ODE TO AN IJEBU MAN



Akinwande in English Britannica

He is not from America

But an erudite African

Speaking pen like pelican

A staple hymn in Nigeria

Oozing intelligence beyond his literary area



Oluwole in Africa hymn

Is rooted like a beam

Short spoon dinning with the devils

Vituperating against resident evils

Frictionally plaguing his beloved home

He flew into half of a yellow sun home

Troubleshooting African giant and seceding land

Yet was lambasted and incarcerated by giant band

Towards the demise of the sixties

His feats and feet walked the cities



Wole in Nigeria happenstances

Poke many erring apex thrones and circumstances

Mostly with his pointed arrow pen

Fostering them to build the pen

Or demand their immediate vacation

Through marching placards and vituperation

His sneeze makes them shiver

Within not without unyielding quiver





Soyinka in world books

Was wanted and detained in midnight rains

Severely wiped marked in trial of brother Jero among crooks

Yet the Egba and Isara-Ijebu deity reigns

Frightening even the Lion and the Jewel

Hijacking the air studio to broadcast in towel

The journey in the crypt of a region malpractice

Before a collapse of the regional masterpiece...

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