Obafemi writes

05/01/2024

An excerpt from the book; Musings on Love

Love Chemistry
Now, aspertaining to chemistry you are that atom that took me time to find out.
While on my voyage to explore I saw particles too miniature to crush.
Then it dawn on me to play around
So I thought of love to look around
As I look and look the cloud appear.
After thousand mile, the, it dawn on me that the cloud have seen is your love for
me
Now am I glad I have a head on which your love will deck.

©® Obafemi writes

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11/10/2023

Do remember!

Dear writer,
A good Monday afternoon to you.
I hope you had a chillaxing weekend and this meets you well.

In my last letter to you; Assessing the writing you do for others.
I stated the fact that what we write for others must stand on its own because we usually aren't present when it is read, we rarely get to explain to readers why we did what we did and what it means.
Today, will be the concluding part.

Look carefully at your text to see how well it says what you want it to say. Start with its focus and then examine its reasons, evidence, organization, and clarity in that order.

If your writing lacks focus; the revising you'll do to sharpen the focus is likely to change everything else.

if it needs more reasons and evidence, the organization may well change.
Your writing should have a clear point and every part of the writing should support that point.

Your writing needs to give readers enough information to understand your points, follow your argument and see the logic of your thinking.

How much information is enough will vary according to your audience. If they already know a lot about your subject or are likely to agree with your point view, you may need to give less detail.
However, if they are unfamiliar with your topic or are skeptical about your views; you will probably need to provide much more.
Finally,
As a writer you need to lead readers through your text carefully structuring your material so that they will be able to follow your argument.

Yours in the writing profession.

©Obafemi writes...✍️✍️

18/08/2022

Lost Treasure

Searching for my lost treasure
All day I couldn't find
I search everywhere
Exhausted I stop.

Still searching for my lost treasure
A treasure of words
Compressed to events
Events only I could tell.

Where then is my lost treasure?
Maybe it's on a journey
Journey to where?
Somewhere perhaps!
How then can I tell mankind?
All in my writer's eyes
A description of the world
Expressed, encrypted
A collection of imaginations
All from my writer's mind.

Alas! I found my lost treasure
It comes in torrents
Only in my mind eyes I can see
But share it I would
In verses that speak volumes
Of my minds events.

©®Obafemi writes....

17/08/2022

17/08/2022

Why Do People Say Section instead of Session?

Have you ever attended a webinar where someone typed in 'Thank you for the interesting section' in the comment section?

It is a common mistake for people to use 'section' instead of 'session'.

Although both words sound alike, they don't have the same meaning.

A section is a part of something.

A session is a period given to a particular activity.

So, the duration of a webinar is a session, not a section.

These and many more are things to learn in the course of this training, to join the free class, clink the link in the comment section.

©®Obafemi writes.....

14/07/2022

Musings on the 2023 elections!

As we approach the climax of the 2023 election campaign season, we must be matured enough to accommodate others' opinions.
Be careful of your utterances, have your own opinion and respect other people's political persuasions. Disagree respectfully and more importantly be civil in your argument for or a against a candidate or a party.

Meanwhile, ensure you go beyond arguing back and forth on social media, on the day of election go out and participate in the electoral process; it's your civic duty.

Furthermore, get your facts and details right by listening to astute political commentators; most often times some folks don't cross check what they either read or listen to. More reason why we have fake news in much circulation.

Trust me, in days, weeks and months to come the debate concerning the presidential election will become more tougher, the only way not to be caught in the web of uttering careless statements is to be well abreast of the right information.
Lest I forget a lot still need to be done in educating the people about paying much attention to the National Assembly election much more than the presidential election.

©®Obafemi writes....

07/07/2022

Many people underestimate the importance of having excellent writing skills.

Believe it or not, writing, apart from the spoken word, is one of the world's oldest forms of communication that still exists today.
Our daily communication is always accompanied by some form of writing, and it's important we commit ourselves to intentionally improving it.

©®Obafemi writes..

06/07/2022

Seed of beauty

Beholding your beauty
The hills stand straight at the sight of your beautiful face
Intimidating the earth
Your beautiful face glitters like crystals
Even the trees sway about gracefully at the glimpse of your beauty!

©®Obafemi writes..

01/07/2022

Dear Writer,
Your ability to produce clear, error free writing shows something about your ability as a writer and also leads readers to make assumptions about your intellect, your work habits, even your character.
Readers of job applications and résumé; for example, may reject applications if they contain a single error, for no other reason than it's an easy way to narrow the field of potential candidates.
In addition, they may well assume that applicants who present themselves sloppily in an application will do sloppy work on the job. This is all to say that you should edit and proofread your work carefully.
I remain yours in the writing profession.
© Obafemi writes ....

01/07/2022

Book Alert!
Musings on Love, a collection of love poems to be out by 14th of this month from the desk of writes.

Happy New Month

An Allegiance to the Love 😍 of my life

Your cistern of love will I drink forever
Fully intoxicated in the river of your love
Every day will I be gulping down your love like a capsule 💊 prescribed by a physician
It would be a case of your love ❤️ doing me good like medicine
Watering 🚿 and trimming ✂️the garden of our love as a gardener 👨‍🌾 would
In the eventuality of issues and disagreement
I will ensure that I plead my case of my love for you as a lawyer would in the law court 👨‍⚖
And I hope you will always temper justice ⚖️ with mercy if am found guilty of any offence!
So help me God.

©Obafemi writes..✍🏽✍🏽✍🏽

15/06/2022

Caveat emptor,
Read with an open mind!

Why a Muslim Muslim ticket may be the turning point in our nation's political journey.
In almost all democratic processes there's always a reference to American politics. Whilst democracy originated from the ancient Greek city, Athens. The concept was popularised by Abraham Lincoln. When we make mention of America in world politics, let's be honest and remind ourselves that the level of maturity attained in their political structures and processes were not spontaneous rather it was more of a little here and a little there. The late Luther King paid for the era of segregation to come to an end.
Former President Obama reaped the labour of Luther King. Whilst there are still cases of racism in America, at least one can still claim a level of freedom in terms of racial discrimination in America. we cannot afford to throw away the baby with the bath water!
Truth be told, the level of division amongst ourselves is very high. Just like corruption that has eaten deep into the modules operandi of our society same with religious and ethnic sentiments.

A Muslim Muslim ticket can add more salt to the injury no doubt about it.

We shouldn't talk down on those in support of the mantra neither should we condemn folks against such.

Come 2023 it would have been 30 years we had the adjudged freest and fairest election in our political history annulled by the military junta led by Gen. Ibrahim Babaginda.
An election that defied religious sentiments!
Permit me to say this, I can see the spirits of MKO and other heroes of past muttering to one another to see if we can get it right in our political landscape.

Abiola had paid the price, just like Martin Luther King did; in America today there's Luther King's day.
We have our own Abiola's day.
Obama reaped the labour of Luther, can we make the 2023 elections defy ethno-religious sentiments in other to reap the labour of MKO as well?

©®Obafemi writes....

09/03/2022

Ritual killings...
Since the days of yore we've heard and seen a lot of people declared missing and never to be seen again.
Those days of oró a Yoruba traditional rites where innocent folks are killed to appease the gods of the land to selling different human body parts.

I recall correctly the days of the cannibal man; Clifford orji.
Ritual killings have been with us till forever, technology and the social media age is just bringing those ills to the fore!

And to you

Olúwabámisé Àyánwọlé: The Lord has assisted me in doing it.
May the Lord assist those you left behind by granting them the fortitude to bear your loss. May the Lord assist the culprits to know no peace and may He not allow your case to be swept under the carpet.

©Obafemi writes...

08/03/2022

Musings....

After University, all we have is Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc.
We see our course mates and age group on social media, and we envy how well things are going for them. We notice their weave and skin colour.
We look at how far they have gone in the corporate world and constantly compare ourselves to them.
We help them count their children since we have none to count. So Facebook/ Instagram becomes a place that reminds us of how far behind we are.
The unspoken truth is that everybody displays the best part of their lives here. Their skin colour could be as a result of a good camera and you might actually have more financially.
Nobody tells you that they have been laid off and currently all they have is their phones, make up and slick suits.
The most important thing you must always remember is that "things are not always what they seem, and you are only in competition with yourself".
Don't envy anyone, avoid the comparison trap, brace yourself up and be the best you want and can be.
Know the lyrics that fits your mood!

©Obafemi writes....

26/02/2022

Words....

Words, combination of letters.
Imagination gives birth to words
Words a conception of your thoughts

An outflow from your field of experience
Words, expresses what you want them to mean
A vehicle for communication

Words, an expression
That leaves an impression of you
Words latent weapons
For destruction or construction
For war or peace

Words, speak life or death
Words, words, words

Words a combination of letters
That sum up you!

©®Obafemi writes...

23/02/2022

Feelings from the past is bubbling tis day and am smiling because she is decorating my heart!

©®Obafemi writes....

22/02/2022

the greatest calamity that can happen is for an individual to go through life without a sense of purpose.

Obafemi writes

21/02/2022

On The Fence......

Standing on the fence
Watching the different state of man
Some full of love and compassion
Others full of hatred and jealousy
Some seek peace others make war
Neither here nor there
Just standing on the fence
Watching the different state of man.

©®Obafemi writes.....

20/02/2022

PROGRESS IS A PROCESS

Great trees take time to grow. Great ideas take time to show. ONE DAY at a time we live. ONE BLOCK at a time we build. ONE STEP at a time we move. Some rush and crash; others sit and rot.
YOU! MOVE BY FAITH. Take that step. Lay that block. Though the vision tarries, it shall surely come to pass. Press on, friend you're getting there.

©Obafemi writes...

18/02/2022

18/02/2022

Musings......

A Society that keep pushing the narrative of material acquisition as the yardstick to measure success in life will not only suffer set back but also moral decadence.

When we have religious bodies with extreme biases on material wealth we are only adding more salt to the injury.

We don't put blame on the government for moral decadence in the society.

While some folks are of the opinion that the current economic quagmire is the reason for the increase in ritual killings.

We must also not forget that no government of any nation can fully meet the need of the citizens. This is neither to support nor oppose the current political structure in our country.

That said, family values and orientations should be questioned.

Back in primary school days we were told that the basic unit of the society is the family.

If the family is the basic unit of the society; then we need to question the values that are being portrayed at the family level. We should not forget that for every moral disposition either positive or negative from an individual is a function of the family values that has been passed to the individual.

Also another unit of the society that should be called to question are the religious bodies.

In our churches and mosques what are the values being passed across?

It is human nature to want to succeed and compete to get to any height in whatever endeavour an individual as chosen. Our religious bodies do they teach contentment? Or they fan the flames of greed disguising as teaching success principles?

Religious bodies must begin to cross their T's and dot their I's in what they emphasised in their doctrines and teachings less we enter a more dangerous season as a nation.

Futhermore, the media and those we often call 'Celebrity' in our society should be question as well.
Those in the "showbiz" are a part of the decadence as well. When you flaunt your successes and wins; and you don't emphasised the hard work and the toil that brought the gains you are only creating an impression that success in life is a roller coaster. Sometimes last year I did a training on radio and television broadcasting. In one of our classes while we were looking at the fame and glory that comes with being an OAP the instructor made us to understand that some of the celebrities we see on social media flaunting things on the internet are broke in real life!
Being a media person himself he shared number of real life stories with us that straightened up our orientations in showbiz. In his word 'na business wey dem dey show!' when you don't understand showbiz you get to see only the glow and the glamour part of it which is not helping our society and the younger generation.

Lastly,
I believe movie producers and script writers should be challenged on the kind of contents they create. These strong agencies can't be creating contents on material acquisition without not being emphatic on core moral values like hard work, honesty, contentment et al..

©®Obafemi writes...

08/02/2022

Ayuwaaaaaa!

Only you can reach me my love.
For you the rivers will make way.
Let the valleys become plain in your awe.
For what can stand thy graciousness.

In my heart is a treasure.
Only your beauty can reach it.
That beauty has to be without add

Come up hither my love.
Let's both go up all at once.
I will help you find it.
I know your crave is inexplicable.



©®Obafemi writes..

14/10/2021

As we approach the campaign and the election year

The Politician...
All cry out for thee
They sayest thou hath the savoir
The one who would save the nation
The one who would bring food to thy table
One after the other
All ye went thee out to vote
Under the scorching sun
Votes were cast

The politician wins
Promise thee a land that flows with milk and honey.
Days rolls by
Months come and pass
Years upon years
Promises unfulfilled.

Dividends of democracy
Or diverted dividends?
Unfulfilled promises
Promises or lies.

!

©Obafemi writes...

13/10/2021

A little here; a little there....
All in the name of liberalism
Conservatism is the odd
Liberalism is the norm
Cultures are being shaped
Orientations being tampered with
Till we get to that level where marriage will be defined as the relationship between a man and a woman, a man and a man or a woman and a woman.
©Obafemi writes...

11/10/2021

Dear writer,
A good Monday afternoon to you.
I hope you had a chillaxing weekend and this meets you well.

In my last letter to you; Assessing the writing you do for others.
I stated the fact that what we write for others must stand on its own because we usually aren't present when it is read, we rarely get to explain to readers why we did what we did and what it means.
Today, will be the concluding part.

Look carefully at your text to see how well it says what you want it to say. Start with its focus and then examine its reasons, evidence, organization, and clarity in that order.

If your writing lacks focus; the revising you'll do to sharpen the focus is likely to change everything else.

if it needs more reasons and evidence, the organization may well change.
Your writing should have a clear point and every part of the writing should support that point.

Your writing needs to give readers enough information to understand your points, follow your argument and see the logic of your thinking.

How much information is enough will vary according to your audience. If they already know a lot about your subject or are likely to agree with your point view, you may need to give less detail.
However, if they are unfamiliar with your topic or are skeptical about your views; you will probably need to provide much more.
Finally,
As a writer you need to lead readers through your text carefully structuring your material so that they will be able to follow your argument.

Yours in the writing profession.

©Obafemi writes...✍️✍️

05/10/2021

Bleak World....

All seem well life is swell
Fun all through gallivanting
Life is fascinating, beyond description
Full of sunshine
At other times harsh
Life is like the changing season
Never constant.

Life it is but for a moment
Today here tomorrow gone
Such changing moments
Continuously evolving
Only the dawn of another day
Is an assurance of life
Life is cocooned in a bleak world.



©Obafemi writess..✍️✍️

01/10/2021

Nigeria...
Oh my beloved country
What has come of Niger Area?
A Nations with nations
Blessed by nature
Blessed with oil
Blessed with raw materials
Blessed with food crops
What is the fight about?
What has become our unity?
Why do we kill each another?
Shall we not remain as one?
My beloved country
Let not our pledge be in vain
Let the unity we pledge
Bind us together like a bridge
We must trust each other
We have one destiny
We have no other nation
We are one.

Happy Independence Day

Happy birthday in advance Sekinat Usman



©®Obafemi writes

08/09/2021

Dear Writer,
How are you today? I hope your day has gotten off on a good note.
Recall that in my last two letters to you; I categorically mentioned how important it is to not only edit but also proofread your work before putting it out for public consumption.
Quickly, I want to address you on; Assessing The Writing You Do For Yourself.
We sometimes write not for an audience but for ourselves to generate ideas,reflect or make sense of things. If you're writing to explore your thoughts, understand a subject, record the events of your day or just for the pleasure of expressing yourself in words; shut off your internal evaluator. Allow the words flow without worrying about them.
Let yourself wander without censoring yourself or fretting that what you're writing is incorrect, incomplete or incoherent. That's okay!
One measure of the success of personal writing is its length. Free writing, listing, journal keeping and other types of informal writing are like warm up exercises to limber you up and get you thinking.
If you don't give those writing exercises enough time and space, they may not do what you want them to do...to be continued
I remain yours in the writing industry
©Obafemi writes ...

02/09/2021

Dear Aspiring Journalist,

The ability to write correct English free from errors of grammar, punctuation, spelling, logic, rhetoric and facts is essential to every wannabe journalist.

However, good writing skills which are the hallmarks of good reporters do not come easily.

One question that defies an easy, quick or simple answer is; 'How do you write well?'.

Whatever form of writing you engaged in that is; News Story, Editorial, Feature, Column etc..
Demands total commitment. We can think of nothing else and do nothing else when we are writing.

The first point to good writing is recognizing this essential point.

To be continued.....

Yours in the writing industry.

!
©®Obafemi writes

31/08/2021

Dear Writer,
Your ability to produce clear, error free writing shows something about your ability as a writer and also leads readers to make assumptions about your intellect, your work habits, even your character.
Readers of job applications and résumé; for example, may reject applications if they contain a single error, for no other reason than it's an easy way to narrow the field of potential candidates.
In addition, they may well assume that applicants who present themselves sloppily in an application will do sloppy work on the job. This is all to say that you should edit and proofread your work carefully.
I remain yours in the writing profession.
© Obafemi writes ....