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Thursday 25 August 2011

WAIL NO MORE by Oriola Mobolaji

Life has treated you thus
Your eyes are filled with tears
Your heart
Drunk with sorrow

Life has put you at its extreme corner
Going foward is difficult
returning
impossible

You think thy world end

Wail no more
For bruised though you must be
Some easement you require

Through all the struggles
Through all the pain that drives a man insane

Rise up
Stand up

Open your mind
Let it wander
Raise your heart

It has been inside of you
Look at the stars
It is written in them
million miles away

remember
after the storm
comes the rainbow

sooneth
today will be yesterday
and tommorow
a brighter day

An Attraction

Journeying
mine

Innocently
My eyes fell on you
and like a spark of light

my heart was illuminated

I'm frozen by your radiance
daydreaming
soaking up the sun's heat

An attraction
draws me
as i journey towards you

My eyes parallel yours
as my destination
i've arrived

Shut are my eyes
as a deep breath is taken
upon sight
you are gone

Friday 19 August 2011

THE WORLD CANNOT BE PLEASED by Oriola Mobolaji

The Children of Adam
Saucy
Hard to please

Names you are called when success is yours
Mockery
when you are a nobody

Its a shame
Oh a shame

Its a shame the way we treat one another
Its a shame the way we abuse one another

All you are
All you say
All you do
Cannot please them

Do not hesitate
To please yourself
You only should please you

Because the children of Adam cannot be pleased

REJOICE by Mobolaji Oriola

Rejoice!
Rejoice with laughter
For God has blessed you

Though through the rain and the stormy weather
you have been
you are now the rain the lightning and the thunder

Enemies gather
For your glory they want finished

Tell them the Almighty has blessed you
And who God has blessed
Nobody should dare
 
Worry not
For you are blessed
and like a diamond in the dark
You shine!

Friday 12 August 2011

UNDERSTANDING POETRY

AFTER EXTENSIVE AND THOROUGH RESEARCH ON POETRY I COMPILED THIS PIECE AND DECIDED TO SHARE IT 

 Poetry, an English word coined from the Greek word ποιεω (poieo) meaning I create is a piece of writing through which human language which is mainly oral is used in a manner that differs from other genres of literature.
It conveys emotion or ideas to the reader's mind or listener's ear (if oral); it uses literary devices i.e. figures of speech to achieve incantatory effects. Poems frequently use imagery, word association, to generate meaning which  is what marks it as poetry.
 Due to its nature of emphasising linguistic form, it is difficult to translate poetry from one language into another. Most poetry works, use a lot of connotations which is importantly useful. These styles used can be difficult to interpret and causes different readers to understand a particular piece of poetry differently. Although there can be different interpretations, there can never be a definitive interpretation. Poetry conveys meaning in a more expansive and less condensed way. This does no imply that poetry is illogical, but rather, poetry is often created from the need to escape the logical, as well as expressing feelings in a less condensed manner. Forms of poetry which include narrative poetry and dramatic poetry, both of which can be used to tell stories. However, both these forms of poetry use the specific features of verse composition to make these stories more memorable or to enhance them in some way.
The Greek verb ποιεω poiéo ( I make or create)], gave rise to three words: ποιητης poiet?s ( the one who creates), ποιησις poíesis ( the act of creation) and ποιημα poíema ( the thing created]. From these we get three English words: poet (the creator), poesy (the creation) and poem (the created). A poet is therefore one who creates and poetry is what the poet creates.

The most vital element of sound in poetry is rhythm. Often the rhythm of each line is arranged in a particular meter. In the case of free verse, the rhythm of lines is often organized into looser units of cadence.
Poetry in English and other modern European languages often uses rhyme. Rhyming originated from the Arabic Language .The Arabs have always used rhymes extensively, most notably in their long, rhyming qasidas.  Alliteration is a key part of the poetic structure, which determines when the listener expects instances of rhyme or alliteration to occur. In this sense, both alliteration and rhyme, when used in poetic structures, help to emphasise and define a rhythmic pattern.  In addition to rhyme, alliteration adds so much structure to poetry, and plays a more subtle role in even free verse poetry by creating pleasing varied patterns and emphasizing or sometimes even illustrating semantic elements of the poem. Alliteration and rhyme are among the devices poets use to provide an aesthetically pleasing way of reading. Poetry depends less on the linguistic units of sentences and paragraphs, and more on units of organization that are purely poetic. The typical structural elements are the line, couplet, strophe, stanza, and verse paragraph.
In many instances, the effectiveness of a poem is derived  from the tension between the use of linguistic and formal writing.

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED READING AND NOW HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING  OF WHAT POETRY IS ALL ABOUT. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY!

Wednesday 10 August 2011

HIS WORDS by Oriola Mobolaji


His words
swift as the preybound eagle
sharpvilled to spearpoints
tearing apart the tissues of my mind 
wreaking havoc all in my spirit

He showers me with words made of knives
and i can see his eyes
the one that shoots at me each at everytime

God only knows what he is fighting for
his words
close enough
to start  a war
winning all of his false arguments

Love is murdered
Hate is born

I've made up my mind
no need to think it over
if  i'm wrong
then i'm right

No need to look no further
this isn't love

If i tell the world
Little would they understand
because to them it was not said

But that is what i'm going to do
tell the world
his words hurt me

Saturday 6 August 2011

CREATIVITY IN WRITING

The mind is a miraculous thing, and it will lead you onto a train of thought in
short order. Good writers say that most of their ideas and inspirations come from the within, and not from the research or preparation.
For a well prepared creative writing here a some steps to follow:

1. KEEP A NOTEPAD:
Never go anywhere
without notepad and a pen. Have it with everywhere you go.i.e.; in your pocket, in your car, on your office desk, beside you bed and all. You
never know when
inspiration will strike.
It might be a single
thought or phrase or a
whole new take on a
major topic or theme. We always think we will remember our
enlightened thoughts, but they often get lost in the hectic jumble of real life. Your notepad will be a solid and dependable resource to consult when
you get ready to write.

2. SET FREE YOUR MIND: The mind should be cleared of all disturbances in preparation for writing. There needs
to be something that
differentiates the
beginning of the creative process from the chaos you were involved with in
the previous moment.

3. READ:
Reading is the key to writing. Reading book, journals written by 'not neccesarily gifted people' helps devolop one's ability to write creatively. Aside that, one's vocabulary is enhanced which a key to writing to be read.

4. JUST WRITE IT:
When the downpour of ideas come 'just write it'. This writing(s) can be used for future purposes.

5. BE INFORMED:
Keep up with the news and know what is current in various interest(s). What makes a good writer is the ability to write creatively conforming to the current trend(s).

I HOPE THIS HAS BEEN ABLE TO HELP YOU IN YOUR WAYS OF WRITING.

HAVE A GREAT DAY AHEAD!

Friday 5 August 2011

African Poetry

“An African Thunderstorm” - David Rubadiri.

From the west
Clouds come hurrying with the wind
Turning
Sharply
Here and there
Like a plague of locusts
Whirling
Tossing up things on its
tail
Like a madman chasing
nothing
Pregnant clouds
Ride stately on its back
Gathering to perch on hills
Like dark sinister wings
The wind whistles by
And tress bend to let it
pass
In the village
Screams of delighted
children
Toss and turn
In the din of whirling wind
Women
Babies clinging on their
backs
Dart about
In and out
Madly
The wing whistles by
Whilst trees bend to let us
pass
Clothes were like tattered
flags
Flying off
To expose dangling
breasts
As jagged blinding flashes
Rumble, tremble, and
crack
Amidst the smell of fired
smoke
And the pelting march of
the storm.

A Brief Introduction to the 'Dutch of Literature', Williams Shakespeare.

Born into a fairly well-to-do parents
who lived on Henley Street, Williams Shakespeare was the first
of the four sons born of
John Shakespeare
(c1530-1601) and Mary
Arden (c1540-1608). William Shakespeare
(1564-1616), `The Bard of Avon', an english poet and
playwright wrote the
famous 154 Sonnets and numerous highly
successful oft quoted
dramatic works including the tragedy of the Prince of Denmark, Hamlet among others. Shakespeare caused
much controversy and also earned lavish praise and has profoundly impacted
the world over in areas of literature, culture, art,
theatre, and film through his works and is considered one of the best English language writers
ever. Over the centuries there
has been much
speculation surrounding
various aspects of
Shakespeare's life
including his religious
affiliation, sexual
orientation, sources for collaborations, authorship of and chronology of the
plays and sonnets. Many of
the dates of play
performances, when they were written, adapted or revised and printed are imprecise. The number of plays written by shakespeare is not precise but only speculated

Inevitable is the 'Art of Literature'.

In the beginning of a new work of literature there is usually an idea or image of the whole. It combines
with a fervent desire to
preserve the hardwork
until that idea or
image is expressed as
it were, perfectly as possible. 'The Art of Literature' has provided the opportunity to showcase things of joy and forever of a creation, the creation of God, Life. Literature has direct ties with living life in joy, in
the depth of our just being
human. This is so because God, who has laid beauty in his creation through his creation of man and other, has created the
possibility of the art. The 'Art of Literature', which is, the origin of creation is 'inevitable'.