My Poetry Diary

At the eve of birth a being I saw, That stands between Eden and heaven’s door; The eyes shone bright and fine like a crystal ball, I am Africa – the subtle voice whispered and called; All around me are fairies and fireflies, In awesomeness, I gazed at a paradise; Towards the light, in four I gently crawled, I am Africa – the subtle voice whispered and called; ‘Hold my hands and walk with me, Traverse with me the land beyond the sea, I am in the wind – the gentle and strong, I am in the season, the short and long,’ I am in the field – the trees and shrubs, I am in the water – that flows and drops, I am Africa - the subtle voice whispered and called; I am Africa – thy heritage of thine mud. All around me in awe and leaped from slough, My mama called me Africa – the spirit of love, I am Africa – the voice whispered we are kin, Bright is thy being, though black is thine skin, From the mountains I flew askew, Kilimanjaro and Olumo spoke a f...

On the eastern shore I perceive the Baltic wind, Elevated with thy touch, thou made my earthly body skinned; Beneath the snow, thy shoals and reefs beckons,  Thou a pure magic my soul wantonly reckons; Wantonly I traverse thine sea on thy butterfly wings; From Saaremaa to Hiiumaa thy magical wand swings; The herring, sprat, cod and flounder wanders in thy shallow; Pure magic thou art in this snowy hallow; On kalamaja’s coast, the fauna sings; The flora blossoms as the butterfly swings; Pure magic thou art, on the fairy anni’s wand; On thy pure spell, thine beauty with an African god wantonly bond; There I was at the sea only few can see, Surrounded by mists and frosty me; At each shutter, a kindhearted made me beamed, On this pure magic the nature humbly streamed. (“At the sea only few can see” … while Kai Kuusik-Greenbaum; a very kindhearted and heart warming woman; took me around Tallinn in Estonia to visit some amazing places; then she took a photo of ...

My bosom kinsmen just came from dead, He brought a tiding from the underworld beneath, Alas! Their world is full and over-populated, “All these tender souls are not from Death; What a despair, what a shame! Their ghosts came with empty skulls and gravely wounds, The graveyard swarmed with toddlers from warring zones, Wantonly their lives were so greatly ruined”; So remorseful I am, for the war and strives we caused, So sorry for the trees and birds that died along; The wailings from the plateau still hauntingly bites, From the grave also came the elergy of songs; Sheath all swords and all fighters be still, Break up the guns and let there be peace; Disband your army for the grave is full; Peace is Possible; all conflicts must cease. Gafar Olorunleke Odubote, “A Peace Message from the Dead”, copyright 2018

I will sleep now and day-walk among the stars, The only two giant lights at two arms apart, One dwell within here and the other at mars, This is the field of Gaffy where heaven attracts, Within its wildness lies the gorse and rose alike; Where its fragrance makes the frail becomes golden at heart; Two thousand years will I walk this field astride, And dwell within its plain and mystical path, I will traverse here a day before forever, From its aperture will I watch the sun rise, On this field no anguish, shame, whatsoever; At its gate shall we make the final byes; I will sleep now and make symphony with the wind, Amidst the softness of the grass and trees, While the birds, the beasts and the cricket sings, On this field I am eternally free. Gafar Odubote, “Field of Gaffy”, copyright 2018

Mother, my epiphany! My born-day came from thy strength; I celebrate thee, my serendipity! From thy breath; thou a God sent! I remember ! Those bluish smoky eyes; Filled with wooden fire flakes, Also blurry with tears like ice; I know my mother as she wakes; Pretended I laid at bound; She tiptoed away from the mat, She waded at every sound; From the bullying flies and rats; I saw thou in me ! The glimmer of a mere alike; Her smile clutches my being; The only listener to confide; When thou chastised - never mean; Iya Femi is one of a kind; She teaches like mother Teresa With little, she's still humble and kind; I hope to have her forever  I was afraid ! I saw the wrinkles there; It competes with the veins; It begets my unmentionable fear, Little makeup still do the feints, I drank more from thy bosom; Afterwards it sags with pride, O' mother thou is so awesome; Forever am thine child; I am gratefu...

The memoir of twenty sixteen, Plenty pages, but empty in-between, The sky was crimson red in summer Naira to Dollar came like a stunner, The menace of power came like the desert sun, Even the extremists came with their purging  guns, They scorched my kinsmen to an ovum beat, We lost some good people to their flaming pit, The Cemetery was heavier in autumn; Its wind took my town-ship to the bottom, I heard their wailings even at the dusk, They lie on the street and smell like musk, Our solace came from the freed Chibok girls, After nearly 3 years in the devil snares, Those with the Sceptre took covenant with the devil, They used our girls and resources to settle… The Falcons soared through the hideous clouds, Amidst the lightening shredding their shrouds, Back at their nests, those golden eggs were gone; They were taken and re-laid as spawns, The roads has swallowed more on its lanes, It spilled countless bloods from our tinny veins, Plenty pot-holes t...

Let the peace from above descend now, Come to us like the freshness of an ocean breeze, The crisis though is strong, so I don’t know how.. Still we pray for all inner turbulence to cease; O’ peace, we have been waiting for long; Set yourself free from the shackles of men, Come speedily now to correct all wrongs, I heard the whirl sound; From a tiny voice afar; Little ones on a Zion bound; Trembling till their mind torn apart. We all agreed that peace is possible; Why the sudden massacre? My clansmen this is horrible; Another battle is brewing; Like a decade palm wine ferment; This crisis is all our doing; Aren't you tired as the children lament? Each time I hear the infants cry, Or the weeping from the mothers, Those thoughts make one dry, Let the peace from above descend now, And fill our mind like the holy Ghost, We will open our heart to you; I vow.. Peace come to us like an heavenly host, All the good people of my cla...

It is in your eyes, The fire, the attraction; Softy in them thy beauty lies, A place to savour satisfaction; We may twine at the moment, Like the lily and moth seduction, Faraway you seems, my torment; Your body I have none, still an imagination, Take me through your earthly stars, Guide me through to elevation Let me swim through to your softy mars, Thou a beauty of motivation, Your eyes, Your eyes The fire, a chain reaction, It can melt the bravest ice, I call you a motivation, So luscious thy velvet-black eyebrows, Crystal clear like the Seraph eyes So magnificent thy crystal eyeballs, Deep motivation flows from your eyes, In your eyes, every thing is bright, It illuminates like a night constellation So angelic, it radiates the light, In your eyes, there is motivation, Your lips, your lips Its softness, my intoxication Your lips, your lips I call you motivation Let me explore your depth, To savor the comfort of your chest,...

From my little room window I saw, A silhouette of a being in grey like hay, He was hollow, lost and worn, His face brazed like a jointed clay; He muted and he sauntered;  He squeezed the pint for another drop; He kicked the dust and muttered;  That when will he get nourished at the top? To meet the redeemer, saviour and friend, A better place from earthy hitches;  Where torn souls can rise and mend, And forget the thirty shades of his ditches. Thirty years, he traversed this road, Soon he will be sixty years old, How many stories of him being told, Maybe none or just untold, He has neither diamond nor gold, Even a blanket to keep off the cold, The luxury of love is a luxury load, Those lonely heart has just been sold.. Sold mysteriously with a deity code, A code those tyrant has sowed, Within their circus this being leaped like toad, Wondering when will he reap all he sowed? Faraway thou seems O' dream, So far like...

I quickened to taste, Alas, thou has gone sour I took my parchment in haste, And lay to the foot of those in power Where is our salt? The marrow of our clan, The treasure we never bought, The oil of our land; Why thou sweetened not? Where is thy light? The sect of the Capital has eaten thee raw; They carted them all in a daylight, Our salt, our today The colonials depleted thee to a pint, None to use for our baby on born-days, The democrats now buried all in their pits; Our salt, our future Give us some we are mal-nourished Let us taste their source before rapture, Show me thy pillar, my land seek thee to flourish, Our children were promised to be crowned, But the elders never left the throne, Those  the salt chooses are drowned; The Elders install theirs and only their own, The salt of my land where hath thou? Thou the children of my clan, Spring forth and come to us now, Take thy glory and trample their plans ...

I summon thee O’ Peace, Thou a soother to restless mind, My land seek thee we plea Come now and subtle this tide; Let thy hands teach us love and to be kind; Hear O’ Africa and be wise, My clansmen be slow to anger and war, Be ethereal and appeases thy strife, Thy Children are hungry, dying and worn, Thy land is afflicted, ill and poor… O’ my countrymen peace is possible, Let all battle cries end and terror cease, Farmers, herdsmen and miners.. Peace is workable Unity, Love and progress.. We should cleave Let the world embrace and know peace Shed away garments of hatred and beef, Stop the power plots and be rich, Bury thy hatchets and in progress we live; Religion and ethnicity is our noble niche, Brotherhood transcends sovereignty as JCI preach I summon thee O’ Peace, Thou has been a stranger for so long, Come to us like heavenly breeze, Heal and stay to amend all wrongs; Thou the sweetest of all songs. Poem: "Pea...

No where to hide  Love has finally found me  So gentle now become the tide  Boundless love all over me, It located me like the sun, No where to hide; So refreshing like the dawn, Giving life to the feelings that died. Loving you is like a melody  Like a symphony, you are adorable  I feel like have found the one, Angel Agbeke is irreplaceable  Loving you is part of me  "Agbeke you are my breath"  Its not fake, its so real  With Your touch, i melt  Can't explain it to you, This feeling boiling within, Its so pure and true  Agbeke my heart bidding. Poem: “No Where to Hide” by Olorunleke Odubote

Agbeke when I met you  I felt something new,  The love is so true  Like a fresh morning dew;  When I asked you out  You asked me why you,  Words ceased from my mouth,  Ladies of your likes are quite few;  You are the smiling one  Peaceful and beautiful  You are the charming one  So pretty and wonderful  We spent times together  We play, pray and all the likes,  You promised 2stay forever  Even tho we argued and the likes  I love my smiling one  You are lovely and sweet  With such a beautiful soul  You are amazing and cute  Poem: “My Smiling One” by Olorunleke Odubote

Driving home, ... Paris bound ! "Far from Rome" ...  From my radio sound. Screeching cries, By religious scythe; Swollen eyes, From the terrorist bites. Those tasty flies, Savoring thy chaos wine Bloodlust and lies; Blindly they toll their line. From dust we came, Now the dust we blame, Why hurried them to dust? This world is already lost. Plenty cries from plateau, From their bloodlust battles, The wailings echoed from Yola, The leaders only after the dollar. Give us back our girls, So we can roll back the tears, The stench of death haunts, Our earth bleeds and hurts. Must we now fight, To always make it right; ... The children are in fright- Waiting for the light. I pray for peace, Love and trust Unity and bliss; Before we turn to dust. Poem: “Before we turn to Dust” by Olorunleke Odubote

It was on a Saturday,  The first one In 2014 December, I can't wait for another day; This has to be a moment to remember  "The sunshine of my life  Tender your beauty strive  I'll love you forever I swear  A cultured woman I found so rare" I woke fresh and strong, Even after a long night of partying  Kept pondering, what if am wrong; And she said no after so much worrying ! "I bless the day we met  On timmy street on earth  I bless the day you said YES  You were beautiful in your satin dress" I picked up the ring Pondering how best it would fit, Should I propose with a string? While I kneel at her feet... "The sunshine of my life  Can you be my blessed wife?  Hand-in-hand to the aisle  Joyously to a wedding dine" I called and told her to visit, So we could take cream at the Coldstone; After persuasion, with yes but a limit, Not tasting, while I hid the c...

For the illuminated minds, Those with unfettered hearts, Lets unwind our mortal minds To those of the Seraphim's paths, I know I will die someday, Certainly with immortal legacy. It won't be a mourn-day; Living forever may be a heresy Let me then live like the sun, And flourish like Eden flower, Endless pleasures thy ethereal songs, Blossom swiftly from thy chamber's tower We can have more moral nuptials sex, Sanely consuming youthful lust, Till our souls climb to rest; Even before those flesh turns to dust; What can I have left of you? Only those unwritten memories we savoured; Poem : “Illuminated Minds” by Olorunleke Odubote

I stand my ground this day, Where my persecution laid at rest, All stones and pebbles to thy grates, My clansmen blood dusted my crest. On this same earth I stand, Nauseated by the beam of war, In-between my rival clans I stand; Pierced to dust like a desert whore. I stand firm though with feeble legs, Like an iroko with lashes of wind, Will my ancestors take back the curses of this land? Where the partridges no longer sing... This day I stand, Like a veteran of the Savannah; Let's adorn our emissaries with a clean mitre, Before they traverse those border mine-lined of Sahara. My placard laden neck will stand, On this course of appeasing our clans, Beyond the grave of unmarked martyrs; I stand for Peace and unity of all clans.