(For Tem Menging Honorine)
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
Every opportunity in life should not be spoiled
It should be grabbed as if it was the last
And made maximum use of
Life is like the wind
It blows in different directions at different times
Seize it now or lose it for ever
That`s it
There are no half measures
No midddle way
It`s all or nothing.
Happy birthday!
Copyright 2011
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jeudi 20 janvier 2011
jeudi 11 novembre 2010
THIS BREAD OF LIFE
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
Benchmarks aren`t really what I dread
No, rather it`s tentacles
As long as the wrong men serve as receptacles
I`ll live on three things only: bread, bread and bread.
Copyright 2010
Benchmarks aren`t really what I dread
No, rather it`s tentacles
As long as the wrong men serve as receptacles
I`ll live on three things only: bread, bread and bread.
Copyright 2010
samedi 30 octobre 2010
BODILY HARM
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
Let our bodies be pure
But let`s not necessarily be puritans
Even as ordinary citizens
We can also share communion.
Copyright 2010
Let our bodies be pure
But let`s not necessarily be puritans
Even as ordinary citizens
We can also share communion.
Copyright 2010
JOB TIME TABLE
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
Six days gone
Six more to go
So, what next?
The town crier?
The smoked fish?
The adulterated wine?
The charred bible?
Or the Sunday missal?
Copyright 2010
Six days gone
Six more to go
So, what next?
The town crier?
The smoked fish?
The adulterated wine?
The charred bible?
Or the Sunday missal?
Copyright 2010
THE SURPLANTED ROOTS
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
My roots are here
They`re not there
Wherever I go, I come back here
I do so
Even when the end is near
Even at the eleventh hour.
Copyright 2010
My roots are here
They`re not there
Wherever I go, I come back here
I do so
Even when the end is near
Even at the eleventh hour.
Copyright 2010
THE IDEA OF TIME
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
Time is a fleeting asset
Difficult to pin down
And too correct to be modified
Time is elastic and inelastic.
Copyright 2010
Time is a fleeting asset
Difficult to pin down
And too correct to be modified
Time is elastic and inelastic.
Copyright 2010
mercredi 20 octobre 2010
THE PALM WINE TAPPER
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
I know the palm wine tapper
I know him well
We have dined together
We have drunk together
We wore the same clothes
And chase the same women.
So how can you today
Walk up to me with his tapping knife
And ask me who owns it?
Copyright 2010
I know the palm wine tapper
I know him well
We have dined together
We have drunk together
We wore the same clothes
And chase the same women.
So how can you today
Walk up to me with his tapping knife
And ask me who owns it?
Copyright 2010
dimanche 17 octobre 2010
FEMALE ADVICE
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
Do not let the ball game slip
Ignore the marble
And the lit parlour lights
That`s how wreckage begins
And happy housewives
Become weeping widows.
Copyright 2010
Do not let the ball game slip
Ignore the marble
And the lit parlour lights
That`s how wreckage begins
And happy housewives
Become weeping widows.
Copyright 2010
BIRD TROUBLE
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
I know why
The bird didn`t walk down the isle
It flew out of the turret
And that`s why the pastor bit his finger
And shed a tear.
Copyright 2010
I know why
The bird didn`t walk down the isle
It flew out of the turret
And that`s why the pastor bit his finger
And shed a tear.
Copyright 2010
THE PARALLEL MOVEMENT
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
The deafening cry once more I hear
I hear it clearly and distinctly
Like before
Then my mother`s handbag
And stretching comb
Come flying out of the window
My God! So dad hadn`t leaned his lesson?
Copyright 2010
The deafening cry once more I hear
I hear it clearly and distinctly
Like before
Then my mother`s handbag
And stretching comb
Come flying out of the window
My God! So dad hadn`t leaned his lesson?
Copyright 2010
jeudi 14 octobre 2010
CHEQUES FOR LIPSTICK
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
Counter cheques aren`t sane
They too babble and walk the streets
So whenever you stumble
Change your tooth brush and lipstick.
Copyright 2010
Counter cheques aren`t sane
They too babble and walk the streets
So whenever you stumble
Change your tooth brush and lipstick.
Copyright 2010
mercredi 29 septembre 2010
CLOTHES ON OFFER
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
Not all clothes are wearable
Some are just for fun
And others, for window dressing
So if you`re offered a pair of pyjamas
Don`t accept it blindly.
Copyright 2010
Not all clothes are wearable
Some are just for fun
And others, for window dressing
So if you`re offered a pair of pyjamas
Don`t accept it blindly.
Copyright 2010
SECOND SKEWED RESULTS
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
The early findings were skewed
Right down the line
No extrapolation, no inference
But bodice, yes
But also only half guesses and near misses
Nothing macro about it
Nothing whatsoever.
Copyright 2010
The early findings were skewed
Right down the line
No extrapolation, no inference
But bodice, yes
But also only half guesses and near misses
Nothing macro about it
Nothing whatsoever.
Copyright 2010
mardi 28 septembre 2010
A TWITTER FOR THE SISTERS
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
It`s not Twitter
It`s a twitter
And there`s a difference
Keep one for the fetid cross bar
And a second one for the Seven Sisters.
Copyright 2010
It`s not Twitter
It`s a twitter
And there`s a difference
Keep one for the fetid cross bar
And a second one for the Seven Sisters.
Copyright 2010
lundi 27 septembre 2010
GILT-EDGED GOODS
(For Endurance)
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
We supplied the goods
And we handed over the way bill
It wasn`t the quantity
No, it was the quality: quality control.
If it wasn`t so much a question of imported goods
We would all be driven down the hill
But now that everyone talks equity
No one wants to hear about endurance.
Copyright 2010
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
We supplied the goods
And we handed over the way bill
It wasn`t the quantity
No, it was the quality: quality control.
If it wasn`t so much a question of imported goods
We would all be driven down the hill
But now that everyone talks equity
No one wants to hear about endurance.
Copyright 2010
lundi 20 septembre 2010
WINNERS`CHAPEL
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
This is a star treaty
But not another treaty of Campo-Formio
Nor a willy nilly rejected drainage pipe
So, if you care so much about media hype
Then why do you comply the meeting is scanty/
Copyright 2010
This is a star treaty
But not another treaty of Campo-Formio
Nor a willy nilly rejected drainage pipe
So, if you care so much about media hype
Then why do you comply the meeting is scanty/
Copyright 2010
RAINED INNINGS
(For Melvis)
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
Do it again
But don`t do it in vain
Afterwards, count your blessings
But don`t rule out your innings.
Copyright 2010
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
Do it again
But don`t do it in vain
Afterwards, count your blessings
But don`t rule out your innings.
Copyright 2010
dimanche 19 septembre 2010
HOBSON'S CHOICE
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
For Lukong Verla Usman
Revamp it or shut it down
But don't pay twice
Anyone who is wise
Will take you for a clown.
Copyright 2010
For Lukong Verla Usman
Revamp it or shut it down
But don't pay twice
Anyone who is wise
Will take you for a clown.
Copyright 2010
samedi 18 septembre 2010
LIFE AS DEATH
By Tikum Mbah Azonga
Life is death
And death is life
The new born come crying
The dying ones go smiling.
Copyright 2010
Life is death
And death is life
The new born come crying
The dying ones go smiling.
Copyright 2010
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