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The poems in The Illuminant evoke Didacticism. It's like the poet taking out time to teach readers about Love, Life, Passion, Contentment, Faith, from an exceptional point of view. Each poem exposes certain realities and starts the reader's brain to think by asking questions they themselves are to find answers to.

GOD

"READ!" In the name of your Lord. You shall read of God. You shall reek of God. And you shall be of God.

ABIKE

You thought it was only in the days of your forefathers That love never die.

LIFE

How often do we peck our hearts And tell our souls “cheers!”? Life is a parable: Our dreams are prophecies.

CATHARASIS

Soft cries, teary eyes Eyes eyeing the earth For dearth of death...

PERVERSANCE

Life is a stage That stages herself Seducing her own And building her own.

PATIENCE

A step at a time A goal at a time A time at a time.

FOR THE CAUSE OR APPLAUSE

Of the glory that wept The sun burnt the eyes Leaving it for dead For the ears tiptoed towards Man's rima oris To take a sip of pleasure

PURSUITS

And you see that you can see. And you see that you see not

About The Author

Abdulwahab Lawal

Abdul Wahab Lawal(The Bestowed) was born in Lagos, Nigeria and is from Kwara State. He has a B.Ed (B.A) in English Language from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. He is an Educationist, Editor and a Poet. He believes love to be the very basic essence of existence , and the greatest of all services is that which is done for humanity.

Abdul Wahab Lawal currently lives and works in Lagos,Nigeria.The Illuminant is his first published work

Writings, Rantings and other things

1. LOVE & HATRED

To love is to understand the nature of life To hate is to be filled with the wrath of life As life blossoms out of love And withers out of hatred
Take me to paradise, to bliss, to love Take me not to hell, to misery, to hatred As a man lives, he becomes As a man becomes, he lives.

2. TRUTH

The truth is the knife that gores the heart or a blade that opens the eye. The truth is a force that kills or a medicine that heals. The truth is a ladder towards the heavens or a canal towards hell. The truth is a love that lasts or a lust that persists. The truth is a dosage of immortality or a road towards mortality. The truth is however it is taken; The truth is that which brings relief The truth is that which brigs grief.

3. LIFE IS NOT THE REALITY

Take me farther to reality so I can walk like a traveler, seeking, searching for meaning. Take me farther to reality so I can walk like I know where I am. And when I pause to take a bow, I would without a flinch For the reality is, life is not the reality.

4. DOPAMINE.

...that we eat affection and live in depression. We live our lives in a cubicle and the gods of this planet reward us with affection and depression.