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Day: April 2, 2016

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DRINK (an acrostic) by Michael Inioluwa Oladele

Michael Inioluwa OladeleApril 2, 2016July 15, 2017
Drunk drunkard, drink to your disaster Remember there rests no rest in the regal It only leads the literate to lunacy. So, Never break into the bar for a bottle...
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VISION IMPAIRED by Adeosun Oluwapelumi

Adeosun OluwapelumiApril 2, 2016July 15, 2017
The damage is done, The eyes has lost its sight and The visions, all withered and wasted Like an untended flower left to rot. The world had become a footstool;...
YAY! I SAW AND I SEE by by Joseph Omojuwa
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YAY! I SAW AND I SEE by by Joseph Omojuwa

Joseph OmojuwaApril 2, 2016August 12, 2017
Behold, I saw and I see, I saw men retreated to separate lines across the great border, behind the gigantic water that hath no Walls, behind the very river that...
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A ROOM WITH A CREAKING DOOR by Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauApril 2, 2016August 21, 2017
(For Pa Salami) What do you see in your sleep? Layout of your very room barfed with dusts, Sickening smell and a metropolis of cobwebs, Then a voice standing like...
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FANATIC EXPLOSION by Joshua Omena

Joshua OmenaApril 2, 2016July 22, 2017
As the day sets The world is moving fast The evening race starts Tired feet and clustered streets Men as ants in traffic trails Running to their homely holes The...
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ABIKU by Abdulsalam Jamiu B

Abdulsalam Jamiu BApril 2, 2016July 16, 2017
You abiku ! Why do you come and go? Go! And bother no more my soul. Your ghost was here, Before I could pen your image, You blow off my...
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SOLDIERS OF THE STREET by Ebuka Wiz Godwin

Ebuka Wiz GodwinApril 2, 2016July 15, 2017
These barracks don’t favor civilians It’s for the un-blooded We don’t remember our mortality off-hand So we face guns and bombs empty handed The armory is our heart And the...
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CARRION FOR THE GODS 1: THE SACRIFICE by Adeosun Oluwapelumi

Adeosun OluwapelumiApril 2, 2016July 22, 2017
Drumbeats, The voice of the silent gods. Papa is still without, digging trenches And mama fried akara balls At the village outskirt. The insistent pounding of the drum Caused my...
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A NEW DIVIDE by Efe Ogufere

Efe OgufereApril 2, 2016July 16, 2017
If i use filter on my broken heart Would you double click it on Instagram? Who replaced affections with emojis? Just let it go and hold on tight, she said....
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CORRUPTION by Ezeokoye Vanessa Onyinye

Ezeokoye Vanessa OnyinyeApril 2, 2016July 15, 2017
When did you go? When are you coming again? They have swindled us from our accretion, And battered us with their Ponzi schemes. Perjury is now a child's play, Backsheesh...

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