Dela Bobobee
Dela Bobobee Poems
With what maternal feelings
do I link your other siblings
who suckled this same breast
but now other arms found rest?
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Some women want their spouses
to be real hardcore and a bully
some to be soft and fair bosses
others compassionate and silly
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Oh! I see a very chaste maiden
risen from the dust of obscurity
to the very height of prominence
and taken her rightful place with glee
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The Black Stars of Africa
In the midst of so much despair
where all hope seem to be lost
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Different types of handworks
we create walls to imprison us
manacled by societal false sense
when we are born free in choices
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Daily she hummed her favourite unknown tune
laboriously she scooped morsels of bean cakes
in skillful similar proportions into the sizzling oil
in the frying pan on a clay hearth emitting smoke
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With what shall I compare thee?
for before thee I crave the key
to open a poet’s Muse designed
a new source of beauty redefined
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Once a toddler, I was nurtured
and intoxicated with pure idealism
on the annals of your pristine glories
unpardonable grievances cruelly extorted
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This morning a little child asked me
'What is today's date, Sir? '
'the seventh day of July,2007' I replied
and he said, ' Thank you, Daddy'
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Oh Africa!
When your vision is in tandem
with your new political will to seek
clear prehistoric fountains of hope
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I long to remake my Africa
in symmetry with America
as a fuel to remake the world
which exists with just a word
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Blame not the pathetic atheist
who sees life as a futile void
he is a victim groping at heist
his incessant psychosis avoid
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Diamond sparkling, shinning bright
like a star in the dark night sky
now I know the delight you flare
in the eyes of all women’s hearts
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Another Big Bang
Ode to Big Man
This is to “You” who calls himself human
gave yourself dominion over all things live
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God created natural wells for all Africans
their insatiate thirst and hunger to assuage
but African leaders created poison to contaminate
the very wells that is meant to be their lifelines
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There is a certain new tempo of rhythm
when the old flare of the nomadic is dim
rustling through the thick undergrowths
gnawing at the hearts of African youths
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Rejoice Africa in your hope
that brightens never to fade
tumultuous terrains to cope
at the end the victory made
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Tales by moonlight!
clean the seats
gather the kids
hug them all!
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Life is a sweet melody
only where love is the witty lyrics
that make it a beautiful song
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Dela Bobobee Biography
Dela Bobobee was born on July 1,1964 in Aveyime-Battor, a small town on the lush green banks of the River Volta in Ghana. He was educated in Ghana and Nigeria. He holds a B.A degree in English, and Master of International Law and Diplomacy (MILD) degree, both from the University of Lagos. He is a published playwright, poet, short-story writer, and also an actor who had most of his literary works published on the internet and in the 'SHUTTLE', a literary journal in University of Lagos. He was subsequently elected as the Production Editor for the campus Literary Journal in the 1997/98 session. He has won several prizes and awards for his literary works. In his poems, Dela Bobobee is very passionate about the preservation and promotion of the rich African cultural diversity, and the final political unification of Africa. Dela Bobobee is regarded in most circles as an environmentalist poet as most of his thematic preoccupations are on environmental degradation, and very vehement in calling on the industrialized nations to ratify and implement the Kyoto Accord. He plays the guitar, piano and tenor sax. He sees multilingualism as a very great asset, be it African or foreign languages. He is also very enthusiastic in learning foreign languages such as French, Spanish and German. Dela Bobobee is also into professional music production with his Sankofa Reality record label, video production, directing, scriptwriting, and video editing. His video production is mostly directed towards cultural festivals, art and crafts, and the the study of folklore of different African countries. He is also into professional wildlife documentary and preservation. He is a life member of the prolific Theatre 15, the Abuja Literary Society, and the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) .)
The Best Poem Of Dela Bobobee
Surrogate Mother And Child
With what maternal feelings
do I link your other siblings
who suckled this same breast
but now other arms found rest?
To bring joy to homes famished
my wet bosom you are banished
but you will remain in my mind
I pray good foster may you find
in the Underground Railroad days
when sad family ties parted rays
passages of uncertainties dimmed
this same stubborn hope beamed
how deep is my love in maternity
this swap to connect in paternity?
doubt not my deep maternal instinct
in the need of material turned extinct
to nurture your sisters who may starve
farewell, a new niche you must carve
if in selflessness I may now fall short
virtue out of necessity I take as fort.
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