Unwelcome Visitor Poem by Kabiru Sulaiman

Unwelcome Visitor



She is from the desert centre
madly thirsty of water
she swallows all moisture.

She roars,
she swirls,
she hurls at us dust.

She sweeps streets,
she brushes floors,
she dumps at us.

We dance unwillingly
in her dancing,
in her song we make chorus
we shiver in rhyme with her blowing.



Her name's Hamatan;
inevitably our annual visitor.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Saliu Muideen 24 December 2013

Bro... I like the poem... but why the title Unwelcome? In my own view, I think Harmattan is a season of blessing from God.... Nice piece.

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