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A VIRTUOUS WOMAN Just like a pearl amongst stones She can be picked out among women So beautiful and precious She's faithful and priceless For her price is far above rubies Oh, what a virtuous woman! Strength and honour clothe her She's so creative Providing businesses that are lucrative She engages in business Thereby neglecting idleness Indeed, she's a joy to her family A pride to her husband A blessing to all And a gift to her world ...Prov 31  (Dedicated to all women who uphold the virtues of womanhood)                       Alice Asuquo

At morning The cock crew Announcing a new day Time to wake Time to learn Time to grow In a twinkle of an eye The afternoon came by The sun shone brightly Time to work Time to earn Time to put learning into practice Tick tock went the clock And the night showed up Oh night! A time to rest And time to reap What have I achieved? I asked myself The light of the sun, moon and stars Are all gone dim before my eyes What a seasonal change! My once strong arms are trembling My legs are now weak My teeth are now few Even the sounds i used to enjoy I hear them no more My hair has turned white Like almond blossoms Oh! i'm soon going to my final resting place But rejoice thou young man You are yet in your morning season Be strong, learn and work For the night cometh When no man can work Alice Asuquo

I rage in the mind For reasons of all kind Pain i leave behind In a person's mind I cause an action But you chose the reaction I can be very dangerous I am a letter short of danger And my name is ANGER Written by Alice Asuquo

Entangled in the web of life's struggles Almost drowned in the ocean of sin Bought by the affairs of the world Wallowing in youthful exuberance Or restricted by the circumstances of birth Like a prisoner in chains Everything seems so stagnant Trying to move ahead Yet restricted by chains Chains of bondage Lasting through the age Listen to the voice of deliverance Its time to break the chain Break the shackles And end the struggle Break free and break forth Its time to begin again. . . Begin with God And break the chain HAPPY NEW YEAR Written by Alice Asuquo

Kidnapped and stolen from homeland Their capture was brutal and inhuman For a terrible voyage each was branded Hot coals to the skin was much dreaded Packed into hot and dark holds of slave ships Everything were they given accompanied by whips Surviving a loathsome and terrible voyage Death was an only way out of bondage Years have passed since slave trade ended Still many live in fear and some in hatred Some willfully go into worst slavery Thinking not of freedom because they move freely Unfortunately everyone is born a slave But can choose to whom he/she is enslaved Fearfully many go for evil And become slaves to the devil When oft with luxury they are blindfolded Many forget life after they are dead But unto God we are not slaves but sons Wearing crowns as bright as the sun On the day of that great morning When in beauty it shall be dawning Which gate unto you shall be open That to peace or to an oven Written by Precious Eze For Favour Bulletin

Like pearls cast before swines So have we thrown away our values We have given up eternal values for temporal gains The quest for possessions has possessed us Making our hearts to pant for material things We have allowed fear to replace our faith The very fear of losing our worldly fame We tend to surrender some to Him Leaving a greater part for our flesh 'I love you Lord' we'll always sing Yet our heart is far from this Our lips play its part But why has our heart gone so far God we need a heart like yours A heart that will pant after you As the deer panteth for the water brook This is when we'll be able to seek you with all our heart Lord give us a heart . . . . Jeremiah 29:13 Written by Alice Asuquo

Against all odds of hostility and difficulty I see a gravity of opportunity Yea, i don't look strong and mighty Yet i believe in the totality of my capability Killest i not lions in fifties nay sixty But productivity is my mentality It is not a matter of bread and tea Neither is it availability of property But in the dignity of my specialty I acquired not at the university Neither was it given to me as a bounty I am not trying to be haughty But quote me 'dexterity is the handwork of my confraternity with the almighty' Written by Joseph Bentem