Akinloye Emmanuel Black Poems

  • 1.
    In an inky room,
    Blank in black sights,
    Captivity reigns in a a Nebuchadnezzar-like manner,
    Oozing around in low tunes and hurtful lyrics,
    ...
  • 2.
    Soaked in cold innocent bloods of 'foes and friends',
    Brazen rage of brutality and callousness,
    Sea of graves traversed theatre of war and military camps,
    Across a land with guns and 'gunners' eagerly anticipating black heads in Islamic chants,
    ...
Total 2 Black Poems by Akinloye Emmanuel

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