Adebayo Sir Toby Wise Poems
- 1. A Patch In A Plaid
i think my pastor fast oft,
He'd let the perching birds be
A crawling thing with furs soft
I think i'd done the same at the sea
... - 2. Who Kon Sabi Finish
who kon sabi finish
Who dey claim right
Who kon say him sabi
Pesin whey dey waka
... - 3. Baby's Song
There's a song little babies sings
on the ease of mother's back;
even if none plays guitar's strings
The Soloing are oft loud and wack.
... - 4. Obedience
Not tired eyes with broken heart
Expressed with thousands sighs
Wars and woes that holds its dart
Not life full of much wants and cries
... - 5. Many But Few
I've seen Little,
Observing an old bettle
Dragging itself along,
A long-decayed log
... - 6. Mortality
Mortality, A book not read by the astutes-
It's a fool's voice known by multitudes;
A Story not told by our grandfathers
A lullaby not to be sung to toddlers
... - 7. An Ideal Wife
Count your wealth, plentitude of gold,
The crystals of the sea, weigh your jaspers;
The goldsmiths refines them, if they are old,
Buy it from menfolks that sells topaz;
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