PART THE MAN
SOMEBODY’S FOOL
SOUNDS OF LIFE
SPORTS FOR PLAYERS
STAIRS
STILL IT IS LOVE
STRENGTH OF A WOMAN
STRONG
SUICIDE
SWEET
SWIFT’S DAY AND BAT’S NIGHT
SWINE
T
TALE
TALE OF TWO PEOPLE
TALL DREAM
TAMING AS THE CONSCIENCE
TEARS
TEMPERAMENTS OF THE SEASONS
TEMPESTUOUS TRANQUILITY
TEMPTATION
THAT OLD PAST
THE CASE OF THE FIG TREE
THE COLOURED SHEEP
THE DOVE ON THE DISTANT OAK
THE EARTH IS A LIVING THING
THE EGG AND THE CHICKEN
THE EPIC OF BAMAGUJE
THE EVOLUTION OF EARTH
THE FUNERAL OF ICE
THE HEN’S ODD CHICK
THE OLD WOMAN’S MAID
THE POET IN THE POEM
THESE BLIND DEAF
THESE CLICHÉS
THE SENSES OF THE SEASONS
THE SLEEPER
THE SPOUSE OF SENTIMENTS
THE WAR THAT WON A BATTLE
THE WHORE
THE WORLD IN A LITTLE ROOM
THE WORLD OF FORGETFULNESS
THIS FEAR OF JOY
THIS QUEER ODE
TIME CONCEPT
TIT FOR TAT
TODDLER
TOMORROW
TOO DARK FOR THE SUN
TRUE
TRUSTWORTHY
TWO ADULTEROUS TWINS
W
WALLS OF CHINA
WASTELAND
WATERS
WEAN
WEIRD FEET
WHAT DO YOU TELL A SON?
WHAT EARTH SAID TO THE SUN
WHAT LOVE
WHERE’S MY WOMAN?
WHISTLING PINES
WHO IS THE PAGAN?
WIDOWED DREAMS
WILLS OF WISHES
WILL YOU MARRY ME?
WORDS
WORDS IN WISDOM
WORDS WITH DESTINY
WORTHLESS
WOULDN’T IT
WOUNDS OF THE WORLD
Y
YOUNG AGAIN
Z
ZEBRA CROSSING
ZOO KEEPERS
About the work
This is a collection of over 250 poems that altogether seeks to reflect man as both the poet and the actor who handles the helm of his own affairs, on a timed cruise, down his very own banked personal river. Using his abilities to compose and steer his poetic story, faring only as suitably as his capabilities and fate enables him.
The essence of poetry is in its use of eloquent apt words to convey the poet’s exact thoughts, as they are felt or experienced them. Like it is the actor’s ability to apply specific skills to portray a scripted character reveals a story, it is likewise the poet's grant to create the content and set the beauty of the words.
If the soul is scripted, if the mind can think, if the heart does feel and the body is specific; then every individual distinctively roams on a course throughout their lives that can be manipulated to fit their own different experience, but not actually change it. For the poet mans the helm, and the cruise is his composed poem.
All Bible quotations from the New International Version (NIV) © International Bible Society.
About the author
Yas Niger is a Nigerian writer and poet with progressively traditional views. A trained educationist, activist and social media commentator who writes fictional works on contemporary African and world issues, advocating civilized virtues. With a preference for simple poetry and unconventional literary prose, he writes in a removed assertive manner, reflecting on everyday secular relationships.
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Other titles by Yas Niger:
STATE OF THE STATE
ROMANCE OF THE REGIONS
BREASTS OF DOOM
WHAT DO YOU TELL A SON
STRENGTH OF A WOMAN
GOOD FOR THE GOOSE
EVEN ODDS
THE WHORE
BOKO HARAM
EVERYONE HATES THE ENGLISH
Heinrich Böll Stiftung Nigeria sponsored collaboration with seven other Nigerian writers: NAMELESS
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