Nairaland users, should try to read peoms posted in this forum, evaluate and send comments. We should make sure we comment on any poem that interest us. POETRY IS LIFE.

I don't appreciate poems so much; they are generally not very real. if a poem is written for me and really captures truths about my person then I'd appreciate it. General poems, however, don't interest me much. Yet!

So Seun do you want me to write one specially for u?

@Seun Osewa, where have you been?

nigerians don't reallly like poems neither do we enjoy reading.

Yes, rosby. So where's my poem? remember, I'm a sexy sexy brainy brainy beauty.

I think poems are cocky.

I appreciate good poems tho.

i love poems esp love poems they are good. keep 'em comin' !

hot-angel:

I think poems are cocky.

Poems cocky!!?? jesus

The guy no fit write poem you refer am to school of romance. The guy write one for you you say him to get diick. . . . na wah ooo

Poems are really nice when they are true, real and straight to the point , for me i like poems that reflect africannes and true culture. Not words and concepts meant for the west. Listen to BBC Africa and u'll like every bit of the poem u hear there
I'll appreciate a poem on peace in africa or peace in Nigeria , any body ?

I particularly lovvve poems as long as they arent cheesy- some ppl should never write cuz they just suk,  any man on here that can write sensible poems can PM meeven better; anyone on here that does spoken wordz poetry can DEFINITELY PM me


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@ talk2ahmed

Say poppa put that hammer down
He aint nothing but a brotha
Cuz if you cant see a brotha in a next nucca
Who u bout to depend on?

They say home is where ur heart is
If it is, then hes here for a reason
The ones who never made it
Need to be mourned because they are lost

So poppa put ur knife down
This is us, not a stranger
How we gon end the war
If we cant even stop the fight

Freedom aint free, But we aint got to keep payin
Learn from the white man; never war in ur own home


Pls poppa put ur gundown
Did someone not thank God for him?
On his birthday; was he not a clean slate?
But life made him this way

Never a burglar without a life to learn him it
You shoot, then we end up with yet, anotha dead brotha
God knows we don’t need no more. We already got cemetaries full’a these


dont worry mista- i'll write u one better when i get ma thoughts collected. in the mean time, feed off of that lolz

Poetry?

I once wrote the following poem to a girl I was 'targeting':

My dear, I think you are very nice
Many times better than jollof rice
The thought that comes when I think of you
Is of fufu and chicken and egusi stew
Let me try to explain what my love means
It's like well-cooked tomatoes, onions and beans
For the love I have for you, I am
Prepared to give a bowl of pounded yam!

Needless to say, I was 'nailed' very harshly by the intended target.

oh well

Can only enjoy poem when the tommy is filled.

Nigerians are very nice ppl but we're all too busy chasing money that we dont appreciate little things that coulld change our lives, poems n poetry inclusive.

Eni ti ko ba mo itan pa, ko da nkan mo.

Who says Nigerians don't love poetry?
What an ironical statement!
When our life is poetry in motion.

Ahah!
From Ifa to Nsibidi, our life is poetry
Can we speak our mother tongues without proverbs?

Oratory is poetry.
And Africans are the best orators on earth.

Nigerians celebrate life in poetry.

Oral culture produces oral literature.

Nigerians by our tradition prefer perfromance poetry than reading books of poems.

I was with a fellow poet who even made over a million naira at the launching of his slim volume of poems. Everybody wanted a copy of his book.

But it is not everyone who breaks up sentences in stanzas makes a poet.
Poetry is the highest form of literature.

Sokwanele!
Enough is enough!

if the poems could be cashed at the bank
i bet u nigerians would drool over it!!

Well, to really show appreciation for poetry, you all can read my latest collection of poems
http://www.amazon.com/Scarlet-Tears-London-Orikinla-Osinachi/dp/184728051X.

I am a universal poet.

Actually nigerian's don't really love poem and am also one of dem

How to make Nigerian enjoy poetry do it the way the Yorubas do.
By the Oriki. Because when you recite the Oriki of anyone, the person would be charged to appreciate the poem celebrating his or her Oriki.

MARLET01 how did you know that naija don't love poems??

It's a known fact all over the world that poems are not as easy to read as standard prose. Most poems are deep, a message from the author spoken in the language of the mind rather than the language we all understand. It takes time to decode and probably we are sometimes not patient.

Maybe that's why we embrace love poems more easily because we all experience love, one way or the other.

But Nigerians love poetry. Our proverbs are poetry, our midnight fables are poetry, most of our songs are poetry, oriki is poetry. The problem may be that our poets sometimes write our poetry in another culture rather than ours.

well i dnt believe u guys cos a lot of nigerians write their thoughts down as poetry esp wen they young i write and i love poetry and hav seen a lot of people who do.its just that we dnt hav places to meet and share our poems like we hav places to go and listen to nice music or watch films or stage plays.i have about three of my poems on www.poetry.com if u check it out u wud see look for poet suziette ukey.i actually sent them for the competitn.any how i believe just like how dance is taking its place in nigeria poems wud soon wake up.i enjoyed the poems i read but i think the one comparing his chick wit food is really a foood lover and he fit no like woman wer no sabi cook so abeg soffry.,

life's dynamic
we live to feel the beauty it gives
forgetting its behind
we strive for the unknown
searching for a meaning untold
we sail through with faith
faith like a dew drop
taking us into a world of great pleasure and saddness
in God we trust
in ourselves we try to believe
in time we grow
with a faith of a thousand lifes.
life's true
and we,
we pray

dont worry folks, whenwww.poeticnaija.com goes online, dem never born the nigerian wey no go gree say africa is pure poetry, from ogogoro to champagne.poetry in n out

angelstone:

well i dnt believe u guys because a lot of nigerians write their thoughts down as poetry esp when they young i write and i love poetry and hav seen a lot of people who do.its just that we dnt hav places to meet and share our poems like we hav places to go and listen to nice music or watch films or stage plays.i have about three of my poems on www.poetry.com if u check it out u would see look for poet suziette ukey.i actually sent them for the competitn.any how i believe just like how dance is taking its place in nigeria poems would soon wake up.i enjoyed the poems i read but i think the one comparing his chick wit food is really a foood lover and he fit no like woman wer no sabi cook so abeg soffry.,

life's dynamic
we live to feel the beauty it gives
forgetting its behind
we strive for the unknown
searching for a meaning untold
we sail through with faith
faith like a dew drop
taking us into a world of great pleasure and saddness
in God we trust
in ourselves we try to believe
in time we grow
with a faith of a thousand lifes.
life's true
and we,
we pray

The French Cultural Centre and Jazz Hole in Ikoyi are regular meeting places for performing poets. Just go there and have great moments of poetic bliss.

www.poetry.com is SHIT.

They are crooks. Avoid them like a plague. There are a thousand better places to place your poems than where some whitey uses your work for his own commercial pleasure.

Beware.

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gwatala:

www.poetry.com is SHIT.

They are crooks. Avoid them like a plague. There are a thousand better places to place your poems than where some whitey uses your work for his own commercial pleasure.

Beware.

Yes.
I actually took up their case and copied the universities of the professors associated with them. Then, their attorney wrote me with a threat to take me to court for libel.

They are playing on the intelligence of innocent millions who want to see their words in print.

Orikinla:

Yes.
I actually took up their case and copied the universities of the professors associated with them. Then, their attorney wrote me with a threat to take me to court for libel.

They are playing on the intelligence of innocent millions who want to see their words in print.

Any update on the threatened lawsuit?

It is true that most people do not appreciate poetry. In a bid to have their poems read by a wider audience, lots of people have resorted to posting their poems in the main literature section.

Add lyrics to your poems, and people will love them. But for that to happen your poems must be rhythmic.