Have you seen stars in autumn <br />Or moon at the spire of her glow? <br />If you have, i bet my smiles for frowns <br />You will pass them to kings as crowns. <br /> <br />Have you tread deep into obudu forests <br />Near the bounds that bred me long ago <br />Were lilies on vales and mounts grow, <br />If you have, <br />You will forsake the wonders of west. <br /> <br />In one of those festivals, <br />Were maidens dance bare breasted <br />In the scourge of the sun, <br />Listen to the Swahili rendition, <br />I say, <br />Even the birds dread a competition. <br /> <br />An African maid, <br />When she tend the sheep <br />Or lay the bed <br />And sent deep to sleep, <br />O' even Australian summer <br />Hath not nurtured such flower<br /><br />Obodokasi Agbor<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/have-you-seen-stars/
