Abiku

iokpebholo:
These are d real role model unlike d present day Yahoo boys,corrupt politicians and fake pastors

indeed they are real gems

#ILMOVON
#Attitude
#Bliv

RIP Prof. John Pepper Clark...
I read extensively your poetic works back then in Secondary School..
Much Respect for You Grand Pa.
Adieu..

Rip Sir.... My best was

Fulani Cattle by JP Clark




Contrition twines me like a snake

Each time I come upon the wake

Of your clan,

Undulating along in agony,

Your face of stool for mystery:

What secret hope or knowledge,

Locked in your hump away from man.

Imbues you with courage

So mute and fierce and wan

That, not demurring nor kicking,

You go to the house of slaughter?

Can it be in the forging

Of your gnarled and crooked horn

You’d experienced passions far stronger

Than storms which brim up the Niger?

Perhaps, the drover’s whip no more

On your balding mind and crest

Arouses shocks of ecstasy:

Or likely the drunken journey

From desert through grass and forest,

To the hungry towns by sea

Does call at least for rest-

But, will you not first reveal to me,

As true the long knife must prevail,

The patience of even your tail?

Rip to a legend .

Greatest poet who wrote like a white man.

The night rain still remains my favorite.

What of Olarotimi? The man who wrote the God's are not to blame". Great novel of all time.

Children don't read Interesting books these days like we did.

Books like
Kole the superstar
Ure Chokwe
Born wothout a silver spoon
She stoops to conquer
God's big toe ( very tragic story)
Snowball Animal farm.. I love this novel like kilode
The Concubine (Elechi Amadi)
Then shakespearen dramas sabastin and Sebastian.. ive forgotten the title of that drama. Though.

Days when education still got standard.

RIP sir...his poems are really nice

tutudesz:
The Clark-Fuludu Bekederemo family of Kiagbodo Town, Delta State, wishes to announce that Emeritus Professor of Literature and Renowned Writer, Prof. John Pepper Clark, has finally dropped his pen in the early hours of today, Tuesday, 13 October, 2020.

Prof. J. P. Clark has paddled on to the great beyond in comfort of his wife, children and sibbling, around him.

The family appreciates your prayers at this time.
Other details will be announced later by the family.

Signed:
Prof. C. C. Clark, for the family.
Mr. Ilaye Clark, for the children.

Emeritus Professor of Literature and Renowned Writer, Professor John Pepper Clark is dead.
The poet is the younger brother of former Federal Commissioner for Information and South South Leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark.
In a statement signed by Prof. C. C. Clark, for the family and Mr. Ilaye Clark, for the children and made available to Vanguard Tuesday, Professor John Pepper Clark died in the early hours of today.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/10/breaking-edwin-clark-loses-brother-prof-j-p-clark/

Ibadan!!!
Running splash of rust and gold
flung and scattered among seven hills like broken China in the sun


Rest on sir!!!!

The passing away of a great literally Icon. I remembered him for his poem ' The Casualty' during the Nigeria Civil. The poem capture the whole situation then. R.I.P Great man.

Coming and going these several seasons
Do stay out on the baobab tree
Follow where you please your kindred spirits If indoors is not enough for you.
True, it leaks through the thatch
When floods brim the banks
And the bats and the owls Often tear in at night through the eaves
And at harmattan, the bamboo walls Are ready tinder for the fire
That dries the fresh fish up on the rack.
Still, it’s been the healthy stock
To several fingers, to many more will be Who reach to the sun.
No longer then bestride the threshold But step in and stay For good.
We know the knife scars
Serrating down your back and front Like beak of the sword-fish
And both your ears, notched As a bondsman to this house
Are all relics of your first comings.
Then step in, step in and stay For her body is tired
Tired, her milk going sour
Where many more mouths gladden the heart.


Abiku by JP Clark. Rest on sir. This life sha

Rip Sir.
I can still remember one of his poems which we studied in the secondary school, The Casualties.
If was sent to Chinua Achebe during the Nigerian Civil War. Rest on,Sir.

Please how is the traffic from VI to Ajah. I learned the road is blocked up till now.

How true is it and which is the better route to take.

60ths 60s

tutudesz:

Soyinka is the last man standing among them, Soyinka and J.P friendship dated back to the 60ths

RIP J. P. Clark.

I wastn a literature student but am a lover of jp Clark. Rip sir

Rest In Peace... You were a literary giant

"The Casualties"
By J P Clerk

Rest in peace great poet

Live on J. P. Clark. Your poem titled "The Casualty" that explains in entirety that those who lost their lives directly from the Nigerian Civil War are not the only victims of the War remains evergreen till date. Live on the jolly good fellow.

A literary Legend.

pozehnani:
Rip to a legend .

Greatest poet who wrote like a white man.

The night rain still remains my favorite.

What of Olarotimi? The man who wrote the God's are not to blame". Great novel of all time.

Children don't read Interesting books these days like we did.

Books like
Kole the superstar
Ure Chokwe
Born wothout a silver spoon
She stops to conquer
God's big toe ( very tragic story)
Snowball Animal farm.. I love this novel like kilode
The Concubine (chinua Achebe)
Then shakespearen dramas sabastin and Sebastian.. ive forgotten the title of that drama. Though.

Days when education still got standard.

The Concubine was written by Elechi Amadi.
Then all I dreamt of was to work in a library and be surrounded by books.

Their generation had it so easy but they destroyed Nigeria.

One of his peom i love most is Abiku

Throwback:
Sad loss.

One of the Nigerian literary quartet that Wole Soyinka referred to.

Now only Soyinka is left behind.
Christopher Okigbo is gone.
Chinua Achebe is gone.
JP Clark is gone.

This life sef.... people wey their brains empty nai full everywhere....na only 2% of people for 9ja nai their brains dey work.
Great J.p Clark!
Rest in peace.

firstratedcitiz:
60ths 60s

Thanks

RIP great Bekederemo.

We will miss you.

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Officialgarri:
Wow. Rest in peace papa. You have done well in your lifetime.
Say hello to your good friend —Chinua Achebe.

And accept condolences from we the family of Prof. Wole Soyinka

On this day, after a little tension between Prof. W.S and Prof J.p. C, the trio put aside their differences and paid Gen. Ibrahim Babangida a visit to demand the release of the soon-to-be executed poet, soldier,
and childhood friend of the De facto Head of state —Mamman Vatsa

They all returned from the meeting in a joyful mood as they screamed their way in the car on their way out.

However, Babangida's promise to the trio was a pseudo promise as Vatsa was promptly tried and executed


Lalasticlala

Wow!..Why is history scrapped in Nigeria?
I just like this...I have only been a science student doing justice to maths and the likes.

Rest on great man... you'll always be remembered for your immense contribution towards the literary community...
#proudlygrammarian

LadySarah:


The Concubine was written by Elechi Amadi.
Then all I dreamt of was to work in a library and be surrounded by books.

Their generation had it so easy but they destroyed Nigeria.

Oh.. thanks for the heads up there. Used to think it was chinua Achebe because it had an igbo setting plus it was my elders sisters set that read it. So i used to steal it from her bag then to read and never really had time to check the author.

I still visited the library until the lockdown. I love literature works a lot. Was reading one before the lockdown. "Mothers love" or so. Can't remember the title now.

joefelin2345:
What about Elechi Amadi ? He is gone as well.

True

joefelin2345:
What about Elechi Amadi ? He is gone as well.

Yes you are right. All of them are literary icons. Those behind them are literary midgets.

Abiku just comes into mind... RIP sir

I remember Ibadan by JP Clark while growing up. RIP sir.

Officialgarri:
Wow. Rest in peace papa. You have done well in your lifetime.
Say hello to your good friend —Chinua Achebe.

And accept condolences from we the family of Prof. Wole Soyinka

On this day, after a little tension between Prof. W.S and Prof J.p. C, the trio put aside their differences and paid Gen. Ibrahim Babangida a visit to demand the release of the soon-to-be executed poet, soldier,
and childhood friend of the De facto Head of state —Mamman Vatsa

They all returned from the meeting in a joyful mood as they screamed their way in the car on their way out.

However, Babangida's promise to the trio was a pseudo promise as Vatsa was promptly tried and executed


Lalasticlala

Political Maradona


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