MascaraDE by Yugo Gabriel Egboluche
Thought you once took pride in blemish scars – that so revealed your victory in natures wrestle Thought you had your ash of silvery sparkle – for eyelids to tickle...
TREES by Tukur Ridwan Ishola
we are all born unto this barren earth to live, and let live and then leave by being buried to fertilize the soils that make the graveyards an abode for...
THOUGHTS OF YOU by Tukur Ridwan Ishola
ife, you are the reason why these words take a stroll on the wheels of my thumbs...my pen...my ink to a never ever land of forever to proclaim you as...
MASK by Olanrewaju Tajudeen
Time masked by age; plastered over our faces like different colours of different daisy- days- painted, over our living walls, after every season- as different crimes committed to cover existence-...
IRAWO by Kolawole Samuel Adebayo
Irawo, The star of dawn; The first light that pierces through the veil of darkness; where are you? Irawo, The golden crown on the Sun's head; The soft wind that...
TO THE GREAT COMRADES by Ayeyemi Taofeek
Forerunners on the field of struggle Birthing freedom willingly or smuggled. Their comradeships ain't infantry nor half done Their comradeships ain't fake nor still born. They're dogged and unflinchingly gallant,...
DRINK (an acrostic) by Michael Inioluwa Oladele
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...
VISION IMPAIRED by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
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
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...
A ROOM WITH A CREAKING DOOR by Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau
(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...