Origen: On Christian Martyrdom

By Philips Ororho

I write poems to portray my frustration with the system,the youth and other ancillary bodies. At present I have about ,20 poetry book

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing Africa
• Release date: May 12, 2016
• ISBN: 9781482862690

Philips Ororho

My names are Philip’s erhierhome from Delta state of Nigeria. I was born in Kumasi in Ghana in the month of November 1962 to the families of Late Deacon Jackson Degbeyi Ororho of Okegberode in Sapele local government area of Delta state paternally and maternally from the families of Ejenuko and Biokoro all of Okpe local government council area of Delta state. I started my early education in Sapele before my parents moved to the then North central state of Kaduna.In 1974 we returned back to run the other levels of my education I attended the Federal college of education at Kontagora, then Delta state university Asaba campus. I however ended with a chartered Certificate in purchasing and Supply management of Nigeria.But I find my joy,fulfilment in literary creativity.Writing is my happiest moments and I write to highlight the plight of the third world and the poor of the world.Am a Nigerian and knows my country is rich but we languished in hunger,joblessness poverty diseases and a beyond the range quantification of the scale of looting.

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CONTENTS

Chapter 1

Never Say Die Andrew

Chapter 2

This Is It

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Edict Of Persecution

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

The Sorcerers Lithurgy

Chapter 23

Barrier Of Evil

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Hand Over Your Books

Chapter 26

Revelation Of Antiguilty

Chapter 27

The Tower Of Babel

Chapter 28

Edict Of Toleration

Chapter 29

This New Thinking

Chapter 30

The Holocaust

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Saturninus

Chapter 35

Thundering Legion

Chapter 36

The Thundering Legion II

Chapter 37

The Thundering Legion III

Chapter 38

Egypt Why Thy Fall

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Toleration Edict

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

Smothering China

Chapter 51

Furore On Halloween Day

Chapter 52

Chapter 53

Chapter 54

Chapter 55

Chapter 56

Chapter 57

Chapter 58

Chapter 59

Chapter 60

Chapter 61

Chapter 62

Chapter 63

Chapter 64

Chapter 65

Chapter 66

Chapter 67

Chapter 68

Chapter 69

Chapter 70

Chapter 71

Chapter 72

Chapter 73

Chapter 74

Chapter 75

Chapter 76

Chapter 77

Chapter 78

Chapter 79

Chapter 80

My Pledge

Chapter 81

Corn-Silk Field

Everyone According To ....

Last Heritage I

Last Heritage II

Sucre

Canvas Of Mutual Suspicion

Last Judgement

The Pope Must Speak Out

A Fortnight Ago In Basra

Blast Furnace

The Road Map

Gentleman Roman Gladiator -- Part I

The Devil And A Twist

No Umpire

Take My Hands In Brother Love

By Tomorrow Morning

A Chapter In Martyrdom

Hauling Brimstones At Heavens

Swarthy Quietism

Finesses Of A Slaughter House

Rebellious Day Of The Saints

Rubicon

Feast Of Vultures

CHAPTER 1

NEVER SAY DIE ANDREW

You attempted to say, Goodbye

But we said no, and went into hysteria

By the time we re-bounced back,

You had said Goodbye from behind.

That was by the early evenings of Friday

Your demise swept over the hinterland

From here like a nursery rhyme, but Gboguns

Not strong enough a lullaby

To convince your spouse and children

In the house, on why we must all go to bed.

PM, the breezy FMC Asaba, in its inner recesses

With held its sweet breeze

When by 7:14pm you became a guest at ward 7

And I saw the Angelic bodies sang

And the demonic satellites bit their fingers

Saying it was wrong.

Gboguns, the elders of celestial council

At this hour of your internment

Sits in judgment over the whole affair

While we asked questions

But the only answer at every point

Is, for my son, Andrew Onovughe Ohwofasa

Vengeance is mine, just a short while.

Felicia and the children,

Them that wait on the Lord

We find no regret.

Composed and written by

Ororho Erhierhome Philip (JP)

Poetry Award winner (Ohio USA) 2004.

CHAPTER 2

THIS IS IT

Descending the declivity at Umutu

On your way towards Obiaruku

And to the West of your route.

I shouted, this is it, Ebedei

Oh! Gehena of a bonfire, and my

Penuriously infested folk in purgatory.

This is it --the foundation of Gehena

And there is it, the platform of purgatory

Come and see my discovery

Another furnace in Ekpan, Obeji and Sapele.

They constructed the semblance of boulevard

Close to the helipad beside the furnace

And in the makeshift suite and suite

The dregs of the Niger Delta drains out

Their blood for a handful of Dollars.

Lazarus and the rich man

Slavery and freedom

Slaves and slave -- drivers

Purgatory is our land and bliss