ROSY-TOONS by Yugo Gabriel Egboluche
You send me into a trance riding on wheels as chariots never doubting I be the prince reeling charms meant for patriots when rosy winds allowed a prance; and wallets...
BLACKBOARDS by Ojembe Victor
I dreamt they drew on us Taking turn with chalks We stood rigid like blackboards Slaves with no selfhood Our skin too black For their albino eyes Their crystal blue...
BLEEDING HEARTS by Cletus Nnaemeka
Where do we go from here? Being ONE is what we preach. But we still live in fear. Harmony is what we teach. But nothing is being fair. Nigeria! Nigeria!!...
CLANDESTINE LOVERS by Prince Nwachukwu
He stares endlessly at her with winks She tries to resume his stares at her He discovers her eyes have been steadily at him Then they smile as their sights...
THE CHARGES AGAINST ME by Michael Inioluwa Oladele
They sent me to prison They say I cover the sins of the righteous and reveal the truth of the liars; but am just a small boy called Silas putting...
BLASPHEMY by Jesse Asonze
You call it blasphemy When they are looking for an excuse To behead our loved ones They call it blasphemy This country is sitting on a keg of gunpowder Because...
AFRIKA THE SLEEPING GIANT by Ololade Akinlabi
Far from home..... Beyond the sea is where we reside Where shivering usher out Our glowing teeth not to smile But to beckon to the frigid weather Our complexion is...
ORDER OF THE DAY by Akodu Oluwaseun Shedrack
When days were still days indeed. When common man's food was at hand When we drank palmwine with one calabash. When we had our nights without head-lost There is an...
MY LOCER TURNS TO A WITCH ON SUNDAYS by Oppong Clifford Benjamin
I was as sure as faith and dance as darkness and its absence and as heaven and humans- I had no doubt that God was here And that God was...
UNRIPE MOTHERS by Akodu Oluwaseun Shedrack
Mothers! the ones we had in those days They were mothers of reference and reverence The ones we knew then are Nation-building mothers... The ones we had then were Ransom-payer...