Poet Emmanuel Ikoromasoma
ACROSTIC: AMID THIS PANDEMIC COVID-19 STAY SAFE – BY EMMANUEL IKOROMASOMA
SHARE THIS POST:ACROSTIC: AMID THIS PANDEMIC COVID-19 STAY SAFE WRITTEN BY EMMANUEL IKOROMASOMA ABOMINABLE Alas! Shadows now the people on our streets Making merry an ordeal situation, I’ve danced death but not this beat, Doctors alone can’t save this lamentation. The crowns and rags are not spared, Holistically it treats all equal, In ...A TOUCH OF HOPE – BY EMMANUEL IKOROMASOMA
SHARE THIS POST:A TOUCH OF HOPE WRITTEN BY EMMANUEL IKOROMASOMA Our churches and mosque empty, Streets suddenly gone dark. No public gathering, not a party, Only sorrowful songs from a lark. Mankind is at its darkest hour, But is man kind to man? Doctors can only do within power, But to save us, only God ...LET HIS LIGHT SHINE – BY EMMANUEL IKOROMASOMA
SHARE THIS POST:LET HIS LIGHT SHINE WRITTEN BY EMMANUEL IKOROMASOMA 1. DOCTORS The weather is cold and the world is sick. Each day our lives placed on the line and our faces naturally masked as a result of the mask worn to save the lives that isn’t ours. We struggle to save the lives of ...SHORT STORY: I ALMOST GOT MARRIED! – BY EMMANUEL IKOROMASOMA
SHARE THIS POST:SHORT STORY: I ALMOST GOT MARRIED! –WRITTEN BY EMMANUEL IKOROMASOMA 1. The phrase ” your mates are giving their mothers grand children, you are here buying me gift” is the only way Mama reminds me of getting married but Papa would say son, if I had married your mother at 52, would you ...PRISONERS WITHOUT BOUNDS – EMMANUEL IKOROMASOMA
SHARE THIS POST:PRISONERS WITHOUT BOUNDS For years I stood behind bars Not as a prisoner but jailbird The blisters on my black back And the bumps on my head Could tell the language of the batten Isn’t of bird, but anguish. My tattoos were my orators And often would tell the story Of my marriage ...GOOD NAME IS BETTER THAN GOLD – EMMANUEL IKOROMASOMA
SHARE THIS POST:GOOD NAME IS BETTER THAN GOLD Promise me son not to live the life of your grandfather, walk away from the expression ” Good Name is Better Than Gold” because, it is the mask foolishness and fame uses to conceal its face. Why dad? Son let me tell you a story about your ...THE RITUALISTIC NATURE OF THE CHURCH – EMMANUEL IKOROMASOMA
SHARE THIS POST:The church and ritual are brothers, they are of one coin and of same side, non can tell who is the eldest. (Ikoromasoma, Emmanuel 2018). There are plethora of reasons why the 21st century Christians don’t go to church and some of these reasons sounds absurd but in its absurdity lies the truth. ...BLACK IS BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL – EMMANUEL IKOROMASOMA
SHARE THIS POST:BLACK IS BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL Whirling wind whistles by Trees danced rhythmically Dark creepy clouds gathered A meeting summoned by rain While breezes painted the sky With debris and torn rags Swift sexy hue illuminated it Giving birth to a huge thunder Haven severely flogged by rain The clouds shed tears like A ...THE ROAD WHERE MEN BUILD RELATIONSHIP WITH WORDS AND WOMEN RODE ON IT LIKE HORSES
SHARE THIS POST:THE ROAD WHERE MEN BUILD RELATIONSHIP WITH WORDS AND WOMEN RODE ON IT LIKE HORSES (SHORT STORY BASED ON TRUE EVENT RETOLD) – BY EMMANUEL IKOROMASOMA Uloma as fondly called, was the last born of her parents. Uloma has always had the interest of having a taste of the outside world, but she ...RULE OF LAW AS OPPOSED TO CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
SHARE THIS POST: Is there anything civil in disobeying the law? Yes! No! Not really! I will leave you to decide. I have heard the old old men say, the Law is a set of principles that governs a particular people. They are set of rules that society must adhere to in order to maintain ...
