LOVERS WE WERE by Kelly Iyogun
Like dreams we met Too hard to believe but inseparable we were Arms cuddled together Your head nestled on my chest My fingers playing with your hair. In the moment...
OYENUSI by Ololade Akinlabi
........then I realised Oyenusi lost his gun powder. Giving voice to the dumb guns, wakes up the sleeping trigger breaking the taboo of the silent midnight as eyes awake from...
IN THOSE DAYS by Micheal Jacob
In those days when our fathers carried woods on bicycles When under the mango tress serves as relaxation centres Palm wine as red wine, cola nuts serve as chocolates Cleaning...
WE WILL RETURN by Michael Inioluwa Oladele
We are on the way to the farm The enemy ridges are calling us the creepers seduce our legs but we move on, up we climb up the Everest we...
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2016 [MAY]
Words Rhymes & Rhythm (WRR) hereby calls on all Nigerian poets all over the world to enter for the May edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) SEASON II...
TILL TOMOROW DIES by Ololade Akinlabi
Our long awaited table refuses to turn, In starvation we rejoice in impoverishment we smile, smile our tinted teeth-a slogan for poverty. Hope, no longer in our anthem Children,recite dirge...
MY LOVE, MY WOE by Jerry Joel
Cupid has shot its ominous arrow. Piercing my heart, now love has become my woe. I lay here day and night on this mat. Knowing its cupids fault, not my...
I STARE by Julianah Adeleke
I Stare I stare not in mockery But in Awe of God's Multi-talented nature So diverse in power and unique The first and the greatest Artist. I stare When I...
WE DO TOO by Emmanuel GodhonorsMe Faith
Our tongues roll furiously, tussling to and fro It moves in unpredicted pace, rapidly fast or slow Talking about Messi, Neymar or Ronaldo And our dearest Obi Mikel who rarely...
IF I WASNT HERE by Mayowa Ifedayo
If I wasn't here Perchance I'd be an angel Looking downward with a pristine stare Ostensibly, intimately with Gabriel If I wasn't here I would feel no pain I would...