League Day 19; AYOBAMI AYANFEMI vs ANIEBIET EFFIONG

In Africa where gods and goddesses are held in high prestige. Hence, today I bring to you, two wordsmiths who'll be weaving words, words of eulogy to the gods of our father's land; Africa. Enjoy!
NOTE;
1) The judges decision takes 70% of the judgement while well wishes and lovers of poetry votes takes 30%.

2) Upon no circumstance must any of the above mentioned poets vote.

3) The contestants are urged to invite friends to Vote for them using the comment section of this post. No rule exempts you from canvassing for votes.

5) Voting lasts for 18 hours from commencement of Duel.

6) Vote using I VOTE POEM 1 or I VOTE POEM 2

7) Results would be uploaded briefly after the closure of votes.

Good luck to the wordlords.. LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!

THEME: gods Of Africa (Eulogy)

AYOBAMI AYANFEMI

TITLE: Awake heroes

Oh! Awake heroes

Awake from the slumbering of death

Death that caught you unaware

It taught you to be our forefathers.

Pour on us your libation of blood 

For it is full of blessing,

The bed you lured us to lie

Is shining of ornaments of gold.

The sold saved slave

Are eulogising your shrine,

They are slinging words of praise

And arrmoured your grave into their courtyard.

Oh!Africans

Hail Star head that was cut off 

For the rescue of the feet,

Hail the falling teeth

For the safety of the tongue.

What you cooked yesterday

Is now been eaten by us today,

Thanks for providing us the sun and its ray

And the moon that set in our night.

Hail!!!

Ayobamiayanfemi @gmail.com

Chosen Star

ANIEBIET EFFIONG

TITLE; SONG FOR THE gODS

I have heard of men who were gods on earth.

I have read of men who were gods in Africa.

I have heard of men whose names cannot be forgotten.

This is for the gods of Africa,

This is for the heroes of Africa. 

Let the men bang the gong,

Let the women sing the song.

Let the drummers beat the drums,

As i begin to hum.

Let the dancers begin to jump, as they twist their bodies up and down, 

Till its dawn. 

Tell the birds to sing along,

As the villagers shall clap along.

I see the lizards nodding,

And the antelopes jumping.

This is for the fathers of Africa,

This is for the legends of Africa. 

The ones who showed us how to love,

Like our Father above.

The ones who fought for our freedom,

The ones who spoke into us wisdom. 

Let us sing their names,

And speak of their fame. 

Nelson Mandela, a living Legend,

A symbol of africa who fought for freedom till the end. 

Martin Luther King,

The African American.

The man who told us he had a dream. 

Patrice Lubumba,

A pan African Hero and a symbol of african nationalism.

A martyr of the african cause. 

Chinua Achebe,

Oh! Things fall apart!

The man who wrote Africa out of captivity,

and brought to them liberation through his ink. 

Muhammad Ali,

The greatest boxer of all. 

Bob Marley,

The man whose songs touched the hearts and minds of the world. 

Ken Saro Wiwa!

Our great activist,

A role model for the generations unborn. 

Lets keep singing for the gods of Africa,

For their footprints is a blueprints for the generations of Africa.