By Ben Ezeohagwu
I
What a breed
of creed is Nigeria?
her weed,
full of greed.
II
What a seed
of reed is Nigeria?
her field,
full of yield.
III
What a meed
of heed is Nigeria?
her peed,
full of teed.
IV
What a treed
of freed is Nigeria?
her need,
full of feed.
V
What a beef
of freak is Nigeria?
her cows,
full of lows.
Ben Ezeohagwu is the first black African Writer winner of Onigraffiks Prize for Literature(2017). He is Professor of Graphonomy and Chancellor, African American University, Porto-Novo, Republic of Benin, and can be reached at:
Email: benezeohagwu@yahoo.com; www.africanamericanuniversity.org; +234 81 731 755 40.
