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THE FACIAL ARTIST

February 23 2017 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

She’s a facial artist And she sees her face as building A building she restarts every morning after collapse She’s a one man squad And her foundations never seem strong enough to bear the weight of bricks as blushes The roof shaped curves over her lashes...

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FEOTUS TERMINUS

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

Mother do not deny me my fundamental human rights to life For I deserve same as yours Do not deprive me the essence of life’s privileges And use not my cradle blood as paint over this hospital walls For my demise will not dilute the pain you feel now...

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THE VAL SERMON

February 13 2017 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

They say this day was made to spread love to those who deserve it Made for those special people who held the capsules of our heart in their medicated hands But it’s a bit awful that mankind misinterprets love as juice berries hung in skirts and skinny...

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THE BEEHIVE

February 8 2017 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

She is honey Vicious sweet fluid produced from the nectar of God’s hands Chased by bees as men who come buzzing in sounds of love both fiction and real With proboscis as in-betweens dying to taste of their substance And it’s sad enough that some honey’s...

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WHAT ARE POEMS?

February 6 2017 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

A poem is a modern day sermon I don’t expect to be ignored And what is the use if my poem makes no meaning to the people who read it What is the essence if I let them roam in a field of confusion after finding the compass of my words? What are poems if...

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THE EYE OF PERSPECTIVES 5

February 6 2017 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #theEYEandI

From the eyes of a photographer The world is a colony of beauty Wrapped up in shapes, forms and lines Only he makes the perfect angles with the ruler of his eyes and mind And as he stares through the lens He sees a world of abstract possibilities He navigates...

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iAMseries 1

February 6 2017 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #iAMseries

Hello victim, It’s actually nice to see your bonds with me are deeper than soul ties I am nature Made from green leaves that make you feel same height with the clouds Your colleagues call me hemp Some call me weed Etymologically unwanted but you drag...

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AN ODE TO THE AFRICAN GIRL

February 4 2017 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

You were rich like crude oil An innumerable number of breathing glittering gold Your beauty was a silent sermon echoing through vast lands and kingdoms beyond You were a handful of dancing diamonds And those with sunlike skins always wished they possessed...

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THE EYE OF PERSPECTIVES 4

February 2 2017 , Written by Felicia Otop Published on #poetry, #theEYEandI

From the eye of a poet . The world is rhythmic in themes that are different in approach but as matching as a rhyme His story is an allegory that interprets the depth of human thought As he interprets his idea He puts on their shoes to feel, hear and see...

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JOY OF THE JU’S

February 2 2017 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

They say we’re flat men Rough surfaces of inexperience We’re the social handicapped The bare faced definition of fear whose fate lie in the hands of the strong, the brave and the so called courageous For our lives are noting but tissue rolls and breath...

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