Yahaya Qasim Oluwapelumi is a Nigerian poet, novelist and journalist. He graduated from the University of Benin, Nigeria. He has won many poetry awards of excellence and has got many of poems published on various sites. His Shakespearean style of writing is vast gaining recognition, that's why he is called the Archaic poet. He hails from the town of Iseyin, Oyo state, Nigeria.
You bereft me of my dignity
The day you stole my humanity
You plundered my maidenhead by rape
And scarred me in your rape camp
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So what? Even if I gather all the cakes of life,
And I eat with golden plate, spoon and knife;
My ride on Unicorns wouldn't stop the clock,
Even if I share with non from my luck.
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I am the maker of my destiny
Through the plot of my journey
To be who I am meant to be
And it's only I who posses the key
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Saga of pain lies in the act of the reaper
In making our heart sour and bitter
When a widow who mothers a single lad,
At night, shown her son buried in sand
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