GONE by Ken Mamman
A heart is a home a home of all the care you have in you all the understanding a heart is you you are a heart free it came like...
THROUGH by Jide Badmus
I want to take a sip of you; slip through the treasure gate and locate pleasure spots.
ROCK
It was on a starless night they came. Rome's most dreaded military unit, in battle formation. Skilled warriors, sent for us. Like we were an enemy army. Like we weren't...
ÀSHÀKÉ by Omotayo Awoyemi
Ashake, The day I wrote you a song, I broke my throat. I penned it on my cornea, But a flood of brine it became, When life ’Hi’ed’ me with...
NEMESIS OF THE MKPI
Once upon a time, in the land of animals, Mkpi was the poorest animal, but he was admired by all because his body smelled so nicely. Then came a certain...
GET WELL SOON by Ayeyemi Taofeek
President Muhammad Bukhari, get well soon. People who want him dead, get well soon. Because he is sick, must you then be sick? And for haired-heads, is it a sin...
AN ANGEL AND A BEAST by Ewuola Michael
I saw an angel playing with a beast And from what I saw; they were holding a feast I saw the beast on the angel's wings And sweet melodies they...
MUMMY
She smiles again. She's always happy whenever she's around me. I make her happy. Ever since we've met, I've always called her "mummy.” Isn't she mummy? She cares for me,...
DECAYING FLOWERS
The circling vultures were in the centre of a gaiety. Some famished ones, with manky beaks had already pounced on the naked and half naked bodies of young women, children,...
UNDERSTANDING POETRY: THE PLACE OF PUNCTUATION IN A POEM (CLASS WORK)
Today’s class exercise is a follow up to the lecture on UNDERSTANDING POETRY: THE PLACE OF PUNCTUATION IN A POEM . Punctuation in poetry is similar to punctuation in prose...