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GRANT, GOD
Grant, God
A clear release from pain
From enemy and from those that envy
And destroy while they build success
Over our misfortunes
Grant, too, friendship and love
Grant, God
A release from this anguished cry
From this loneliness and helplessness
From wild winds crying out against us
From life's stillness and stones without juice
From robbers who strip us of our laughter
©BINTA S MOHAMMED - 1999
SOLITUDE
Standing all alone, solitary
Smiling my sad smile
Inward is the only asylum
Not to choke and be dead
Eyes wet and weary
Tears, fears of death
©BINTA S MOHAMMED - 1999
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BINTA S MOHAMMED:
BINTA S MOHAMMED is a Lecturer in English at the Department of English
and European Languages, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria. One of the new
voices of female poets in northern Nigeria, her publications include Contours of
Life.
Contact: Department of English,
Bayero University, PMB 3011, Kano, Nigeria
Email: bsmohd@buk.edu.ng
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