don’t get any ideas oh! Im just kidding but damn! this poem is going to be a classic..mark my words…a classic…its sweet,innocent and the rhyme is perfect…way to go Anderson!
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@estrella..ROTFLMAO @ having my baby
?he or she will probably go on to win a Nobel prize for writing
wouldn’t that be cool.
glad you think its a classic
Thank you loadz.
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seriously..i read this and i tot…i wanna marry him…wow…
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BABY…MAKING…POETRY…
IF ESTRELLA CAN BE SAYING THAT (and me i no chop the ‘i dey joke’ line) ITS WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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@Seun..BABY MAKING POETRY
?na you sabi.lol
maybe you should try it yourself too.
do remember to tell me if it works.
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@Seun…seun! seun! mind yourself oh! Don’t go plating lewd ideas in Anderson’s Innocent head oh! I was joking and that is that! lol….
?Baby making poetry can only sound good when it comes from the right person you know ba? who knows? you may be it! hehehe!
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@Estrella.i dont see anything lewd about making babies.
?do you?
i hope not.
i do agree with you about the right person though.
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Em…i do need some clarification…
on the ‘you may be it’ part…who are you talking to…ME…
?…OR HIM…?!?!
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You Seun.
?There’s your clarification but seeing as Oga has already proposed, you are free. lol
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So of what use is the ‘CLARIFICATION’…if its coming LATE?!?!?
RIDUNCULOUS.
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@Abby@Emmanuella..looks like tis is becoming a FREE FOR ALL now that everyone is proposing.
?Sweet NS.
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SO…?!?!?
YOU MIND??!?!?!?
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Seun, e be like say @Estrella has planted another ‘hint’ here, o! E be like, no be say na im, o! Hear, hear! She’s probably getting a little kick out of it. Wait for what she has to say, ok, hm.
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@Seun.stop wishin o,i’m very sure you aint the one.lol
?YIPEE
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@Seun..clarification ehn
?Try proposing and lets see the outcome.
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E be like say no be you type that first jist, abi???
Pschewww….player hater.
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@Seun.i’m not a player hater bro.
?How could i do that to the presido.
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HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE…E GOOD SAY YOU REKOGNIZEE!!!!
JAIYE…calm down. He’s ‘apologised’!!!
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@Seun..YES SIR
?You are welcome presido.
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@Emmanuella.i dont believe in twosomes but i think if @seun asks,i might kust back out since he is PRESIDO.
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NO. IF ESTRELLA SET HER SIGHTS ON YOU…HOW DARE I INTERFERE…
…EVEN IF I BE PRESIDO. I LIKE TO DO MY OWN KILLING…DEVOID OF OFFICE AND INFLUENCE…EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF INFLUENCE FROM MY SLICK SPEECH ABILITIES…
…SO I DO WISH YOU LUCK…
AND I HONESTLY CANNOT HELP BUT NOTICE HOW YOU KEEP STACKING THEM POINTS. YOU REALLY ARE GOOD MAN.
PRESIDENTIAL KUDOS.
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Eya, Seun. You have been overthrown. ‘The best always wins.’ Oga na oga, o! Kpele eh. Better luck next time. But then… can a twosome exist here?
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You never hear the english ‘step aside’…????
Someone should indoctrinate this lady in nigerian politics…JAIYE..!!
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Anderson,you can write!Olorun oba n gbo!!Even the twenty one celestial bodies can attest to this!!! Just don’t let anything or anybody tell you different.I agree with estrella all the way,this is sure going to be a classic.There are no words in my mouth again.
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@Lawal..thats real funny.
?thank you plenty
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Nice rap man…I do concur…A classic u’ve got there…Nice one…poetry baby factory will good…lol….
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@tresured1..lol,sure
?a baby poetry factory will work for NS.
thank you.
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Nice work Anderson.
Poetry’s definitely your turf and you sure know how to work it.
This is pure and innocent, just like the average kid.
I think its a tad too mature for a kid in some areas though but its still a good job!
Yours’ is about the poetry I’m able to read without longing to get to the end asap.
?Meaning, if you do the anthology, I’ll be getting a copy.
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@Abby,i guess you are right
?i feel more comfortable writing poetry
glad you think so much of my work
it gladdens my heart and also gives me a lot of encouragement.
i am also hoping that anthology comes someday.
thank you.
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nice one Paul … I just love this!
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@boomingsols..thank you
?glad you like it.
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I agree with Abby, the poem sounds a tad matured in some parts but that doesn’t change the fact that this is a CLASSIC.
?And no doubt that if you and Estrella do end up increasing NS population, he/she will wind up a Nobel Laurete *wink*
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@Lade..i am feeling so cool that you guys think this is a classic.
?you dont have to worry about @Estrella as she is still waiting for the right person..
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You know Lade, I expected you weren’t going to let this one slide and I was right, wasn’t I? How have you been? Tis been a while oh! Somebody’s been keeping you busy. *wink* Not that I mind though. lol
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Let it slide ke? Not possible, lol.
?I’m good, dear. And you are so right, he has indeed been keeping me busy, lol. Also preparing for the white wedding (pretty tiring) But i pop in daily to see whats up on NS even if i don’t comment or post.
How’s work?
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Work’s good. Pele, it’ll wrap up pretty soon then you get to commence life on an entirely different plain. lol Trust you are looking forward to it. Easy sha oh; we still want you to be able to smile genuinely on the day!
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@lade and Abby..you both dont mind me,thought that was for me.
?i wonder why we cant even delete comments here on NS.
i tire o.
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@Abby..sure,you were right
?dont mind Aunty Lade.
i am doing great as usual and been kinda busy that’s why i haven’t been online much.
ROTFLMAO @ somebody’s been keeping you busy.
i sure dont know who that somebody is o.
do you know something i dont know?
better start talking if you do.
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Paul, easy on yourself. Its easy to think it was for you, after all we are on your page.
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@Abby..abi o,just wishing we could delete those comments we dont want.
?it will be a lot better dont you think?
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Very nice Paul. This captures childlike innocence perfectly. Keep it up.
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@Uche..thank you
?i sure will.
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Beautiful one,Anderson and it’s so oriental.???yes oh,estrella and hmmm you,that would be brains jam.
?Way to go,Paul.
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@gretel..lol @oriental
?are you sure?
you should ask @estrella that though.
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Great…like the Lords Prayer..but a childlike one..soooo schweeeet!!!
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@Sope.yes,you are right
?kinda close to that.thanks.
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@Lade…ROTFLMAO! y’all are so not serious oh! Nobel Laurette indeed!
?Girl,all the best with the preparations…God will give you the strength to make it the day you always dreamed of.Amin!
@Anderson…*sigh*..you give a guy a hint and he still thinks you’re waiting for the right man? men! lol!
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Estrella, he’s a guy! What did you expect? They are naturally clueless. lol
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@Abby,you ladies will always be the same
?when you want to yab a guy
you coat it with sugar and honey.
dont worry though,not all of us are clueless you know.
maybe we just pretend to be.
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Anderson, I know you guys aren’t quite as clueless as you used to be but you are still clueless some. I’ll give it to you men; you act like you know, even when you really don’t. Don’t worry, we all wise up with time.
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@Abby.i know we are guys are often clueless when it comes to lady matters,but i can assure you its vise-versa.
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I agree sir.
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Lmao! @Estrella - Men?! They wouldn’t know a hint if it sprouted limbs and a head and huge monster teeth and bit them right on their clueless noses!
?To your prayer - AMEN! Thanks, girl.
@Anderson-Paul - What else do you need? A rock sized ring with Estrella on bended knees serenading you? Now, that’s a must-see sight. Lol
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@lade..dont worry,i am still the man here and she dosent need to propose.
?now that you and @Abbys hawk eyes have spotted my mistake,
i intend to rectify it immediately.
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@Estrella..dont mind this young man
?you shouldnt blame me though
that only tells you that i am not as seasoned in the art of love and child making as a whole lotta people will want to people.
i cant think of a better teacher than you though,
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Mr.Anderson! This is the second children’s poem I’ve seen coming out of your stable. Hmm… Impressive! I see you intend to venture into children’s literature. That area is quite dicey abi? I haven’t bothered to try it. Ok, this is a poem for the children by the children. I’d like you to try children’s fiction, short or long, if you may. Go for short ones, for long ones puts them to sleep, like lullabies. I like the fact that you reduced yourself to a child and created this masterpiece. For a child, it’s almost flawless.
It’s like you seek God’s face through the eyes of a child. The attempt here is brilliant, indeed.
If I do a little comparison, in Soyinka’s book for children, his creative autobiographical “Ake: The years of childhood”, the narrator sounds like a matured child, too calm in his narration. But here, this child is naturally excited, with hopes soaring into the future
Let me ask you this, Mr.Anderson: Do you believe that all men can be father figures hm? I ask ‘cos with the way you sound here, fatherhood ain’t far from you, hm.
Keep it up! 90 over 100!!!
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@emmanuella.you are right about this being the second children poem i am posting here.
?i still have a couple more in my stable.
hopefully i will be posting them soon.
you are right about it being dicey too,i am treading lightly and learning too.
i am not really good with stories but i will give it a go and see what i come up with,it wont hurt.
every poem i have written about children stem from my own childhood that is why it always portray happiness and joy.
i feel childhood should be pure bliss for every child but unfortunately,it isn’t.
to your question,not all men can be fathers and if you have been reading you will see that i and @estrella have been consulting on how we should get together and make a string of nobel prize winning children.
thanks for the 90 over 100.
that way cool and i am flattered.
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I pity una!
Wait, una two don ever meet eh? Physically, face-to-face? You and @Estrella are in love with each other’s works, so I guess hers impressed you more and that’s why you went for her, right, Mr.Anderson? What if she doesn’t turn out to be your type when you see her live, hm? I’m not discrediting @Estrella, at all. Please, please, please, no offense to you, @Estrella! Or that she made an accidental declaration of how good this poem of yours is, what she said was just reflex action, impulsive, eh?
Hmmm… the true woman’s man of NS, @Jaywriter, is yet to say something. I can’t wait to hear what HE has to say about this one when he reads this poem.
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Really Nice Paul.
?you make me like Poetry!
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@Abbey and Lade…tell me about it! I could dance around stark naked with a ring in my nose singing ”i drove all night” by Celine Dion and i”m sure Anderson won’t have a bloody clue!
?@ Anderson…women are go getters these days oh! don’t tell me you’re traditional? that will make me go sweeter on you! Be warned! lol!
and did you just propose? Aw! Anderson! yes! lets make a brood or Nobel Laurette babies! yes! Yes! yes!
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Hey, hey, hey, @Estrella! Slow down wit dis ur declaration of love, o, u hear, Juliet? Well, like I told you, Mr.Anderson (Romeo), fatherhood ain’t far from you. As soon as possible, tell all of us here the venue of this wedding with @Estrella your bride, tell us whether there’ll be Rice and Stew Very Plenty (with eba and okro soup or egusi soup, or pounded yam with banga soup and boiled fresh fish from the sea), plan the bridal train thing with @abby, arrange for the aso-ebi material with @Lade, etc, etc, etc.
Then after the wedding comes the marriage proper, eh. After the necessary occasional bedmatics, the belle grows to size till the tick of nine months. Em, @Estrella and @Paul, do you guys have ANY idea what a brood is? It’s like a herd of cows. Be ready to start changing diapers (Pampers,preferably), feeding bottles, e go even tough small if twins dey, u hear? Remember that there’s a subgroup here in NS called LOVERS & FRIENDS, I think. Abeg, correct me if I’m wrong, o, biko eh!
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@emmanuella.
?We never meet o
But i feel the time draws nearer.
Do you think it matters?
Havent you heard that ”The art of true love is loving the imperfect person perfectly”?
No offense taken,you should be mused into writing on the first NS love and coming babies instead of sowing seeds of doubts.
I’m awaiting @jaywriter too.
He’s always a naughty man.
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Em, please forgive me completely if I’ve sown a seed of doubt, eh, please! It won’t happen again, I swear!
“I swear, by the moon and the stars in the sky, I’ll be there…” Fill up the rest, you get?
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@Remiroy.you really should like poetry.
?as they say ”poetry is music to the soul”.
enjoy it and savour it.
thank you.
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@Estrella.you are one hell of a lady and i guess you could say i am a clueless old fashioned lad,
?I really do have a lot to learn romantically wise and who better to teach me than you.
I’m off to a bridal shop to get you a wedding band.
Cant wait to start making those Nobel prize winning babies.
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Ooooh yeah! Somebody stop this guy. Talk about being ‘çlueful’ after all. Am sure Emmanuella’s willing to take some of the brood in for the hols. yay!
Where’s Uche? She’s always down for wedding rice and so am I! Abeg, make una do quick.
BTW, we need to stop writing on this dude’s page before it becomes ‘Most Commented’ for the month. Make we read another person’s profile jor. lol
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@Abby, when @Jaywriter comes and sees this, what you feared shall come to pass. Take note,hm? Don’t bother to even complain about @Paul‘s work becoming the ‘Most Commented’ because when @Estrella made that declaration, YOU were the first to support her. Abi no be so? Em, please, eh, I would like you to assist me in taking care of the kids @Estrella and @Paul shall breed, ok. You know kids, they are a handful, God help!
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Ha Madam, Noooo! I didn’t support oh (not that I don’t support the union). I was just minding my business when my NS twin commented and I decided to reply her. That’s all. And won’t I be glad to help with the kids? lol
Make I go find Jay come sef.
?The dude’s busy oh.
He’ll show in good time.
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So glad you have pledged your allegiance to our union.
?i can now think of making you assistant Godmother.
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So glad you have pledged your allegiance to our union.
?i can now think of making you assistant Godmother..
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@Emmanuella.since it seems like you know everyone in the marriage business,would you take up the offer if i ask you to be our wedding planner ?
?I hear most writers live a boring and bookish life though,i hope you aint one of them as i wont want our wedding to skip the headlines.
My heart thump in anticipation of seeing a banner on NS saying HAPPY MARRIED LIFE TO ANDERSON AND ESTRELLA.
then in a year time,you all could come and help us welcome the first of our many NS Nobel prize winning children to the world.
Lest i forget,did i mention you will be the children’s Godmother?
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No wonder…
Hmmm….nothing spoil jo!!!! AS LONG AS ‘OSHAMO’ go concern me and my constituents…carry go!!!!!!!!
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@Seun.you and your whole entourage are so welcome.
?It will be a honour to have you PRESIDO.
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