Poems For Review › Re: ••••• by llaykorn: 9:36pm On Aug 10, 2016 |
timpaker:
Heheheheheheheh.
Truth is I misplaced your number when some knuckle heads made away with my phone at the airport in Lagos. I lost access to my mail and social network for sometime.
Got new ones, will beep you with it soon (I haven't forgotten my Sallah special that you owe me ) When I said you should never come to Lagos with an Abuja mindset, you didn't understand. I haven't forgotten the birthday special too. Have you?  |
Poems For Review › Re: ••••• by llaykorn: 9:33pm On Aug 10, 2016 |
joseph1832: Good. Now tell me where tha fuck_ you've been? Noticed how dry this place have been without you?  Dry? Did you stop to write? Is somewhere you are ever dry? |
Poems For Review › Re: ••••• by llaykorn: 9:09pm On Aug 10, 2016 |
joseph1832: Are you high Lekan? I definitely am not today.  |
Poems For Review › Re: ••••• by llaykorn: 9:00pm On Aug 10, 2016 |
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Poems For Review › Re: ••••• by llaykorn: 8:13pm On Aug 10, 2016 |
timpaker:
Mr. Lake, Where have you been hiding?
How are you doing? Mr Tim. It's you who have done the hiding. From your number to all of your messaging accounts, nothing worked. You scared me into thinking all of the unthikables of this world. 1 Like |
Poems For Review › Re: ••••• by llaykorn: 7:57pm On Aug 10, 2016 |
Laveda: Where do I go? When I'm feeling so lost and I don't want to be found. Where do I go when I'm trying to laugh but all I can do is cry? Where do I go when it seems like I've lost happiness? I'm trying to keep on living because I'm not ready to die. I'm trying not to give up because I have to strive to be better. I'm trying to wear a smile even when things aint right. Where do I go when I feel like I've lost it all? How do I keep going, how do I fight this fight? I'm tired of feeling down, but I'm trying with all my might! Where do I go when I'm giving up on the world's cheapest thing?
Where do I go? Does it take very long? For me to find that peace,love and a place where I belong. I need you to help me,help me see things in a new light. Help me stand I'm losing it.
This is just my thoughts I'm pouring here.. If only a little sincerity could be taught, I would give all to be your student. The sincerity in your poems amazes me. 4 Likes 3 Shares |
Nairaland General › Re: Thank You All!! by llaykorn: 8:20pm On Aug 09, 2016 |
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Nairaland General › Re: Thank You All!! by llaykorn: 8:20pm On Aug 09, 2016 |
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Fashion › Re: Mr. Nairaland Contest 2016 - Elimination Round 2 by llaykorn: 2:41pm On Aug 02, 2016 |
I vote
Iamkingzlee
Falconey
Fynestboi
Cc: NLJega |
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Rap Battles › Re: NL Rap Battles chatroom by llaykorn: 6:54am On Jul 31, 2016 |
danbrowndmf: baba we thankGOD o. How that side na? Still on that hustle? My brother, I get choice?  On the prep too, though. |
Rap Battles › Re: NL Rap Battles chatroom by llaykorn: 7:24pm On Jul 30, 2016 |
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Romance › Re: Happy Birthday Sleekyshuga™ by llaykorn: 3:58pm On Jul 30, 2016 |
A happy birthday to one of the most amazing persons I've met online.  |
Politics › Re: I’m On My Way To Umuahia For Swearing In As Abia Governor — Sampson Ogah by llaykorn: 9:22am On Jul 29, 2016 |
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Education › Re: Turkey Wants Nigeria To Close 17 Schools In Coup Clampdown !!! by llaykorn: 7:38am On Jul 29, 2016 |
Alezy: How about the one in ph.....Nigerian turkish international school? they should close it self cos thier school fee is more like extortion. Read what you wrote: a school should be closed down because its fees are much? I have a sister in the Turkish school in Lagos and I know the school offers just about the best quality of education you can get in Nigeria. Their fees is not extortion. Besides, a lot of the kids there are schooling on scorlaships. |
Education › Re: Turkey Wants Nigeria To Close 17 Schools In Coup Clampdown !!! by llaykorn: 7:35am On Jul 29, 2016 |
Why should the FG close down the schools? You have a problem with Gulen, we don't. And our kids who are on scorlaship and receiving about the best quality of education you can receive in Nigeria don't too. Nonsense!
The Turkish government should just leave the man alone jare. |
Politics › Re: I’m On My Way To Umuahia For Swearing In As Abia Governor — Sampson Ogah by llaykorn: 11:22pm On Jul 28, 2016 |
EverestdeBliu: oh dearie,hope this reply isn't coming behind schedule? hello yuzj et, llaykorn, texanom ally and all NPC members. greetings! Chief! Are you still on this earth?  How's the country doing you, bro? |
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Poems For Review › Re: Clash Of Two Pens: Laveda Vs Jigsawkillah by llaykorn: 1:43pm On Jul 27, 2016 |
Now these are two awesome pieces. The idea of poetry duels is a fantastic one too, but I believe that two things need to be improved if more of these are going to happen which I hope would. The first one is theme clarity. A single word is not enough as a theme. I believe that the idea of 'theme' was brought up so both poets, in the end, would have written poems with exactly the same themes and what would be left to score is the style. It should be clear enough that poets who drift away too much from the theme should get penalized. (If a criterion scoring system is being used) That brings me to the second point, and that is the scoring system. A criterion-based scoring system would be much more awesome to use for the judging as a poem is never always good in all ways and never always bad in all ways. And, Laveda, you're a star!  2 Likes 2 Shares |
Poems For Review › Re: Blunt Thoughts by llaykorn: 11:52pm On Jul 23, 2016 |
JigsawKillah, you only needed some rhymes to complete 12 bars. This is an awesome poem. Are your dreams like this everyday? |
Literature › Re: Nmeri's literary junkyard by llaykorn: 8:32pm On Jul 18, 2016 |
Nmeri17: Sunday 17th July Hey baby? I can’t ask how you’re doing since you’ve stopped bothering to tell me; but the weather here reminds me a lot about you—how it makes you Hot. Lol. Those times the air in our house is steely cold and the dim light in the living room causes the chairs to have long shadows. You just walk in quietly and use your long palms to crawl into my briefs. Then you draw in the cold air and tell me how sweet I smell. Oh, the days. The sky outside is bleak and the chairs have got long shadows but you aren’t here nor will you reply me even though I know you reading this. You swore my writings were the best you had ever read and nothing would keep you from reading them. Whatever tho. 4:33pm » . Friday 29th July Last Tuesday, the head of our department picked my poem amongst eight others as the best he’d seen in the entire department!!! But I didn’t tell you cuz I’m still mad at you; five weeks and three days since you left for Marseille and not a word. Gilbert showed up with swollen eyes in those his skinny pants and waited for me in the rain till I came back before telling me you drove them to Nice but fell asleep along the way and would be asleep for some time. He wasn’t smiling like an idiot so I kind of think he hadn’t been drinking but I still drove him away all the same. Going to Marseille to give engineering your best shot is this? Falling asleep for weeks? Wake up Dave, I miss you. It’s about time you texted me back. Come crawl below my underpants and whisper in my ears. 5:19am » . Tuesday 9th August Yo Dave! This my last text to you. I’ve had it! Why don’t you ever text me back or tell me to leave you alone? You mad at me for something for six fucking weeks?! You’re an absurd pussy Dave. Bleep you! Don’t even bother replying anymore!! 7:53pm » . Hey baby? It’s me again. You know I didn’t mean none of those. Your girl gets naughty at times. Things starting to get weird these days. Took a train all the way to aunt laner’s and she looking at me like I’m sniffing coke. She start whimpering and telling me everything’s gonn be alright the moment I done ask her why you aren’t returning my calls, not my texts nor do you even wanno see me. Idk what you told her Dave but you didn’t raise no quitter so I’m getting to the bottom of this. 11:13pm » . Wednesday 10th August Quit playing Dave!!!!!!! 02:47am » . Return my calls bitch!!! I fucking hate you for leaving me like this 02:50am » . I love you baby. You’re all I’ve got Dave. 04:02am » The originality in this is just wonderful. It had a tear in my eye. Thanks for sharing, Nmeri. 1 Like |
Literature › Re: Nmeri's literary junkyard by llaykorn: 8:09pm On Jul 18, 2016 |
Nmeri17: Nothing seems sinister about four young men idly chatting away outside Le Livre. They aren’t blocking the entrance. They’ve been there for nearly an hour and more and more cars are occupying the restaurant’s parking lot as it nears the hour when dates are most romantic. A middle aged security guard—rough at the edges with more bones that flesh—gingerly approaches the young men. From a distance, one can see the lone officer gesticulating and motioning away from the spot they have occupied. They jeer a bit and one fishes out some things from his purse and approaches the officer. Lobby. They claim they intend buying a little more time while waiting for their host. The officer can be seen disapproving vehemently by shaking his head and stepping backward, all the time motioning away from the door.
. The approaching fellow shrugs and withdraws his arm, replacing the items gotten from his purse. He retreats to his friends and they announce to the man they’ll be leaving. They do eventually. . An ash colored Sedan tries driving into Le Livre but is told to park outside the compound since the parking lot is filled up. The driver smiles genially and reverses into the adjacent street. About five young men are seen shortly after, walking in, with no sense of urgency. They make their way into the eatery and the Sedan driver claps audibly to get the attention of the occupants. . ‘Good evening ladies and gentlemen’ He says, smiling broadly. One of the men behind him pulls a gun from his waist. . ‘I neither intend to waste your time nor to hurt anyone’ . A sudden blast can be heard coming from a close range shot fired behind the head of the speaking man, mid-oration. He takes a heavy fall with his face to the ground and a short fellow steps forward. He clears his throat as a signal to quell the chaos that ensued following his provocative action. The deathly silence in the hall can be heard even by the now lifeless bodies of the security guards on duty by the forerunning four young men. The short fellow languidly walks over to a flamboyantly dressed man drenched in his own sweat, clutching the leg of a table like a toddler making its first steps. He stoops over him and whispers . ‘My name is Abednego and I’m a highway robber. Nice to meet you.’ Then outstretches an arm in greeting. . The man says nothing but continues to tremble with both arms wrapped round the table leg. The other batch soon reunites with the crew inside the hall. . Abednego stands up and dejectedly retreats to where the other men have converged. . ‘Please give me a stick of cigarette.’ He says to no one in particular. . ‘I hear stick-ups are more convincing when you’re puffing smoke into somebody’s eyes.’ . He turns round and makes a joke about how he should be a poet for playing on “stick-ups” and “sticks of cigarettes”. . ‘You care for a drag?’ . The flamboyant man nods, almost violently, turning down the gesture. . ‘Why?!’ . ‘You won’t talk to me. But you’d let me smoke alone like a fool. You think I’m a fool?’ . More nods like the former follow. . ‘Ok!’ he bellows.
Abednego then retrieves his firearm from its pouch and for the first time, the man speaks. His heavy baritone can be heard reverberating off the walls of the hall. Although his words blur into a babble as it is seemingly impossible to sift off legibility from his desperate wail, the words “please” and ”in the name of God” can be heard. . Abednego then crouches on one knee and hugs the man condolingly as he wails louder. He shuts his eyes momentarily and hushes . ‘sshhhhh.....it’s alright. I won’t hurt you.’ . ‘I just wanted to be sure you weren’t mute.’ He continues with a smirk. . ‘Come.’ . They both rise from the floor together in each other’s arm much to the bewilderment of the other hostages. He holds the man’s face in his palms and as he wipes off the tears off his face, he tells him he was unable to understand his crying story and would love to have a recap. The man, relatively calmer, then narrates how he is seeing someone else and how his young wife and congregation would find him out were he killed in the heist. The whole time, Abednego is listening attentively and nodding deductively. . ‘I understand—I understand—look at me—your wife won’t know a thing—listen, listen, I know—your church people won’t know. Yes! You have my word.’ . The man then takes a deep breath and smiles coyly. The smile is unrequited. . ‘What is your name? What is it you do with your life besides fucking broad chested members of your church?’ . The man straightens up. . ‘I am pastor Andy Oyewande. I offer consultancy services at BrandPower Homes and I’m an industrial strategist.’ . Abednego sighs, then shrugs, then sniffs. . ‘I like your shirt.’ He says nonchalantly. . As if triggered by a spell, the pastor starts to UnCloth. . ‘No..No...No...No..I don’t mean you should hand it over. I mean, like, you at least deserve to die looking good so leave it on. Or don’t you think so?’ He asks and cordially holds the pastors shoulder and relishes the horror that has once again enveloped the man.
As he turns around to deliberate on whether to taunt another hostage or commence the carnage, he thinks aloud ‘I have a feeling that tonight is gonna be a good-good night!’ You heightened my hope so much that the poor man was gonna be released. SMH. |
Celebrities › Celebrity-Bullying: Can We Use A Little Compassion? by llaykorn(op): 7:01pm On Jul 18, 2016 |
Can we? Can we just try compassion as an option? Try it as an experiment and see what happens to our worlds? A little compassion for children, a little for depressed people, a little for the mentally ill and a little for celebrities too. Yes, celebrities.
Think about it: celebrities are human too. A fact we're fast at forgetting or maybe one we never really knew in the first place. If not, why is it that nine out of ten times we go through the celebrity gist in newspapers, it's always some nasty, negative and many times untrue news getting featured about celebrities? Why is that anytime celebrity news is posted on the web, even those who are seemingly humanitarian pull off garbs of their sham humanitarianism and start spewing nasty stuff as if the human at the receiving end is a robot; emotionless and lacks feeling.
See, our society has enough problems with bullies and trolls on the internet and in schools. We do not need popular media outlets adding fuel to the fire and acting like it is okay to write cruel stuff about people just because they are celebrities. Being in the public eye does not mean they open themselves up to having a load of horrible and usually untrue stuff written about them. They are only humans; just the same as us. We are all people with feelings, just because a person is on TV does not mean they don’t feel hurt when they see cruel things written about them.
Everyone has a duty to make the world a better place and to see major newspapers and web pages print nasty content or allow people comment nasty comments about these people is very dangerous. This shows young people that it is okay to body shame, it is okay to write nasty comments about people's private lives; okay to write cruel stuff about them just because they are celebrities. NO, IT IS NOT OKAY!
I was very disappointed when I clicked once on some thread here on Nairaland that gave the news of Di'ja's return to work after having her baby. Are we really this short of compassion? Why should it be our problem that someone doesn't have big breasts? Why should it be of our concern that someone is too thin to have a baby if her husband is not complaining? Why should getting married and having baby without letting you know be a reason to bully a woman?
Do we think that celebrities don't cry? Everyone has feelings and no one deserves to be bullied. Celebrity or not, bullying is what it is and there is no other name for it!
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Science/Technology › Re: Ishola Babatunde Isaac Builds Robots At Home (photos) by llaykorn: 2:42pm On Jul 17, 2016 |
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Education › Re: 13 Most Abused English Words Used By Nigerians by llaykorn: 7:27am On Jul 17, 2016 |
aboyaji: 4.Literally:One of the most abused word. Literally, which originally meant “in a literal or strict sense,” is so overused that it now has an informal second meaning, ‘figuratively’. Nigerians seem to use it in all their statements whether it fits or not, abusing it all the time. Pheew! This is not particular to Nigeria. I once watched a documentary from Merriam-Webster on words that have seemed to change meaning to the opposite over time. 'Literally' is one of them. |
Foreign Affairs › Re: Possible Coup In Turkey, Military Locks Down Bridges That Connect Europe & Asia by llaykorn: 7:01am On Jul 16, 2016 |
Turco: My friend I have no idea what we're discussing here. It is 04:18 am here and Erdogan is on TV alive in Istanbul. Seems like local media and foreign media are reporting different news. Amazing! |
Celebrities › Re: D'banj's Wife, Lineo Didi Kilgrow (Photos) by llaykorn: 1:28pm On Jul 09, 2016 |
darkenedrebel: Is this a question or a statement?. . . .  One question and one question. That makes two questions. Remember that math?  |
Celebrities › Re: D'banj's Wife, Lineo Didi Kilgrow (Photos) by llaykorn: 1:07pm On Jul 07, 2016 |
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Romance › Re: I Am Boreddddd by llaykorn: 11:33am On Jul 07, 2016 |
joseph1832: I only read the Bourne Identity. I watched the rest, the movies weren't bad, at all.
So, have you found you? Your flash fiction reminded me of passages where Angelus Domini reported to Carlos in the church and they acted the priest and the confessor. Does the quest ever end? |
Literature › Re: Write Your Shortest Flash Fiction. Not More Than 25 Words. by llaykorn: 11:42pm On Jul 06, 2016 |
shyling: Alas he was he that had been trysting with him for over six months.... A priest warming the sheets...mouth agape soul weary he left... In the beginning, there was the priest. And he was gay. But the day his partner confessed his sins, he was shot. The mystery was the shooter. |