ÀṢÀ : Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
Àṣà! The mouth piece of our fathers, Why have you been a coward Who ran away humiliated and pale? This valley now belongs to a stranger, Haven't you been abused...
TODAY, NOT YESTERDAY: Abdulhafeez T. O
Today is not yesterday you know The face of tomorrow is not of today Even the turns might come and row Today is not yesterday you know Happenings, like babies,...
WHEN I’M DEAD: Covenanted Chimnonso
Prologue: Dear child, if you’re reading my biography Sometime in the near future, When I’m dead and dailies are eulogizing me, And you pick up this poem to read, Know...
EMBRACE HIS CROSS: Oluwa Seun Tiwistar
Haven't you been your own for so long? Haven't you been living by your own principles? Were you not among that throng? Who thought themselves wise, sucked ridicules Then, ain't...
AND THE CLOUDS RECEDED: Stanley Princewill McDaniels
And the clouds receded: Bit by bit it dissolves With the wind on the sky's pew; Spite the contraction of the beams, Sunset resolves The labour of man; after hours...
A DOZEN HAIKUS TO NATURE: Ayodeji A. Adeyemi
I fleet a way the heat soak, pant the roof so loud ly mix with dry tears II sashay the thin trees ruffle from root to green hair chase, whirl...
TABLET OF TRUTH: Benjamin Elemide
TABLET OF TRUTH (Letter to my sister) Oyinlola, Money can never worth the sweetness of honey Neither can volume of sweat determine income. Honey, indeed is honour, in truth, dignity;...
MISS PELL: Pweenx Orlieturn Hadarms
A current lady in kings school Who everyone had thought was cool. She lived downtown the street of Sloke Whose pathway's dirts can make one choke. She had some chubby...
INSEPARABLE: Kay Ugwuzor
There were the moments That wove our hearts together In taut plaits Like tattoos etched on our light-skinned hearts We were one word Inseparable Time strutted away Like she had...