For Hajara — Mohammed Garba Bawa

You being the source of my daily joyAnd the object of my daily toilThe thought of you keeps me awake all nightAs it does make my days brightThe Almighty in his holinessCreated you as the cure of my lonelinessAs I see the future alreadyLife without you will be emptyYour presence whether far or nearMy heart […]

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My Loving Val — Oladayo Ogunlana

Ooh, my val…. My love, thelove of my life if I had nevermet you, can I know what truelove is? No, I doubt it.Meeting you is good, hav-ing to know you is betterKnowing your love is thebest thing that everhappened to me. To loveyou is nothing, knowingthat you love me is every-thing. Our love willcontinue […]

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Sweet love — Umar Bello Katagum

This I must coughTo say I love andCherish you.When the blue cloudIs pregnant — readyTo descend with rainsOn to our fertile landFor the seeds to germinateAnd grow — basis of ourFood tomorrowMust you linger like a passengerOn transit to unknown destinationOr accept me in totalSo that I am rest assuredThat I have at last madeA […]

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My love — Ifeanyi Omeni

When in the heat of my angerI behold the exquisie beauty of your faceA myriad of emotions assail my beingAnd my anger evaporates ina wisp of smokeFor your presence is soothing balmI sacrifice my evil natureAt the altar of your captivating smilesFor your love has always beenAn antidote for my painI listen no more to […]

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My love — Uguoyoke Cosmas Sonny

I must love my loveFor love is lostI must love my shieldFor the arrow is shotLike a sick-baby I layAnd know no joy nor sorrowBut is comforted When depression, humiliation, praise andTorment strikeI call on you as though divineBecause you know the cureAs mother to a half-feed childWe are left to the hoarse windBut must […]

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