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    Daura Girl
    Daura Girl
    Daura Girl
    Ebook55 pages23 minutes

    Daura Girl

    By Idiong Divine

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    It will be seen in the poems how the Nigerian people have suffered immensely and persistently in the hands of their ignoble leaders over the years. The poems give a picture of the oil crises in the Niger Delta region of the country. Some of the poems in Daura Girl are however happy and romantic ones. There are even some touches of satire in some of the poem. The poems will ultimately be refreshing to every reader that is linked to or knows something about Africa.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIdiong Divine
    Release dateJun 4, 2012
    ISBN9781476117539
    Daura Girl
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    Idiong Divine

    Divine Friday Idiong, popularly referred to as Idiong Divine, is from Iko-Eket in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. He attended Agbassa Primary School and Nana College both in Warri, Delta State. He proceeded to Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi in Edo State to obtain both an ND and HND in Mass Communication. He has also got a PGDE from the University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Rivers State. Idiong is a qualified journalist, but has worked majorly as a teacher in Warri and in other towns in Nigeria in the past. He now works as Administrative Secretary in MGSL, Warri. He is a member of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM). He is the author of the book "Never Ending Poem" published in Ibadan in 2007. He is also the author of the collection of short stories "Mind of Diamond" published in Uyo in 2012. His literary prowess may perhaps lie in the unswerving paradoxes and allegories that garnish his oeuvre. “Nonetheless, Divine’s musical musing on different realities of life has something in it for every consummate arty-farty mind.” ~THE NATION, February 5, 2012.

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      Daura Girl - Idiong Divine

      Daura Girl

      Idiong Divine

      Copyright 2012 by Idiong Divine

      Smashwords Edition

      Cover Design Illustration: Ayo Akinfe.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes:

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Dedication: For Pondi Kestin

      Contents

      No Sunset at June

      vegetable seller

      Curiosity

      Water for Fire

      Salt Crisis

      Sleeplessness

      Oil Exploration

      Virginity

      Freedom of Speech

      Unity in Diversity

      Corruption

      Dance

      Religious Coverage

      In the Same Country

      At the Feet of Democracy

      The Freedom Fighter - for Tompolo

      Cockadoodledoo

      Raw Deal

      Funerals

      hurricanes

      The Quiet Spot

      The Cathedral

      Short and Simple

      Love Song

      Black Innocence

      My Brother

      The Candlelight

      Daura Girl

      Dancers

      After the Wedding

      Health Care

      Woman of the Sahara

      Who Cares

      Blood

      Transition

      Come April

      Nation Building

      We Greet You – for Nelson Mandela

      Blood on the Head

      Times Have Changed

      Nobody Likes a Destitute

      Night Party

      They Have Done a Lot

      Colour Blindness

      My Country

      Cardiac Arrest

      The Next Dance

      The Pulpit

      A Place Called Tomorrow

      Misty Clouds

      Our Farmland

      Beware of Dogs

      No Sunset at June

      The celebration started at June

      And had been stopped by Force

      But the lilts still linger

      King’s men keep swearing a curse

      ‘Stop making those lilts

      Tingle your bloody legs!

      But the lilts are so overwhelming

      That we can’t cease nodding our heads

      Now albeit, the Force is cornered

      But the sun had sworn never to set at June.

      vegetable seller

      vegetable tastes good cooked

      but it is always best

      to eat it raw

      they should

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