FABLE DEVOTEES 1 (WHO WE ARE): by Benson David
The fable devotees (That) is who we are. Today we worship in pairs, As the mating birds. Custodians of the martyr's lot We are. True or untrue, we seek not....
THEY CLAP DEATH: by Ndukwo Kalu Ugah
They clap death,the war conformist, Whom had gonged their heart to kill; Giving rise to social pathologies, Planted in the tree of memory on terrorism. They clap war,the charlatan warriors;...
FROZEN STARS: by Awa Chigozie Jerome
The nights came in spirals and left dots of silver frozen Like rapids of corals The dots froze in heaven The moon has been on guard Over the stars that...
MERCHANTS OF TRUTH: by Awa Chigozie Jerome
The people's silence curled around a thorn caressing the walls of their tongues a caveat dressed in blood maiming their tongues with rods painted in colours of fire from bravery,their...
THE PATH OF HISTORY: by Ayodeji A. Adeyemi
Toiling and thumping in the pains of history freedom they say was all we needed we roll and boil in the bloodbath of slavery our kindred always the sacrificial lamb...
CRIES FROM SOWETO: by Ayodeji A. Adeyemi
Cries from Soweto Ashes to ashes dust to dust when shall we stop ubieting our bald sons? or when shall we cease nursing our uglified rape victims? songs of sorrow...
BAGA: by Mesioye Affable Johnson
Silly season of human seasonings Perceived in seasoning of human killings, Fear,now what everyone must cook under Perhaps,fresh flesh be made lunch for trigger. Morrow's morrow laid under dying dreams...
A WISP OF MEMORY: by Peter Jokoh
Fun filled days of my yesterpast How I wished it would forever last Thunders didn't rumble when we met But something more than natural we did felt Back then when...
SEASON OF NO LIGHT: by Olajide Teniola
Behold the night As black as the sour-faced tar Harvest season for soul hunters Behold the night I say, season without light Enthralled uncanny feeling On the residents of the...
DELILAH’S DEN: by Ogoluwa Simon Ojewale
She came from a region Where men ignored their cultures They formed a religion And made their gods with sculptures She asked how long I pray to my God For...