Ofem Ubi

Rest In Peace

May 31 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

credit - Adrian McDonald Peace be unto the deceased, peace be unto the living. May it find them while they rest, static or dynamic transient or ancient. Peace be unto whoever find it first, and to whoever finds a lasting/ If peace is a need we all need,...

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R.I.P

May 29 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

Photocredit- Magnum Photos Whoever said “Rest In Peace” was a word only for the dead to share? Only for the deceased to hear, Does it mean that the living will know no peace until their bodies become married in solemn obituary with earth? Rest In Pea...

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This Is Africa

May 28 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

It starts in the morning, and dances through the night, spilling like an overflowing keg of palm wine. See as the dust rises to the heavens, drizzling back to earth like gentle rain falling from chandelier sky, the color of blue, the sound of peace and...

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Fading Light

May 27 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

photocredit- AlexPeter Idoko Stay glued to the light, Your light, Holdfast to your shine like God does to HIS name. In this city of fading light, and dying dreams Yours will be the pillar by night, and the cloud by day Stay plugged in, stay lit. Let the...

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For Fela

May 26 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti; That was the name your parents Stapled on your forehead like clips holding fast to a napkin on the wire, Your visual identity It’s sad your breath left before ours came Leaving our ears to tales of you and your...

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Thunder

May 25 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

The night your Father handed you a cup of Thunder, Hot; smoke the color of anger His eyes immersed in righteous wrath And his gentle voice, replaced with that of a volcano Quaking the boldness from off you Seconds before you drank of that cup, You snuck...

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Enugu Enugu

May 25 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

When you arrive at the mouth of Enugu The city on hilltops they call it, The red soil would bathe your feet draw you in like a magnet, Sketch it’s particles to the hem of your garment. You would see dialect, A verbal watermark, stitched to every tongue...

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Receiving End

May 21 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry, #Edu-tension

photocredit- Adrian McDonald In the end, You’re the one at the receiving end the one who goes home rusty the certificate will have your name on it whether or not you’re up to it it’s up to you to defend it life is a pack full than we see it how do you...

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The System

May 20 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry, #Edu-tension

Dear you, The system designed for you, Isn’t working for you The system is a loop of history, Nothings changing Same curriculum, same old blood, same old dead ideas The system is killing you, Deep inside, you know it’s true You know this, When you’re...

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Letters

May 19 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry, #Edu-tension

If you agree we’re all different, Why are we then tested with the same means? And whoever said this means was valid anyways? Why am I too dumb for not knowing math’s, but yet too weak for being vest in literature? Why am I called lazy for not wanting...