Poetry

By

Ngozi Olivia Osuoha

WHAT A WILDERNESS

Refineries refine no crude

Factories produce nothing,

Industries go under

Fiery furnace have no ores

Ovens bake no cake

Rivers have no fishes,

Trees bear no fruits

Roads lead nowhere

Hospitals treat no patients,

Schools train no students

Farms produce no harvests

Teachers starve to death

Heroes remain unknown,

Legends totally forgotten

Personalities die lame

Ghosts become workers

Stars never shine

Illiterates are forecasters

Talent freeze latent

Giants crawl like ants

Elephants, never elegant

Snails have no shells

Prisoners, innocent

Liars fly like doves,

WHAT A WILDERNESS!

Ngozi Olivia Osuoha

Ngozi Olivia Osuoha is a young writer from Nigeria. From a family of eight, including both parents she is the second daughter but fourth child. She read Estate Management and has some experience in Banking and Broadcasting.

She has published some works in a Liberian magazine, Ghanian news platform and an Indian poetry publication.

Many of her works have gone abroad for evaluation and publication. She wrote the longest poems/rhymes in the world, yet to be published. Writing is life.