Four Poems By Aminu Femi Jamiu
SCROLL OF MY TOMBSTONE
By Aminu Femi Jamiu
Time shall come
When, I shall sail
On journey of no return
My quill shall feel the grief
This, then, shall be scroll of my tombstone
Let no man shed tears
Saying, the poet has gone
I had long shed an ocean of tears
Waking in frost-freckled mornings
Toiling in sun-scorched afternoons
Alone!
In this labyrinth of path
I delved into the rising epic of years
Dwelling in self like a rejected monk
And continue to babble the sounds of eternity
This path of life is always unknown
And in death life reincarnate
To where no hatred abound
Neither hope nor passion
Even, Earthly love is void
Show me love
Not when am gone
Offer me a shoulder
For me to see further
Give me a lift
Not tears on my tomb
For the rawness of my palm
The callus on my feet
The wrinkles on my face
The scary scars on my skin
Duly, making my silent speak
Let this stand on my tombstone
Read this poem to the growing lads
This is my signature on the sand of time
Fervently seeking for love
Not tears on my tomb.
©Aminu Femi Jamiu
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The world
By Aminu Femi Jamiu
The World is just the cinder of heaven
The world under the sky
The world under the earth
Vast beyond the mind eye
Global community of countless creatures;
Of colors, cultures, religions and languages
Of birds whose songs human can’t fathom
Both the moon and the sun a symbol of life
Just as rain and rainbow at the eyes of cloud
Where oceans mated with deserts
Flowers danced to silent echoes
Wind rode gleefully daily
To spun forest tress in wriggling jiggling
Nature is symbiotic to the world
Peace is the tree of life.
Ember of light to be reignite
Not the thirst of war whose drink is blood
Peace, peace, peace!
Let peace echoes the world
For the world is woe in war.
©️ Aminu Femi Jamiu
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FOR THE MANY
By Aminu Femi Jamiu
Upon the tree of hope,
We lingered on leafless branches,
Like the bereaved owl,
We are left alone,
Humming our sad songs.
The same songs,
that sounded from our soil,
that defiled our mutual harmony,
and raped our generation,
with hideous hands of the unknown.
The wind wailed in self-pity,
The sky lamented in agony,
Justice neglected,
Crime ravaged,
And the cost of living exploded.
Common man wept uncommonly,
As famine continue to feed many,
With empty bowls of filthy fingers,
And suicide sings her ugly lullaby,
To lure the feeble minds to rest.
Where are the political Lords?
Like worm burrowing the soil,
They are busy looting,
Looting the nation’s treasury,
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Woe unto thee!
Those whose cup already overflowing,
Flowing in blood,
And agony of the masses.
Where’s the world’s pending swinging to?
My quill questioned my muse.
When will Mother-Earth be reborn?
When will this ravaging storm cross over?
For the tears, I shed.
For the blood,
I bleed on my canvas.
For the many I care for,
For the many I write for,
For the many who hope,
to shine with the Sun,
and bathe in the blissful rain again.
© Aminu Femi Jamiu
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THE CONFLUENCE CITY
By Aminu Femi Jamiu
The very heart of Nigeria you are,
Displaying her historical relics
Where the great rush of River Niger kisses that of Benue
In you, the face of Floral Shaw, Lugard linger in the museum
As monuments of great histories
Coined in wonder, of those ancestral artefacts
And the iron of liberty
That symbolize the abolition of slavery
In you, Nigeria begot
No wonder!
You dignify your soil
With tombs of Her colonial masters
Great are your ancestors
The home of heroes and heroine
A free rendezvous of all travellers
The beauty of your mount Patti attracts attention
Like a flower; a swarm of bees
You’re the Nigeria in micro mileage
Like the unity of the seven colors of the rainbow
You speak three languages as one
The sun burns like hell, towering in your sky
And your breeze brings chillness
Like the freezing snow of Harmattan
Your wrinkled terrains tell great stories
As you sit on a valley’s table
With your arms embracing the Futa Jallon highland
What a centre of attention you are!
The cynosure of a wonderful confluence.
BIOGRAPHY
Aminu Femi Jamiu is an Internationally recognized, Award – Winning Nigerian Poet, Author, Editor, Social Activist, International Ambassador Of Peace, Universal Icon Of Poetry, recipient of several National and International Awards, including the Gujarat Sahitya academy award India, World Union of Poets “Icon Of Peace award 2021”, e.t.c. He was born on 26th October 1994.
He is an HND holder of Biochemistry from Kogi State Polytechnic, lokoja, Nigeria. And he is a chemistry, physics and mathematics teacher.
Femi has authored two English poetry book “Poetry Pearls” and “Cosmic Voice” (The International Anthology of Contemporary Global Poets), co-author of 20 Anthologies. His poems have been published in many Magazines, Journals, E-zines and Newspapers. His poems have been translated into many International languages. Recently his poem has been published in Guinness World Record holding Anthology (Hyperpoem). He has been featured as one of the World’s Contemporary Poet. He’s the founder and president of the international literary online platform “Home of Global Writers.
Femi is currently working on an Anthology title “The Poetic Canvas” (The World Poets Anthology), with aim to feature Poets across the whole countries in the world.
