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I Am Bobolaiyefa! by biife: 12:59pm On Dec 15, 2007 |
BOBOLAIYEFA i am Bobolaiyefa begging bread on Lagos left-over streets with the bleating goats and barking dogs struggling with me i am the common face unknown in the neighbourhood the miasma that hangs around selfish lives i am Bobolaiyefa bending down below earth’s below to feed on earth’s rottenness what brought me here is not madness it is you and my people’s mindlessness i am Bobolaiyefa who are you and who is your father? have you heard wisdom out of insanity? know not life’s travails yet you claim wisdom who taught you its lessons? i am Bobolaiyefa enter my shoes and tell where they pinch is everything inch by inch a cinch? see your incurable madness around me but how many of you think! |
Re: I Am Bobolaiyefa! by kay9(m): 12:41pm On Dec 17, 2007 |
@ biife What does "Bobolaiyefa" mean? |
Re: I Am Bobolaiyefa! by biife: 4:39pm On Dec 17, 2007 |
, tough question! no thanks to my imagination; in my mind it means the man, the woman, the boy, the girl- anyone out there living on garbage, on many occasions, they\'re there because of our mindlessness or madness. our society doesn\'t bother to take care of its sick ones. aren\'t we sick- ourselves- by that inaction? |
Re: I Am Bobolaiyefa! by biife: 4:43pm On Dec 17, 2007 |
but then, you didn\'t tell what impression the poem have on you, any word? |
Re: I Am Bobolaiyefa! by nawa1(m): 1:12pm On Dec 18, 2007 |
how did you come about that name? are you from the niger delta? |
Re: I Am Bobolaiyefa! by biife: 3:41pm On Dec 18, 2007 |
, am in trouble with the militants? imagination threw the name on me o! i am not from niger-delta, |
Re: I Am Bobolaiyefa! by blubadd(m): 2:01pm On Jan 21, 2008 |
hello there. i've just finished dune by some herbert guy( the book's in tatters but the last page's intact!) are there any amateur writers out there? are you looking for a place to air your views? think the world would be a better place if we all listened to you? have a flair for writing and haven't been able to get your work out there to the public? then you should send a sample of your work to the editor, island news, Mr. Aaron Momoh at blubadd@gmail.com or call +2347030289970 to sign up to SEASIDE NEWS a lagos based free publication that's going to be revamped and relaunched in the first week of february. look forward to working with you |
Re: I Am Bobolaiyefa! by ladebi(m): 9:52am On Feb 06, 2008 |
A poet denying his roots too too sad. |
Re: I Am Bobolaiyefa! by biife: 7:38am On Feb 13, 2008 |
really? nah. it\'s just a poetic piece picked from mental anguish of societal indifference i\'ve never been any close to niger-delta, am from ibadan! |
Re: I Am Bobolaiyefa! by Nobody: 10:02pm On Mar 09, 2008 |
Cool. |
Re: I Am Bobolaiyefa! by anneanu(f): 4:14pm On May 30, 2008 |
it's a good poem. |
Re: I Am Bobolaiyefa! by ademiife(m): 2:53pm On Jan 13, 2010 |
Good poetry. |
Re: I Am Bobolaiyefa! by woye77: 5:16pm On Jan 15, 2010 |
u mean bobolayefa edon? |
Re: I Am Bobolaiyefa! by MyneWhite1(f): 9:39pm On Jan 15, 2010 |
Nice one, |
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