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    Adeyemi Chronicles: A Collection of Poems
    Adeyemi Chronicles: A Collection of Poems
    Adeyemi Chronicles: A Collection of Poems
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    Adeyemi Chronicles: A Collection of Poems

    By Nkemjikaku Christien

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    'Adeyemi Chronicles' is a collection of African poems written by Nigerian poet Nkemjikaku Christien.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPubliseer
    Release dateNov 20, 2018
    ISBN9788829555574
    Adeyemi Chronicles: A Collection of Poems

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      Adeyemi Chronicles - Nkemjikaku Christien

      You

      If a Christien at sixteen plans a mixing and picking of Gypsies, how would the Gypsies have their picking so they can do their mixing in sixteen formats to birth a Christien?

      Adeyemi,

      My eyes ran away from you When books beckoned

      On my brain

      But I need you to know, Your name is the tattoo

      Which regulates my heart's function Your smile is the gold

      Which I lay up in my eternity. You saw this

      And encouraged it to this And you know, tomorrow, Our pledge would matter;

      Tomorrow, our pledge would have Little feet bearing your brain

      And my heart.

      Tomorrow, this and this will merge So we can be one;

      Ade mi merged with Kemjy.

      Adeyemi, Te Amo.

      You are my Spanish weather That inspires my guitar

      To string lyrics in your honour.

      Adeyemi

      I searched the stars tonight, for that one named after you.

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