DIDACTIC: "THE BOY ON THE RAPIDS" BY LUQMON OLAMIDE

It was about 50 miles from Jebba.

When the boy arrived at the Bussau rapids,

Strangely, he was welcomed by the river.

The twin horses were asleep with fatigue.

The confused eagle pointing his gape to the East.

The boy pictures a Royal Mail ship traveling,

To transport the passengers across.

The voyage was fun until a storm surge occurred suddenly.

The captain couldn’t batten down the hatches.

Rather, he asked the deckhands for more sauce.

The boy remained standing on the rapids.

He was watching as the ship was scuttling.

Only a brave captain could sail the ship.

LUQMON OLAMIDE ABDUKAREEM

-Nigeria

Luqmon Olamide Abdulkareem was raised in Nigeria. He attends Al-Azhar University in Cairo. He had a number of poems published in anthologies and collaborated with various poets in Nigeria and abroad. He is not only a writer, but also a speaker and podcaster..

The poet persona speaks on the need for corporation in order to better personal individual activities and the global humanity.