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Mfon Etina
My name is Mfon Etina Etina, I am from Nigeria in West Africa. A lady of 25 years, I just graduated from the University of Calabar in Nigeria, where I read zoology. Writing, especially poetry, has always been my priority and I love it. I have not been published as yet and I am still working on my first poetry book.
MAMA Destiny always Held a winning hand Though it takes A thousand stitches To save nine now Somehow Someone must answer The brittle, shallow Call of nature The unstable, windy thick bush Known for its unfairness Makes life hard Surfacing sheer desperation In the fugue of success and failure Almost no one would.... But... There's a humane voice In the chorus line Mama, greatest individual In the world The lining from your garland garment of faith Gives me a clean cloth of hope Fostered with courage Good mother Dead or alive You are a small model of a barren earth A crown of peaceful steps. |