PREMIERSHIP FOR CRUDE OIL

A mighty adores!

Blaring on top his voice

“Ukeme in the City”

Contesting for the premiership”

Fortified personnel

Glorying in the town

For the premiership

I forgot to stop over

And bless the steps

Of these mighty men

In grand styles

Of treasure base of the nation

Rivers State!

Your people are always different

In action and contest

In dominion and creativity

I salute your precious diamond

The men of value!

Product of saturated environment

Refined in the furnace

Of survival of the fittest

Can goals be set?

Can action be taken?

And success achieved?

Ask an Eleme refinery worker

Seasoned champions

Tracing the deal

To the root of discovery

The oil league divers

The professional sea explorers

Managing the economy of the nation

Crude oil the base board

Written by: Onyia Emeka Harford

DESCRIPTION: The poem PREMIERSHIP FOR CRUDE OIL is an African poem based on the Crude oil exploration leadership. The poem’s setting centers on Port Harcourt city, the capital of Rivers state in Nigeria, being the treasure base of the nation’s economy where crude oil is discovered by geologist and miners as the main natural mineral resources of the nation; the state is blessed with the needed natural mineral resources; which other nations of the world are in need for Automobile sustenance.

From line 1-4: The Poet describes the manner people are campaigning for vote in the city. The propaganda and allegation of who will win the leadership for exploration of Crude oil production in Eleme refinery Port Harcourt which has become the political thug of war among the contestants. Ukeme is one of the candidates contesting for election whose supporters are campaigning round Port Harcourt city for vote.

From line 5-8: The poet also let us to know that there are other personalities contesting for the same premiership for Crude oil. And the poet who were travelling along the road foreseeing the site of the campaign team regretted not stopping over.

From line 9-12: Still on stopping over to greet the said premiership contesting league, the poet said that he would have loved to cheer them up a bit as a way of tradition of the people of rivers state which is the treasure base of the nation.

From line 13-16: The Poet begins to addressing the state being Rivers State with honors like excellence in action and contest as well as distinction in dominion and creativity.

From line 17-20: The Poet begins to attribute human quality to that abstract state meaning a figure of speech called personification by saluting the state’s precious diamond which are producers of Crude Oil as men of values, describing them as strong and refined men in the furnace of competition.

From line 21-24: Still on the describing of the men of the state, the poet relates the competition to be survival of the fittest. He also asked some rhetoric questions about the fitness and achievement of these mighty men; and thereby establishing their potential to be excellent.

From line 25-28: The poet then suggested that one should ask an Eleme refinery worker those questions; describing them as seasoned champions who will not relent in accomplishing a task to the end or root of discovery.

From line 29-32: The poet now describes them as the oil League divers, as well as professional geologist and miners who go right deep the seas and explore crude oil. And who are also capable of managing the economy of the nation Nigeria. He finally said that Crude oil is the based board of the Nigeria’s economy.

WRITER/PUBLISHER: ONYIA EMEKA HARFORD

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