Poetic Encyclopedia

By Adeniyi Festus Adeniji

About the Book

Poetic Encyclopedia is a compilation of poems written by the author; it cuts across poetic genres, reflecting upon all (or virtually) different aspects of poetry.

This work is borne out of a need to describe different aspects of human life via the use of poems, thereby making poetry as an acceptable medium of expressing rather intricate and often difficult emotions, moods, situations, circumstances, and events.

This book also includes a poetic tribute to late Professor Akindele (former dean of the faculty of Engineering, University of Lagos, Akoka).

Poetry in itself is life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Dec 7, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465310873

Adeniyi Festus Adeniji

The man Adeniyi Festus Adeniji is a Houston-based Nigerian author. He started writing poems since 2001, and his poetry work has earned him both local and international acknowledgments since 2003. He was nominated by the International Society of Poets as Poet of the Year for the years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2008 respectively. He is happily married to Mrs. Janet Abidemi Adeniji. His popular slogan is “Be unique in your own uniqueness.” That is, no matter the odds, something inside of you stands out differently from others, such which cannot be imitated.  

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Copyright © 2011 by Adeniyi Festus Adeniji.

Library of Congress Control Number:       2011961483

ISBN:         Hardcover                               978-1-4653-1086-6

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

RELIGIOUS

All in Life Owes to God

The Puppet in the Hands of His Master

The Sermon yet Untold

The Mystery of the Light

God’s AID (Acceptance in Despair)—AIDS Not an End

There Is None Other!

God Is in Control

God of Miracles

God of Possibilities

That Is What You Are…

Praise…

Church

I Was Told

Joy to the World…

Congratulations

The Cross of Calvary

Heaven and Hell

Salvation Is Not Pension…

Fear Not!

God, Smile on Me!

Breathe on Me!

Whatsoever Your Are

In the Potter’s House…

I Stand at the Door of Your Heart!

The Way They Come

ROMANCE

Love

Love 2

I Love You…

My Rose

It Seems Like Yesterday!

The Lady in Red!

My Adorable Lady E

Senorita…

My Exquisite Lady

Baby My One to Ten…

I Beg Your Pardon!

My Ice Cream…

My Special Flower…

Cleopathic

Ocean Waves…

Remarkable

Love to My Dearest…

A King Needs You…

This Was Given unto Us from Above

Missing You

Do You Miss Me?

How Are You?

Nosa

Gloriously Nostalgic

Valentine

You and Me…

Just a Little While

Voluptuous!

Could I?

Falling in Love…

True Intentions…

Love still counts.

Just a Word Please!

My Pearl…

You Are Beautiful!

Belated Happy Birthday to Someone Special…

Just a Year…

Hi There, Dear

Missing You

My Wedding Day (1)

My Wedding Day (2)

Music to My Ears!

Mysterious Girl…

Do I Touch You?

Let Me Be…

Reminiscing

Just Me…

What I Like About You…

I Am Yours Eternally…

Orgy

Just a Kiss…

Just Yesterday…

Love Struck

Just Can’t Deny It…

Just like That!

Wildcat…

Hysterical

Arouse

Tell Me

Tell Me Why

Love So Unique

Happy Birthday…

T-E-A-S-E

Sing

Janet

Nobody but You…

Never Felt This Way Before…

Where Are You?

Campus Babe…

The Mysterio Your Romeo

I Need You…

I Love You

An Open Letter to the Woman I Love; True Love So Conclusive after Much Expectation

Hi, Lovely…

Picture Me and You

Sweet and Young

Ellipsoidal

I Never Meant It…

Fixed on You…

You Are Me…

Our Love an Insight

No Strings…

Please Pray for Me…

Baby, I’m Back

Do I Still Fit?

I Feel Like

Breathless…

Fade Away…

Who Told You?

Who Are You? (1)

Who Are You? (2)

Who Are You? (3)

Guess What (1)

Guess What (2)

CONTEMPORARY

Life Is a Poem

Life’s Mysteries…

Life and Death (1)

Life and Death (2)

The Genius in You…

Logical Reasoning!

Happy New Year!

The Virtuous Woman…

My Mother

My Newborn Child…

Summer-ing

The Heart of a Fool

Whiskers…

Issues

Why me

Just This Once…

Just Want to Say Thank You

The Clog

Brain Drain…

The Bottom Line

The Umpire…

WAR, Wrestling Against Reasoning

It Is Good…

Life Is Nothing Short of Vanities…

What Is in a Name?

Life’s Many Fun—The IT World

The Jezebel of Our Time

Shoe: Logic of Fits

Midnight Blues

My Friend

Timeless…

Eclipse

Sun

The Clock

Stitches

The Unforeseen

My August Visitor

A Worthy Cause

Fly Like an Eagle…

Still Young…

Train Up Your Child…

If No Be God Na Dog (If It’s Not God, It Is a Dog)

Na Wa O!

The Playback…

My Background

Undo

Tickle

This Is Odd

The Night Is Heavy…

Just a Little…

Life Could Be Greedy

Do You Know?

This Is You…

The Homework…

Attitude

Life Is in Heights

Worry Is for the Hurry…

Just a Second

Just a Second or Two

CONTEMPORARY—SOCIAL

By the Second

Christmas!

Heart Breaks…

Just Friends, No More, No Less!

Express Yourself…

Who Is Driving You?

Single to Mingle

Molue!

Abiku!

Life Is Beautiful!

Daily Reborn

Life Is at Stake…

Life Is a Phenomenon…

Brio

Just Rising

You can make it

Silver or Gold

Childhood Memories…

The Footstool…

Decorum

Dancing in the Sun…

GEOGRAPHICAL

The United Nations

The Commonwealth of Nations

Nigeria: An Epistle Yet Untold…

Nigeria at Forty-Four… (Marking Nigeria’s Forty-Fourth Independence Anniversary in the year 2004)

Lagos: The Lake on Life’s Oasis

Isale Eko: A Suburb in Lagos

Warri: A Worry When It Worries…

IN HONOR OF PROFESSOR PROF AKINDELE

I Remember…

Acknowledgments

My profound, sincere, and deepest gratitude goes to God the Most High, the Almighty Father of us all, the Lord and God of the heavens, the Alpha and the Omega, the Fountain of Life and Knowledge for his divine guidance, direction, and inspiration into composing and writing this book, also for his unending grace, extreme benevolence, and kindness over the years in my life and my family’s.

To my dearly beloved wife: Mrs. Janet Abidemi Adeniji.

To my parents: Mr. David Adebola and Mrs. Clementina Ifeanyi Adeniji for their fatherly and motherly guidance and tutelage as God leads them.

To my siblings: Adefolahan Hannah, Adedoyin Francisca, Adelere Florence, Adepejuola Margaret, and Adedamola Fredrick Adeniji.

To my Mother-in-The-Lord: Mrs Coker (a.k.a mama ipaja)

To my pastors: e.g. Pastor Sunday O. Madudu, Pastor Ebenezer Odusina etc.

Also to all who contributed in one way or the other (e.g. friends, colleagues, and well-wishers and to the many who have touched my life. Here is saying thank you all and God bless.

Niyi

Introduction

The Power of Poetry

Life is fun, even when we seem done. Poems bring out its beauty second to none.

Poems and the art of poetry are fundamental life means upon which we caress our innermost beings with well-articulated and creatively exciting combination of words. The audacities of expression, fearless in its carriage combined are carefully directed to tickle the hardest of our fancies. It’s an acceptable means of bearing our imaginations into realities.

Poetry as an art is beautiful in beauty and the beauty that radiates in the beautiful. It’s easily understandable and widely acceptable; it prides itself in its ability of self-delivery and beauty of expression. It is ageless, never meaningless, and extremely priceless.

Poetry gives life its meaning, it is the world we see and how we want it to be. It is the wings upon which love flies and hate dies; it’s the word in the WORLD.

Poems written in this book are categorized for easy understanding and recitation; these categories are as stipulated under the table of contents.

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Religious

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All in Life Owes to God

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Life is full of adventures

Wonderful sceneries

Splendidly displayed by nature’s

Constantly processing many through its refineries

Right from creation

Man seems thrown into inundation

Even after condemnation

He constantly witnesses regeneration

As a teacher remains a teacher

Irrespective of such students’ attainment in life

Even when the duo is confronted vis-à-vis

Either in the classroom or the world’s playroom

A teacher daunts, thrusts, and pushes expecting to see nothing but the best in his product

Life is a teacher

Upon whose trail

A fervent believer

That none must fail

At sunrise, man sets out for work

At sunset, he begins yet another work

Many often perceive sleep is rest

None seem to see it is but another work

God is man’s best

In him there is abundance of rest

Because no matter what one in life may be

Man is nothing but as GOD made be.

The Puppet in the Hands of His Master

In the beginning was the WORD

Undeniably it created the world

As a string strung in a chord

This without a doubt was given unto us by GOD

In life, Man GOD created in HIS image

The Garden of Eden, his first home was not a cage

Man’s dominating role, many soon thrown into a rage

Inevitably to disobedience he fell and was checked out with his luggage

Man connotatively is the puppet

GOD undisputedly HIS maker; symbolically man’s best bet

Consequent upon condemnation, down Man HE never let

As a puppet in the hands of his master, his role GOD didn’t sublet

In all things GOD is Man’s best