WHAT GOD AND I SAW by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
(for Ondo and other cities) i. i saw man die on the same street he was born yesterday i saw a man killed by the same hands he shook yesterday...
RELIGION OR FANATICISM? by Michael Inioluwa Oladele
1. The restraint That prevented cannibalism The one who spoke against it Who gave the unwritten law “Man shall not eat man” 2. Religion, The silent instructor, Who restrained the...
WRITERS’ EXCESSIVE by Olabusayo Ajayi Hammed
we see yes we see! we saw the snails following retiring prints and unknown names despairing fame tits we see yes we see! we saw the buried deeds sprout out...
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2016 [MARCH]
Entries are being received for the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) SEASON II [2016 MARCH] on the theme: “MOTHER NATURE. Submission deadline is March 25, 2016. CLICK HERE TO ENTER [caption id="attachment_19082"...
LIFE AND DEATH by Michael Inioluwa Oladele
When I have traveled far into the world's deserts, When I have seen what is meant for the eye and heard what is meant for the ear, When my bones...
ONE DAY… by Akinbode Oluwatobi Israel
I sit on this sick chair, Rolling dice upside down, Calculating disfigured figures, The answers, a sticky solution. The pin that pierced my sole, Made my hope to hop, Only...
FRIEND INDEED by Olabusayo Ajayi Hammed
I wait; like night waiter, waiting for new dawn. Then I let months swallow my plight, and await her embrace not anymore.... I sleep in a room where her portrait...
UNDERSTANDING COUPLETS
Couplets are any two lines working as a unit, whether they comprise a single stanza or are part of a larger stanza. Most couplets rhyme (A-A), but they do not...
THE FOLLY OF EVERYTHING: RISE TODAY by Kanyinsola Olorunnisola
The fire in her eyes seared my soul coal-black, Heaves of despair slouched her small, scrawny back, Engraved on her spirit was a weary lonely lack. For the first time,...
ÀWÈRÓ MI by Kolawole Samuel Adebayo
Àwèrò mi, that year, you gave me your heart and I gave you mine. It was an exchange; heart for heart; soul for soul. The day was February 13, a...