Ofem Ubi

Orb

June 3 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry, #Black-ish

photocredit- legacybros Black drips from off your body, like a runaway milk from a peak can. Bleeding zinc, torn, pouring deep into every other breathing container Leaving trails behind, telling tales of you and those before. In this orb of leaking melanin,...

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Sunny

June 2 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

The night had just done it’s round The moon had left for sleep As the sun; Old yet vibrant, Peeps in through the wooden window like a new lover, impatient to waiting Slowly it walks, from the window to the mirror For you it’s nothing but a mere firmament...

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Salt Sugar Solution

June 1 2018 , Written by Ofem Ubi Published on #poetry

photocredit- TallBrownBoy My child, everybody is a salt sugar solution. A blend of day and night, The absence of one is acidic, and you don’t want to take the burn. Balance is imminent, It’s not them, it’s life

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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...