League Day 20: ONI TOMIWA vs KOLAWOLE SAMAD

LIVE:  ONI TOMIWA vs KOLAWOE ENIFENI SAMAD

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.

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

THEME: gods OF AFRICA

ONI TOMIWA

TITLE: PRAYERS TO THE GODS

I bring colanut and alligator pepper

I pour libation at your shrine(s)

Do heed my voice 

With rumbling thunder.

An innocent foot i lay on the soil

That houses 401 gods and spirits

Guarding the borders of the earth.

But first I pay homage to Olodumare

The one with no shrine

The ruler of the sky

Ever right, never wrong.

I salute my Ori, the bearer

Of life's travails and successes,

The discerner of how my sojourn will end.

Orunmila, the father of Agboniregun

The one covered with wisdom unfathomable

Here I stoop, beneath your garland

Waiting for divination

For the future's deeds and to unravel mysteries.

Osun sengese, the spirit of living waters

My mouth shall sing of your beauty

Do crown my neck with grace

And let love seek me out.

Sango olukoso, warrior ever strong,

The one who breathes lightening

And speak thunderous languages

I do not cross your lane

Ithout bowing to your prowess.

Esu laalu, I present your sacrifices with both hands

Do not confuse my path on crossroads

Nor spin my head with mischief.

Again I libate thoroughly with my mouth

And with palm wine spewed on the earth

I do not praise one god and scorn the other

Lest I become a sheep munching palm fronds

Beside cracked walls.

Lest the gods make my skull their calabash

Where my blood will be sipped to satisfaction...

Here I end my prayers

May the gods give ears

And part blocked ways.

KOLAWOLE ENIFENI SAMAD

gods Of Africa (Eulogy)

Tell me! Who would not waver?

Who would see the trickster and not shiver?

Eshu! The invisible foe of men.

Eshu! The dweller of T-junction.

Thee who would give out a Hen,

And seek in return, a Cow.

Eshu! Trick me not,nor my successor.

Orunmila! To ye,the sky is Home

And the land is market–

A place to learn lessons needed.

Orunmila! Only the sky knows who will be saved.

Thou art the revealer of future,

Through the secrets of the Oracle.

Orunmila! Thou knowledge is vast.

Aye! Sango oh!

Oshun's choice,

Thou art the god of fire,

Every parts of you is furnaced.

Thou hast no stomach for Kola.

The Batá drum is your favourite.

What was such Gem?

The beauty beneath the Sea.

Yemoja! the goddess of the Ogin.

Around thou neck, a fishy lace.

To ye,rivalry is without hatred,

Insults without edge,

Raw emotion without offence.

Yemoja! Your mercy is unequal.

©Ennyfheni