League Day 26; HUSSANI ABDULRAHIM vs KOLAWOLE ENIFENI SAMAD

LIVE: HUSSANI ABDULRAHIM vs KOLAWOLE ENIFENI

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: RETROSPECT

HUSSANI ABDULRAHIM

TITLE: NOSTALGIA 

I'm a shadow by the window, 

Under a clear sky with clouds hurrying by. 

A boy does a half-somer on the burning sand, 

I hear his voice- skitish, bouncing in the wind. 

I wish to wear his skin 

And run nude in the rain; 

I want to crawl into his rare face, 

Fly with the wind, and in the garden race. 

Let me wear his joking ribs, 

Like a cloak of silent peace; 

Let me sit in his puerile eyes, 

Like a bright-eyed day at ease. 

Oh time! If only thee could recede, 

I'd shrink back deep into this thorny fold, 

Become the nude boy dancing in the rain, 

One I never was, but a boy again.

KOLAWOLE ENIFENI SAMAD

TITLE; Retrospect


Such was that beautiful scene,
A full rounded beauty in the sky,
Accompanied by myriad of little wonders–
The shining little light in the sky.

I had seen the blue moon,
I had seen that one occurrence,
I had seen the gem that only emerge seven times,
Seven times in Nineteen years.

Such was the wonders it brought,
As it showed me a mother,
Who held her baby up in joy,
As its ray swirled around them.

Oh! Beautiful blue Moon.
Will I ever see you again?
Now that I'm Ninety,
Will you ever glow again?
Hey! Beautiful blue light,
I shall tell my grandchild I met you.


©Ennyfheni