Humble Collection

Abdulkadir Babajo

Compatriots please attention:
Have a glance in this direction
And eye this humble collection
Not much in it for the mention
Just a crooked conjugation
May be a twisted equation
Or some verbose vociferation
If you venture your suggestion
Even if it means correction
It is kind salutation
Boosting morale for assertion
Curving excess vituperation
However this is the situation
If you need this explanation
It is worth your attention
This is candid vindication
Nursing no morbid connection
Arson or conflagration
Poets are kids in commotion
With no home for a protection
Overburdened with emotion
Always coveting domestication
Waiting a hero for adoption
Searching ideals for retention
This is only a projection
Now read my humble collection:-

EDITOR’S NOTE: First published in Citizen, 21 October 1990, p. 41, in the Poets’ Nest section. This transcription follows the archived page scan. View the source record.