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STRANGE WORLD.

ODIGIRI EMMANUEL OGOR 1974 (Oju)

Free verse
STRANGE WORLD.

DAUGHTER IS NUDE
MOM UNCLAD.
WHAT A STRANGE WORLD!

DAUGHTERS ARE GIFT
TO STRANGERS FOR GAIN.
STRANGE WORLD INDEED!

CHILDREN AS CHATTELS
IN FAMILY CARTELS.
DERANGED WORLD WE ARE!

TITHE WE WANT
NOT WHENCE IT COMES?
STRANGE WORLD!

About this poem

I wrote this poem because I am appalled at the cultural deviation expressed in dressing code of my people here in Nigeria. Young girls go nude or in scanty dresses and their mothers compliment them with similar outfits. These same young girls keep late nights and return home with unexplained gifts from unknown patrons. I likened this parental failures to clergy men in the same country who accept tithes from known criminals and dubious politicians. It is a cultural shock to me.  

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Written on September 19, 2022

Submitted by emmanuelogor44 on September 19, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAB XXX CCX XCB
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 246
Words 52
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3
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ODIGIRI EMMANUEL OGOR

I was born and brought up in Oju local government area of Benue state in Nigeria. I live in Abuja-the federal capital territory now as adult. I am happily married with five children. I am a professional teacher who love writing poetry. more…

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