The archive Drought Menace Poem by Peter B. Cuktu · 1982 Drought Menace Peter B. Cuktu · 1982 The plagueHas stripped everything.The vermins scrambled,Robbed and raped,Roped everything away;The desiccating desertIs shifting daily,Sipping the juice of African land;Poor and persecutedRendered landless, fruitlessHomeless, helpless and lifeless.Noticeable drought effectsTelling here and there,Daily, the papersAnnounce about the activitiesOf the […]
The archive Didactic Poetry Poem by Traditional Tiv Poetry · 1982 Didactic Poetry Traditional Tiv Poetry · 1982 TIV Lam amo ga doo gaLam amo ga Ashitsugh GambeDajo u Adeke, kwase wamaaMdoom yo udoo kpa shima ngi gaMdoom ma kposu, ieren ngi kposu ENGLISH You haven’t talked to me, it’s badYou haven’t talked to me,Ashitsugh […]
The archive Love Poetry Poem by Traditional Tiv Poetry · 1982 Love Poetry Traditional Tiv Poetry · 1982 TIV Auna WondoUir awa wondo akpa ateratarsha chi ukari mbaior a hideoAnengen aminooMva me mo sughJohn Papa vihi amo shie weseAlu me ma zeva yoMe unde dela or me pase lectureOr mom nana or kwagh zeoAlu sha […]
The archive Elegiac Poetry Poem by Traditional Tiv Poetry · 1982 Elegiac Poetry Traditional Tiv Poetry · 1982 TIV Ka yemen yam neooBaba kendemooKa yemen yam neooA wegh waseoo ENGLISH This is my exitFather has left meThis is my exitwith a hand on my chin. EDITOR’S NOTEFirst published in Nigeria Magazine, Friday, January 1, 1982.Source: […]
The archive Religio-Medicinal Poetry Poem by Traditional Tiv Poetry · 1982 Religio-Medicinal Poetry Traditional Tiv Poetry · 1982 TIV Mngu sorun we kwagh neNahan yo abeoYange won nomsuwer, wan kwaseIbyo ben, sho kondu ENGLISH I’m treating this ailmentSo it finishesSun, the male childMoon, the female childGuilt, drift down, Good, arise. EDITOR’S NOTEFirst published in Nigeria […]
The archive Heroic Poetry Poem by Traditional Tiv Poetry · 1982 Heroic Poetry Traditional Tiv Poetry · 1982 TIV OOO Agebage vaa karOnov mba Tsegba ande due sha tembeAakpya hembe ayemBegha ande sha hyande veInyaregh ki bov ki kum er ka wula yoAa a a aOn begha ande nyor nomsu ordue sha tembeaa kpya hembe […]
The archive Philosophical Poetry Poem by Traditional Tiv Poetry · 1982 Philosophical Poetry Traditional Tiv Poetry · 1982 I TIV Ason ShandeIor mba ve whum mbelaVe hemba ga, ka Aonda ahembeKwaghi adi wihin we zeoIta wan kpev ju yoMba Mongo hembeMan tume nom yongu nguharKpev ase aseo Tor Labe Gyuse tar u hegenWangbian kanan lu […]
The archive Man of Words Poem by Hyeladzira A.B. Shaffa · 1992 Man of Words Hyeladzira A.B. Shaffa · 1992 They give nightmares, man of wordsThings you do with bales of wordsLying pompous in lairs of thine con-dom And for the boldness of thineschemesWe survive on those crumbs ofpowerThe extravagance from thy word-dom EDITOR’S NOTEFirst […]
The archive Citizen of Words / Citizen of Poems Poem by Nuhu Yarwa · 1992 Citizen of Words / Citizen of Poems Nuhu Yarwa · 1992 Citizen of Words Like a capsule holds a substanceWords and wordings are poemAs word preserves and defendsmemoriesEach and every memory:The good, and bad and ugly:Of resplendent words and word-ingsAnd […]