youkay
youkay
Sep 06, 2017

Nigeria

NIGERIA

Decades passed
Century crops
Britain delivered
A parcel of hopes
To the greatest leaders
of course
Africa's best political
Workforce

To Nigeria
Africa bound
In Nigeria
Africa bond
From Nigeria
Africa emerged

First citizens
Of the world
Blacks before
Other nations

Our unity
A priority

Yes!

Our diversity
A strength

Yes!

Boom boom boom...
O spear me that
Just go right on
Ahead
And save me the tears
Again

O pracious fatherland

-UGK

About This Poem

Last Few Words: i need help generally

Review Request Direction: What did you think of my title?
How was my language use?
What did you think of the rhythm or pattern or pacing?
How does this theme appeal to you?
How was the beginning/ending of the poem?
Is the internal logic consistent?

Review Request Intensity: I appreciate moderate constructive criticism

Editing Stage: Editing - polished draft

About the Author

Region, Country: West Africa, Nigeria, NGA

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Comments

Geezer

I think you have it all right here. A good work that delivers a message and does it with aplomb.
The only criticism I have, is the spelling of the word [precious]. I'm not the best critic of free-verse poetry, but even I can see that this one is good. Welcome to Neopoet and if you need help with anything, just ask and I'm sure that someone will help you with whatever questions or problems you may have. ~ Geezer.
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Eumolpus

Glad to see a passionate poem about pride, nationhood, and idealism. Good poem! The feeling jumps off the page.

I agree with the above. A composer writes within the rules of music so it can be played, so is grammar the rules for poet. He can consciously play with the grammar but has control of that and it becomes part of the rhetoric of the poem, which is not the case here.
MY take: End the poem with "Yes!" Boom boom boom and the double entendres don't work, nor is
"precious fatherland" . Fatherland is for me too European, used most often by Germany Yours might better be "motherland".

Chiori

nice poem i enjoy reading your poem, it give me hope for unity
just like my poem "lets unite despite our difference"
nice one