A reputable Nutritional and Toxicological Biochemist and Molecular Biologist with a passion for poems and desire to be counted among poets.
This serves to document my modest contribution to pathos poetic world. The collection, a product of original thought, spanned many years and, traversed vast areas of human endeavour, including history and metaphysics. Not trained in prose writing, it may not withstand critics lens. Nevertheless, many of the contents will entertain, educate and elevate many. #Tony-Cemaluk#
Nkea na amamu ahu jijijiji,
Ikedo mu na nmazi uzo di
n'okpulu ugbo mmili anyim,
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PROMISE not pounded yam when you can't
pound pounded yam; worst, under oath,
when you can, but compromise instead to pound cocoyam.
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The prevailing travail—
the relentless trials of life,
what could one have done?
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The reception, really receptive,
As marketing public relation, was repetitive,
To be solely so; so the trick was to ignore all,
As an ignorant, even the sonorous singing ringing tone,
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N'okpuru ụgbọ Mmiri
Ọ na-ama m oke egwu n'ezie,
na-ekekọta m na rudder a.
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