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    Coup `66
    Coup `66
    Coup `66
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    Coup `66

    By Emmanuel Aghado

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    Coup `66 is a collection of unforgettable poignancies in the sense that it contains sad and piteous poems; I will want the world to take note of. Naturally, no one will like to read something that could sadden his mood but no matter how we shun it, it still remains in our mind and in the world, therefore let’s throw away pretence and identify these sad things that are crying for a change.
    Considering its name “COUP `66,” we all know that coup is a forceful change of government, most times from democracy to dictatorship. In other words, “COUP `66” is a collection of poems that will forcefully change ones mood from happiness to sadness: an overthrow of moods.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEmmanuel Aghado
    Release dateSep 20, 2012
    ISBN9781301695485
    Coup `66
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    Emmanuel Aghado

    Emmanuel Chikwado Aghado hails from Njaba LGA in Imo State, Nigeria. He completed his Master's degree in IT from Clark University, MA, USA. He discovered his enthusiasm for writing soon after gaining an undergraduate admission at Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria. He has since written poetry, short stories & plays. His previous book is entitled '101 Short Love Poems' published by Dorrance publishers.

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      Coup `66 - Emmanuel Aghado

      PREFACE

      I believe this book was written solely from the outcome of a melancholic temperament. Everyone in this world experiences changes in moods or states of condition, but melancholic people tends to be creative on any type of mood they are in, be it a happy mood or a sad mood. This is just a creativity born out of a sad mood.

      With my personal knowledge of the author and having read his previous poetry 101 Short Love Poems born out of a happy mood, I believe he has done it again by invading the reader’s thoughts with sadness, pity and poignancy.

      I like sad poems the same way sad love songs feel good when they are being played, that same way, sad poems sounds great when they are being read. So you’re gonna enjoy it.

      Chinwe Hilda

      CONTENTS

      Imagination

      If only…

      Coup 66

      The acts of men

      WMD

      Africa! My Africa!

      A time to mourn

      Winter

      Remember this day my son

      Chatting with the drunkard

      Returning insane

      Pirates of the media

      One Nigeria

      The spirit if Nigeria

      Nigeria: things fall apart

      Usman meets Geoff

      The common cliché

      The Nigerian music industry

      The seat of African power

      Dead-living people

      The images behind my eyes

      Oil boom and spillage in china

      The mike and the singer

      South apartheid

      Weird Wild West

      Days of lashes

      May your past be forgotten

      No victor, no vanquished

      Many of us still have to die

      The heart of men

      Rapist

      Simple pendulum

      I love my country

      Accommodating drunkards

      The roadblock to success

      When you get to the top

      Locust all over the vineyard

      Cry of a step daughter

      Rhythms in

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