Elayne Ogbeta Poems

There was a girl called Dreadilocks
Who went for a walk through the wood.
She soon came across a neat house
And the scent from the house smelt good.
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Well, I listened to Benjamin Zephaniah,
And I kept my young turkey alive.
We had a really good blast last Christmas,
With hip-hop and reggae and jive.
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Once lived a little black gal
And in de town dem said
Dat she wore a bright red cloak
So dem call her ‘Pickney Red.'
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‘Jack, Jack, tings don't look good,
We no have no money to buy food
Go to de market, mi don't know how-
But use yu sense and go sell de cow.'
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Use Your Voice
by Elayne Ogbeta

There's a very quiet monkey
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Aunt Roachy, a dignified cockroach,
In her armour, glossy brown.
She received a fancy invite,
So she's marching into town.
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Black Ice was very beautiful
But her mudder had sadly died.
Black Ice had no choice but to live
wid her father's new ugly bride.
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I sprang from my bed in the dead of the night,
'Cause I heard a big BANG, and it gave me a fright.

So I tiptoed downstairs and was surprised to see,
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A girl and her mother were very, very poor
Had not a single crumb in their kitchen store.

The girl, one day jumped up and said,
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Rapunzel, Rapunzel, my beauty so rare
Please will you let down your fine relaxed hair?

Oh no, dear Prince, I can't, I'm afraids,
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