PORNOGRAPHY by Olawale Ibiyemi
We want to watch our mothers Clamber the hills of ecstasy And briskly touch ourselves in pursuit. The father without shame pummels His daughter with the rod Not meant for...
THEY WONT TELL YOU by Jerry Joel
They wont tell you the truth Even when you ask, they'll keep mute They wont tell you that the road was full of thorns And that defeat and futility battled...
OGERE by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
Lie still you are In this coming and Going of chariots and their rides. If they please you, still, otherwise Lie still you are. The insight knows you It do...
THE HANDS OF LIFE by Akinkunmi Morountodun
Running slowly on track An athlete with many competitors Slowly in movement Faster than other competitors Master of Usain Bolt Time!!! A creature that counts Our days on earth No...
MY SLEEPING BEAUTY by Kenneth Onwuachu
I wanted to tell her that I loved her dimple The way the skin over her cheek folded in when she laughed Firing up emotions with motions so simple Like...
DON’T MIND THEM by Uchenna Egbo
And so I received a wave while I was advancing for a shake; So Akimbo I stood with my head moving side by side Away they walked and in thoughts...
A REPORTER FROM ZAIRE by Efe Ogufere
Her palms are sweaty… His are dry and firm, how can he be so calm? She is all he ever wanted in a woman…he often quipped. Why the foreboding feeling...
DEATH by Cletus Nnaemeka
No one is bold when it's you in the corridor! Terror grips the household when it's you at the door! Sorrow lives with the household when you've someone on the...