Five Men Gone Poem by Kingsley Egbukole

Five Men Gone

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Five!
Five men gone

Gone!
Gone in their prime

Five able men
Gone in their prime

Kenneth, The crown Prince Regent
Levi, his beloved brother
Innocent, the teacher
Innocent, The junior
Able, the only son

Princes!
Yes, all princes ans brave
Same blood
Gone in their prime

Glutton!
Glutton is the war
Abysmal that ate
Five men at their prime
All able
All princes
All gone

Confusion!
Confusion in the kitchen
In the living house
In the palace
And the "Obiri"

Spirits!
The sad spirits
Of the able princes
Five and gone
Stalk every corner
Sorrowing deeply too
For the royal family blood
That mourns for them

Five!
Five! !
Oh! five able men
All princes
All gone
Just like that
In their prime.

(Monday 20th December,1999,5.00am)

Friday, November 8, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: war memories,death,nigeria,royalty,war,brother
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Five young princes lost in the Nigerian civil war
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Evelyn Judy Buehler 21 November 2019

What a sad and touching tale of young lives lost to war. To lose so many from one family is truly tragic. Perhaps someday nations will learn to talk, instead of fight.

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Kingsley Egbukole 22 November 2019

Very sad Evelyn. War is never the answer to solving dissagrement and it will never be. Thanks.

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Edward Kofi Louis 18 November 2019

War will never bring us peace! ! ! ! Memories. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Kingsley Egbukole 22 November 2019

That's just the truth Edward. Thanks.

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