Eche Ononukwe Poems

I came, I wander'd in a far away land,

searching for easy greener pastures;
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'Poets are poor' was your like,
for you loathed he that loves rhymes;
O but now you love to live in our line:
a hungry goat just can't cross the yams!
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The experienced want
to teach us well,

for they think they
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My heart itches me

like burning fire of the sun
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Who must be good reap’rs?
We, of course, must be good reapers!
Plenty of human and natural resources,
we all have right here now –
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1.

Like the beard of Aaron,
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How you’ve made it;   
Oh you have made it!                
 
One day is one day
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There were three eggs in one basket

that came from a very different hen;
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Because you devour your food alone,

you are gluttonous!
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Travelling from Onitsha to Owerri;
yeah, from Owerri to Onitsha,
what will you see?
Hey, a small rich town,
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