By Folu Agoi, PhD
How I love this city, towering
Hulk hailed as Home of Wisdom
Seasoned teacher teaching wisdom
Hyping smartness, cuddling creativity;
Love it
Or leave it
That is Lagos
Good old Lagos
Lovely like a bride
Striking like a peacock
African pride, city of colour
Towering Babel, nay, rainbow
Giant rainbow winking, smiling
Cheering souls coming and going
Coming and going like waist beads
Many going in a child, coming
Out an adult.
– Foluso Adedoyin Agoi, PhD
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The Poem; ‘My Lagos’, first appeared under the title ‘Lagos’ in Folu Agoi’s I Know the Smell of My Lover’s Skin – A Spring of Lyrics Powered by Love (poetry; ISBN 978 – 978 – 53438 – 4 – 7), published in 2017 by FLAG Publications, Lagos.
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