The officer stood in the dock, under oath
Swearing all sorts of lies
White lies, at first, seems so harmless
Then darker ones, deeper, black lies, red lies
Afterward, blue lies wrapped in loyalty to the brothers
To shield fellow officers... – by Benson Chukwueke | 69 Views added 1 month ago
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We've entered the waves of smart city
A city wired, with high intensity
- 5G Network -
IoT sensor in every framework
AI's omniscient guides each domain
VR's omnipresence teleport reign
This is a green city, clean fresh air
Renewable... – by Benson Chukwueke | 56 Views added 1 month ago
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I shall bring honor to my name,
Ascending high into the sky,
A shooting star, blazing bright.
Within my heart, I softly mutter,
Whispering to the clouds
To the ears attuned to listen by
Each night as I sleep
A ball I cuddle in my arms
I... – by Benson Chukwueke | 63 Views added 2 months ago
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For hours, I linger in this gallery
Painting bright colors on canvas
Polishing my lines meticulously
Arranging verses with metaphorical flowers
Eagerly awaiting Abby Kesington's arrival
Believe me, every artist is like that
A lady, after... – by Benson Chukwueke | 51 Views added 2 months ago
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I fought hard
To defy slumber's grasp,
Head tilting back and forth, nodding
Between wakefulness and sleep
My life hangs in the balance,
But it's the time of devotion
Tonight,
I dare not yield to devil's temptations
Kneeling, I begin to... – by Benson Chukwueke | 76 Views added 2 months ago
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I read the poem time and time again
Wondering what the blogger could possibly gain
When he made other people's tears rain
What was going on in his head
Maybe, he didn't see the scandal ahead
Why many go through hell by his lead
Was it just... – by Benson Chukwueke | 72 Views added 2 months ago
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Why point fingers everywhere, except to your direction
When actually you're the driver of your life and destination
Responsible to take it o'er the moon
You blame your birth, said you were born into a humble home
Never had opportunity like... – by Benson Chukwueke | 80 Views added 2 months ago
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The earth is not sphere, rather a complex web
Pluto no longer holds its planetary title
So what lessons are they teaching us now?
Outmoded education
Knowledge has blown up, dismantling the norm
Theories swiftly shifting day by day
Educators... – by Benson Chukwueke | 75 Views added 2 months ago
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It's about tom boy in the neighborhood
The girl who acts like a boy stood
Defying norms in her rebel way
Mama perplexed, cannot fathom why openly
She seeks comfort in boys' company
In baggy jeans, t-shirt, and baseball cap too
Arms inked... – by Benson Chukwueke | 53 Views added 2 months ago
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Fasting for forty long days
Scarecrow skeletons prays
Throat parched, voices shroud
Could barely breathe words aloud
For hours in deep groans, drowned
Their knees knock the ground
To unleash this powerful prayer
Some tumbles prostrate in... – by Benson Chukwueke | 37 Views added 3 months ago
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Where again on earth, can we find a playground
Where children can go to swing and run around
Don't fret, I'm not about to throw a pity party
Cos I know, most children may find it a bit tardy
Caterpillar summoned to clear the site underway
... – by Benson Chukwueke | 117 Views added 3 months ago
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You who meditate day and night
Ascending unto the highest heights
Open your mind, let it run wild
Begin to see what eyes cannot see
Chiawo, chiawo, chiawo
You're the content creator
Craft, shape the course of life
Forge for yourself a... – by Benson Chukwueke | 87 Views added 4 months ago
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These experiences, my worries
My encounters with mysteries
Sensed something looming at stake
But whether in a dream or awake
I was carried away in the spirit
To a place I was made to visit
But, I have seen this snake pit before
I have... – by Benson Chukwueke | 125 Views added 4 months ago
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It was a wedding of convenience
Presided over by the Imperial Priest
In 1914, joining together of ambivalence
The North, East, West and the rest
What exchanged of vows made
With such intolerance and incompatibility
The selfish Priest,... – by Benson Chukwueke | 43 Views added 5 months ago
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Have you heard the lion that roars on the hills of Asésé
Whose voice echoes across the earth
A great Panthera that emerges
From the depths of the black sea
Illuminating the whole world
Behold his outstretched hands
Rescuing the sick from the... – by Benson Chukwueke | 42 Views added 5 months ago
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If hell is as April sunlight
Scorching with relentless might
Baking our skin in unbearable light
Then we must tread our steps aright
And dispel the mirage of our sight
If rain fails to quench the sunlight
Blazing down with fierce might
... – by Benson Chukwueke | 24 Views added 5 months ago
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If you want to be a millionaire
Think like a millionaire
A millionaire finds opportunity
In every problem
But a pauper sees problem
In every opportunity
And that makes the... – by Benson Chukwueke | 12 Views added 5 months ago
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I know you think I am such a success
Because you don't know—sometimes I feel so distress
Unable to meet my obligations - am served default notices
I feel like a man who couldn't fulfill his promises
When I heard my son say, "I wish to be like... – by Benson Chukwueke | 88 Views added 5 months ago
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The old device recalibrating, tracing
And I listen to the crackle
Hearing a thousand whispers in silence
Voices murmuring without sound
It's all a brainwave.
The Imperialist device a new way
Stirring storms in Madagascar
Tornadoes... – by Benson Chukwueke | 65 Views added 5 months ago
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Sisi wey de waka like e né de shit
Nà wen shit never catch'am for road
If im bellé begin to run poruporu for main road
Then, shakara don end
Nà quick-quick e go run come here
And e no get time to explain
Cos, shit business nà serious... – by Benson Chukwueke | 69 Views added 5 months ago
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Death and life abandoned me here
Under Obalende bridge I bend
Lost to the world's succour
No home, no food, no friend
Only a victim of weather’s whip blow
It beats me down, til I'm broken
Sunshine, rainfall, cold wind blow
And I'm here in the... – by Benson Chukwueke | 35 Views added 5 months ago
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On one good day, I fled the glittering city
Seeking solace back in the village
I slept over it, and my eyes became clear
I realized it, I have gone against my spirit
I am not a city dweller, but a child of nature
I survive in the forest, the... – by Benson Chukwueke | 137 Views added 5 months ago
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In these lengthy deliberations, lofty speeches unfold
Aiming to better our nation with intellect yet untold
Yet progress falters with every stride we take
Cos we're shadow-boxing, beating the air
Massaging the symptoms here and there
And not... – by Benson Chukwueke | 44 Views added 5 months ago
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Children of Elebi are awake today
With all the liberty to climb my tree
And pluck down the apples
They'll scamper as I chase them away
Only to return after a while
They'll race up and down screaming
Their laughter echoing
Running wild... – by Benson Chukwueke | 14 Views added 6 months ago
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The thing with Miss Kate is
She's so full of herself
Yet when shaken
She echoes emptiness
And sounds so hollow
She's just too loud
Like an empty drum
Her noise reverberates
Full of sensible nonsense
Wisdom of the ignorant
Her... – by Benson Chukwueke | 30 Views added 6 months ago
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If by hearing that the Lord is coming soon
Your heart trembles in fear, oh dear
Counting the deeds that you have done
Not sure where you'd stand
Then, this may just be the prompt
For you to make adjustments now
Of such secret acts nobody... – by Benson Chukwueke | 37 Views added 6 months ago
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Baba, why are people the way they are
Why do they pass judgement so bizarre
To a man who sacrifices so much
Showing empathy with soft touch
They often say, Obaraba is rich
He has wealth, large enough niche
To offer the whole town juicy apple... – by Benson Chukwueke | 114 Views added 6 months ago
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Now watching her funeral
She weeps not her death
Awful awkward hypocrisy
Heads down to mourn
Feast and feast so fast
While her body lie in state
But she died of hunger
Maggot crawled her wounds
Friends fled to be friends
Day after day she... – by Benson Chukwueke | 64 Views added 9 months ago
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Ojuelegba sleep
O, where is sleep
On this insomniac night
Aroused by songs of music
Blaring through the holy hours
As bachelors seek for bedmate
Husbands run away from home
From the torment of their nagging wives
And adventure into the... – by Benson Chukwueke | 39 Views added 9 months ago
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Oga Preseedo, we hear you
You say make we tighten our belt
Make we de saakpa, de live a fasting life
Cos dis time naa austere times
But you loose di rope of your shokoto
And sit-don dey chop life
Ten wraps of amala with éwedu soup
With... – by Benson Chukwueke | 91 Views added 10 months ago
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