NGOZI OLIVIA OSUOHA - POEMS

Ngozi Olivia Osuoha is a young Nigerian poet/ writer and a graduate of Estate Management. She has some experience in banking and broadcasting. She has published some works abroad in some foreign magazines in Ghana, Liberia, India and Canada, among others. She enjoys writing.

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​DEAR EMBER

Dear September 
Welcome to my chamber 
And take your number, 
As you become my member
Always remember 
To bring me divine hamper
That nothing can tamper
Because me, you must pamper.

Dear October 
We are sober, 
There is a stopper 
He flies his chopper,
There is a sniper 
He shoots the pauper,
There is a robber 
He strangles the barber, 
There is a viper 
He poisons the tapper, 
There is a bomber 
He raids our border, 
There is a plumber 
He neglects our chamber, 
There is a piper 
He burns our paper, 
Come, shun our slumber 
And make us super. 
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​THIS CROOK

From the look in his nook 
This crook can hook
The moon by noon
To boom the doom. 

So brood through the book
And cook for the groom,
Soon, give him the spoon 
And shoot the room. 

This cocoon brings gloom
The loom in his tooth
Destroys a booth. 

Not smooth with his loot
Too rough in his boot, 
He took the broom
To sweep the food, 
Use all the wood, 
And burn down the hood
Because he can shoot. 
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DEAR TEACHER ​

Dear teacher 
You were so able 
That you punched the bubble 
And made it wobble 
For me not to stumble, 
You were confident and stable 
That my pieces, you did couple 
You were so balanced like a table 
That you inscribed me on the marble, 
Dear teacher 
You are so great, a Noble. 

Dear teacher 
Picked me from cradle 
And lit up my candle,
You held my handle 
For me not to tumble 
You built me a castle 
And boiled my kettle 
My colours, you did dribble 
And linked all the purple.

Dear teacher 
You are neither small nor little 
So I pledge not to belittle 
Nor mess up your mantle,
You are the bottle 
That I want to triple,
For yours are the cattle 
That make the world dazzle.  
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