Ofem Ubi

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...

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Candles

May 18 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry, #Edu-tension

Photocredit - Ufana Ishoyor We are society’s contraband, tomorrow’s leaders they say, But how can we lead when we’ve been disciple’s life long? When all we do is follow And never question the leader? When our bulbs are fire extinguished and we’re given...

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Find X

May 17 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry, #Edu-tension

Welcome, To the tension room In here, You take what you’re given without questioning the giver Wrong or right Believe me; it will help you live longer Swallow what you know For too much knowledge in here is not good, for your own good, so keep your wisdom...

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Wait-in-line

May 16 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry, #Edu-tension

School; School is the green word for mortuary, See as they sit in coffins disguised as classrooms look deep, how many mortuaries can you see? with corpses just too many breathing corpses, watch, as the teacher, reads out their eulogies in form of a lecture...

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Edu-tension

May 15 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #Edu-tension, #poetry

photocredit - Adrian McDonald In this wall of a free prison You’re not told how to think but what to Come, take a tour round Allow me be your guide see the decay with me watch as we go extinct before time as we do the opposite of progress Stare at the...

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Sign Of The Times

May 13 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

photocredit- Ubuntutalks Father told me all the signs of end time But never did he say you’d be one of them You are one of them, I wonder if he forgot, I wonder if he wanted me to find out with time The pale smile you often had on, The baldness in your...

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Scum

May 10 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

photocredit - Unabashedafrica Not all men are scumNot all of us are Auto-body scannersNo, not all of us are heart-stoned Not all of us are dishonestNot all of us are ab-packedNot all of us are porn starsMonsters or barbariansNot all of us live on a codeine...

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Kiwi

May 9 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

Kiwi; Kiwi is the word they would call you When you’re too black, Too black to be black So black they would call you dark Maybe you were baked from charcoal Or are your sins so dark they stain you? They would say, “the only thing bright about you are...