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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​OUR POETRY ARCHIVE

​At the eleventh hour
  When everything goes sour
  There is a power
  That can shower
  Rains on your flower.
  
  A bit of mockery
  At the bakery,
  A bunch of flattery
  At the gallery,
  A whole diary
  All, make up poetry.
  
  When you cannot thrive
  Despite the strive
  Remember the hive,
  It must not be five
  Before you archive.

​THE EMPRESSES THAT RULE THE INK

​The poetesses
   Who always think
  The prophetesses
   Who never sink,
  The princesses
   Who wear pink,
  The priestesses
   Who never drink.
  
  The duchesses
   That do not stink,
  The deaconesses
   That also link
  The actresses
   Who do wink
  The lionesses
   That never blink.
  
  The tigresses
  That never shrink,
  The empresses
  That rule the ink.
 

​WE ARE TALENTS

​We are talents
Real, we are. 
We appreciate cultures
Abuse, we detest. 
We love values
Morals, we preserve. 
We cherish decency 
Modest, we play. 

We are talents 
Good tidings, we herald. 
We live respect 
Logic, we reason. 
We are sages
Discipline, we impact. 
We are wise
Principles, we imbibe. 
We are prophets
Futures, we tell. 

​MY NEIGHBOUR, PAT 

​My neighbour, Pat
Has a hat
For her cat, 
And a mat
For her rat,
Though she is fat
She puts up a combat 
Against the bat
And she loves that. 

​ORACLE

​There is an oracle 
With a miracle, 
Higher than the pinnacle 
Which will make you twinkle. 

Then your brand
And your band
Shall stand
In the land
By your hand. 

And the cord
Of discord 
Shall flee your world
As you lord
Your word
In Concord. 

​CLEAR HER DILEMMA

​An art so wondrous 

Divine in every sense, 

A creature so elegant 

Creative, gallant and immaculate. 


The bravest of creation 

Smart, strong and sound 

Loving, caring, lovely, careful 

The woman, a little god.


Homemade, homemaker 

Groomed and grooming 

A confident confidant

A loyalist and a faithful 

Submissive, calm and resilient. 


Pure,  genuine companion 

Quiet, honest giver

Fair, jealous lover

Godly, decent soulmate. 


Save her the drama 

Heal her the trauma, 

Clean her the stigma 

And clear her of the dilemma. 

PEACE BE STILL ​

peace, why drag supremacy 

And fight for superiority?

Why crush silence 

And break thine sheath,

That we remain at war? 


You waylay unity

And make skulls, your crown 

You ambush growth

And arrest development, 

Peace, why hate thyself

When you are a gem? 


Barefooted, you wander afar

Thirsty, you stand aloof

Hungry, you sink beyond 

Lonely, you stray away 

Peace, why art thou gone? 


Come, peace come

Return, O peace 

This earth is broken 

This world is bruised, 

Come, heal the air

Come, sweep the land

Return, O peace, 

Peace! Peace! Be Still!