Letter To Naija Poem by Alufa Oke Joshua

My country is niger-river,
our motherland is madeup of 36 sons with more than 705 local grand children,
when i wokeup i saw Abia talking to umuahia,
seeing Adamawa in yola i began to pray for Akwa ibom down to uyo, how can i forget places like Anambra where i sit an watch awka planing to visit Bauchi yet bauchi is trying to invite Benue so that makurdi can join the crew to welcome their brother,
Borno is worth calling maiduguri, so that Cross river cann't stop speaking proudly about calabar, salute to Delta because in asaba we find peace while in Ebonyi beauty is abakaliki watch word, all i dream of is a better Edo in benin city,
faith is what makes Enugu enugu though bayelsa is one lovely place in yenagoa,
my greatest dream was to play for Gombe united; yes! gombe,
still Imo is asking me to sign for owerri,
Jigawa making love to dutse, kaduna love kaduna, kano is worth calling kano, Katsina is home to katsina,
if i must say something about Kebbi i will say birnin-kebbi, can you see Kogi close to lokoja? all a man could ask for is to see beyond the walls of Kwara down to ilorin,
too much rush in Lagos althrough ikeja
look at Niger and a woman called minna playing with Ogun and abeokuta in the street of Ondo to akure
the news is all over Osun-oshogbo, the old man Oyo still leave in ibadan passing words to Plateau insight of jos
rivers and portharcourt can only salute the north from afar because Sokoto still remain sokoto, why is Nassarawa standing in front of lafia, Taraba is kissing jalingo what will happen to Yobe without damaturu
oh speachless Zamfara i know you love gusau
zenith of powers comes from FCT, the rocks in abuja say thank you.