Oga Chidi,
You hear wetin Mama Prof. Emeagwali talk?
Dear Mama Prof.,
Thanks for the thought. I cannot beat Chidi in this poetry game. He writes beautiful verses, and instigates my Muse all the time i read them.
Thank you for the beautiful thought!
Adeshina Afolayan, PhD
Department of Philosophy
University of Ibadan
+23480-3928-8429
Department of Philosophy
University of Ibadan
+23480-3928-8429
On Monday, February 27, 2017 8:50 PM, "Emeagwali, Gloria (History)" <emeagwali@ccsu.edu> wrote:
We look forward to a book of collected poems jointly authored by Adeshina and Chidi.
Professor Gloria Emeagwali
From: 'Adeshina Afolayan' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 2:24 AM
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fragments Of Poetic Thoughts (37)
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 2:24 AM
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fragments Of Poetic Thoughts (37)
And the President
on whose back
the multitude thonged
the polling booth
shouting "Change!"
shouting "Sai Baba!"
mock us
They all, the selected few,
mock us the multitude
we that hope perpetually
We are worthy only
once in four years
"Change" is just one of those
slogans that pulls the wool
over our collective face
One president, and another
rode roughshod their ailing bodies
over our groveling expectations
We the multitude
do not deserve a phone call
Who are we to hear
the voice of the President?
Let silence smother us
...until 2019!
Then another slogan
will rent the air,
and we the multitude will throng
the polling booths yet again,
daring the sun and the pangs,
to prop another ailing president.
Adeshina Afolayan, PhD
Department of Philosophy
University of Ibadan
+23480-3928-8429
Department of Philosophy
University of Ibadan
+23480-3928-8429
On Monday, February 27, 2017 1:57 AM, Chidi Anthony Opara <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:
By Chidi Anthony Opara
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The telephones ring.
The telephones
Of the select few
Ring.
A voice speaks.
"pray for me"
The voice implores.
"The President
Speaks from vacation",
The select few
Sing.
(Poem presented as social service, all rights reserved)
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