Ofem Ubi

THE WHOREHOUSE

January 31 2017 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

She dances in the shadows As darkness is a word her syllabus are all way too familiar with She’s unstable like the climate And her forecast is nothing but thunder storms and little degrees of sunshine She hides behind the tower of her smile like Babel...

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THE EYE OF PERSPECTIVES 1

January 30 2017 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry, #theEYEandI

From the eyes of a singer The world is music Carefully arranged in choruses and stanzas Made possible with strings and keys, beats and drums And without them, life is baseless And as each chord progresses As the sound graduates to the moments of unknown...

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THE IDOL

January 30 2017 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

She’s an idol An icon of emotional stimulation She lives in a generation that defines her worth by the size of her backside and the weight of her before She struggles to be accepted so she goes as far as faking her identity with those implants that in...

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LETTER TO DEATH

January 25 2017 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

You come guarded like an arms man Paying deaf ears to the reasons made by your victims You take who you delight in And it’s sad you’re never satisfied even when you get your fill You’re a glutton for corpses, both great and small You invade homes without...

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WHAT IS WRONG WITH BEING BLACK?

January 24 2017 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

She handed me the book And its title became my muse As I stare at the cover page hoping to find answers to the question that marks an x on my chest What is wrong with being black? Why is my skin the color of crime? And why am I used as a case study for...

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BEHIND THE COLLAR

January 22 2017 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

Behind the collar lies blood, dust, marrows and veins Lies mistakes swept beneath the carpet of our Lord’s mercy and grace Behind the collar lies sacrifice, selflessness and the urge to make the world a palace for HIS presence Behind the collar lies tears...

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TWO HOMES ARE BETTER THAN ONE

January 19 2017 , Written by Ofem Ubi & Felicia Otop Published on #poetry

His sleep gets interrupted by the alarm of tears gushing out from mother’s eyes And in conscious ignorance he walks to the scene As he sees her drowning in a pool of her own salty liquid And in a bid to become a hero he joins the already befallen For...