Month: <span>May 2016</span>

POETRY

POET OF THE WEEK: “POETRY… IF WELL HANDLED, COULD LIFT MOUNTAINS” — ERIATA ORIBHABOR

Sam De PoetMay 12, 2016July 16, 2017

Eriata Oribhabor is a poet and frontline promoter of Naija languej. He started off writing poetry in the indigenous Nigerian Pidgin currently being standardised as Naija languej. Writing in the...

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THE INSIDE by Kenneth Mamman Alli

Ken MammanMay 9, 2016August 21, 2017

Beauty, Beauty Beauty in the eyes Beauty in the face Beauty all around me Is it really all in the outside? No! I say Look closely and you will see...

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RHYTHMIC WAVES by Jesse Asonze

Jesse AsonzeMay 9, 2016July 15, 2017

Heartbeats fluctuating like tandem Pulsating in sync with attached electrocardiograms Eyelids fluttering in short bursts of reflexes All culminating in rhythm and poetry Sinners occupied by wicked acts Homosexuals impaling...

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PRAY FOR ME FATHER by Ojembe Victor

Ojembe VictorMay 9, 2016July 22, 2017

Pray for me father Pray for me father, I killed IT. Killed the tiny heart dancing to life’s beats, Strangled in pain and rage. ITS tears flooding my bowel, Drowning...

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MYSTERY by Morenikeji Oloye

Morenikeji OloyeMay 9, 2016July 16, 2017

I could have sworn that I saw a pair of eyes In the middle of the night, piercing through my louvre blades. If they were those of a monitoring demon...

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FEAR by Saidu Mark Jatau

Saidu Mark JatauMay 8, 2016August 25, 2017

My doors, windows, flung open, greeted by obscure darkness. My mind ruminates around her presence, Because brightness took a long walk. The night is still not awaken yet, Nor am...

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