POETRY
Death Is Wicked Being
βPOEM by Abubakar Shehu Omotosho
(Translated from Yoruba)
Death acts like actor,
Death denudes clothier,
Death rules like ruler,
Death derives and drinks tears day by day.
Death confiscates oneβs home,
Death snatches oneβs husband,
Death collects pen from writer,
Death nukes teeth from tongue.
All what death collected canβt be come by again,
Oβ death, who fortifies you this power!
Youβve devastated our flowers on the land,
Where have you taken them to, in gale or on land?
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(Self-translation from Yoruba)
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Abubakar Shehu Omotosho
Born and bred in a symmetrical community βBabokoβ Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, on September 18, 2003. Abubakar Shehu Omotosho is an inveterate poet and playwright.Β He attended his primary education at Eruda L.G.E.A primary school while his Secondary education at Baboko Community, Secondary School, Ilorin, Kwara state, Nigeria.
Abubakar Shehu Omotosho is presently a student of Kwara polytechnic, studying Mass Communication. Abubakar Shehu Omotosho has been writing staunch short stories since a student of SS 1 class. Having had his secondary education, he published his book βThe Deceptive Friendβ in 2021. Later on, he started composing poems in 2022.
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