TALE OF THE GIANTS by Odugbenga Talabi

Like the scavenging tempest, this day hurries by;
Swiftly turning its pace pass-above stoppage by Babylonian wall,
Sweeping silently the wrecked nation’s debris there and here,
Twisting around the remains from the once healthy land.

Tick tack as the clock tickles by,
With time everything wanes whilst many tales untold,
With hands glue to the chests, the inquisitive solitaries watch in agape.

As the world gazes from afar;
They wonder, sob, and cry “Where lay their giants?”
As the day fades into night…Kokoroooko …

Ah! It’s another day and the giants are still snoring?
The trees, spank by the winds cry loudly from this world, their world
As their truthful heads head toward Sinai
Alas! The quest for the messiah may swallow up a millennium!

By: ODUGBENGA, Talabi

FORTY NIGERIAN PROVERBS FOR YOUR REFLECTION

Considering the fact that Nigerian cultures and traditions are fading out on a daily basis. Thus in the spirit of reviving those culture in our own little way, we deem it fit to bring to you some of the famous Nigerian quotes or proverbs for your reasoning. As we hope you will savour them one by one:

ü  A man does not wander far from where his corn is roasting.

ü  A rat is not born a rabbit.

ü  A tiger does not have to proclaim its tigritude.

ü  A traveler to distant places should make no enemies.

ü  A tree does not move unless there is wind.

ü  A tree is best measured when it's down.

ü  A tree is known by its fruit.

ü  An old man is there to talk.

ü  Fine words do not produce food.

ü  “Give me a push from my back" does not mean give me a hunchback.

ü  If a blind man says, "Let's throw stones," be assured that he has stepped on one.

ü  If a monkey is amongst dogs, why won't it start barking.

ü  If crocodiles eat their own eggs, what would they do to the flesh of a frog?

ü  If death be terrible, the fault is not in death, but thee.

ü  If one finger brought oil it soiled others.

ü  If you fail to take away a strong man's sword when he is on the ground, will you do it when he gets up?

ü  It is the fear of offence that makes men swallow poison.

ü  It is the first step that is difficult.

ü  It takes a village to raise a child.

ü  It takes all sorts to make a world.

ü  No sane person sharpens his machete to cut a banana tree.

ü  Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse.

ü  Not to know the good we have Till time has stolen the cherish'd gift away, Is cause of half the misery that we feel, And makes the world the wilderness it is.

ü  Not to oversee workmen, is to leave your purse open.

ü  One goat cannot carry another goat's tail.

ü  Profit is profit even in Mecca.

ü  The death that will kill a man begins as an appetite.

ü  The disobedient fowl obeys in a pot of soup.

ü  The frog does not jump in the daytime without reason.

ü  The house roof fights the rain, but he who is sheltered ignores it.

ü  The house sweeper's buttock is never at one direction.

ü  The hunter does not rub himself in oil and lie by the fire to sleep.

ü  The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree said he would praise himself if no one else did.

ü  The one being carried does not realize how far away the town is.

ü  When the mice laugh at the cat, there is a hole nearby.

Compiled by: PenClubites

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Circle of Lords- by Abdulhafeez Oyewole

Once upon a lonely soul,

Deserted by desert and scorching skies,

Abandoned in the bewilderment of caressing climes:

That was off the (many) seas,

Of the vales and of the hills,

That was off the (sundry) green fields,

The clean kits and kitting…

In reverse, was mesmerizing retreats,

Domiciled a solitary reaper,

Who happened to be unaltered lass;

Deserted by the greyish pastures,

Cloaked by the freshness of the (many) seas-

That which she laundered and showered in.

And surrounded by the roses,

And extra soothing green blooms.

Above his and her realm were

Flying insects’ hives,

And feathers’ nests.

Below their confinements were

Arachnids’ habitats,

And crustaceans’ lochs.

He lived in a rousing land,

Where (more) faunae he landlords.

She lived in a ravishing field,

Where (more) floras she landladies.

By: ABDULHAFEEZ, Oyewole