Thick white clouds Retracing posture Atop the layers of earth; Foggy shrouds of white Overclouded landscape Clogging the sunlight In blurry unclearness. In brown faded bushes Lies inhalations of dryness, Catchy like the gasoline In [...]
Apr 212012
Dowell Oba
Apr 192012
Once I was a soldier With a gallant gait as I waved; Shoelaces tied with pride As heavy boots tapped gloriously On open fields. Once I was a sailor Sailing pass rivers; To weirdly abodes, [...]
Feb 172012
All of a sudden, I was brought back to consciousness from my dream due to a sudden sound that breaks the peace. I hear the sound come from the sitting room, in a most unlikely [...]
Feb 132012
Once a scholar quipped: “What is great about proverbs? Anybody can utter them.” Somebody retorted “OK, tell one!” “Eh” and then he ponders. It is very hard indeed to condense so much wisdom in so [...]
Feb 062012
With an air of a destination in mind, I faded into the night with my touch light handy for easy movement through the darkness; but the darkness itself was so thick that even my touch [...]
Feb 032012
The streets lie harshly deserted As the cock’s crow is sifted within. The air rotates and speaks to itself With none visible presence on the lonely ground. The roads lose constant patronage As the to [...]
Jan 292012
In rush hours, our dawn did set, As we marched, wielding piles Of intellectual volumes We stood to master, As time took us Faster by the hand. Our sun shined brighter In the renewing dawn, [...]
Jan 262012
Dipsomaniac with Dutch courage Going on a drunken spree, Usual swiller of one for the road, Wino and slave of alcoholism, Pie-eyed feller on intemperance. Noble king and lord of the bar From tippler class [...]
Jan 112012
He moulds the clay of wisdom, Fine-tunes the disruption of misconceptions. He listens to breaking sorrows And leans a helping arm on society. He is the eye of the ancestors An encyclopaedia of generations [...]
Jan 082012
I walk through forests With gigantic trees And thick branches, Eying tall palm trees With palm wine tappers Tapping on rich palm wine. Such tasty privilege Of nature’s thick giants Mounted bravely Through seasons In [...]
Jan 052012
(2010; Kwari, Takum, Taraba state) It was the third week of December and my mind laid on an undecided dilemma, in which I had no hurry in making up my mind towards a fixed [...]
Dec 212011
In this age of technological advancement and breathtaking man-made creations, a movie lover like myself cannot help but marvel with speechless dazzle at the height at which movies are marvelously created, first in Hollywood, and [...]
Dec 142011
On a certain bus ride in a visit to my Alma Mater, I stumbled on an old mate from the wonderful days of creativity in writing. We had a nice chat as regards our future [...]