Who is Salim Yakubu Akko

Salim Yakubu Akko is a poet, an essayist and a short story writer hail from the nook and crannies of Gombe state,Nigeria. He is a member of Hilltop Creative Arts Foundation,Gombe Jewel Writers' Association,Creative Club Gombe State University(CCGSU),Gona Creative Writers' Club and also he is the sectery of Gombe Hilltop Creative Arts. Salim was a selected participant for the 2020 Jewel Writing Workshop,the workshop wich was convened by Adamu Usman Garko,the author of 'WHEN DAY BREAKS' and Salim was a participant for Jewel Peace Project(JPP),the project which was sponsored by Exchange Alumna Gombe State University,he was also a participant representing Gombe state for 2021 Hadiza Ibrahim Aliyu Schools Festival (HIASFEST) which held at at Minna,Niger state,Nigeria.He was the 2014 Q...
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Salim Yakubu Akko Poems

  • Big Girl (for Aishatu Ahmad Shehu)
    Your mellifluous voice
    Sojourned in my pinna
    And made me became aficionado
    Of your paradasaic Voice...
  • To The One Who Stole My Heart
    I gradually gradually became a blind
    For your love obstructed my view
    I can't see !
    I can't see!! ...
  • My Queen
    On days both dark and sunny,
    In years passed in love and funny,
    You gave me love in all the journey,
    Thank you my queen my honey....
  • There's A Day
    There's a day in the month of May,
    Something happens twice in the day,
    It has no name,but it jiggle and wriggle inside the day,
    Buddies told me it's Friday, ...
  • Your Death
    Your death has made my day very gloomy,
    Rind-hearted daddy,
    Cheerful and jovial daddy,
    Doom and saddy, ...
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Mystery 1 Friday 1 Walking 1 Sunny 1 Honey 1 Queen 1


Salim Yakubu Akko Quotes

  • poetry is not only a life,but a light to the younger minds.
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