LET ME BE A CHILD by Taiy Peter
Please, Mom and Dad, My hands are small I don't mean to spill my milk It just happens My legs are short Please slow down So I can keep up...
ORÍ by Olusegun M. Lawal
ORI When the lively goes sour When the mighty turn weak When the drum-beat becomes soundless Orí, lead me not astray Jumping from tree to tree Climbing the highest peak to...
YOU by Oriade Olarewaju Tajudeen
1 Your name is... a gradual addiction It overstep the boundaries of normal emotion Your personality is... a gradual attraction It overstep the boundaries of normal distraction 2 If I...
FUFU GBONA DEE by Prince Kuti Adetoye Olayinka
"FuFu gbona dee" Looking through my window I saw the young lad hawking fufu When I'm still on bed When the nature looks freezing And men are hugging their covering...
TEN AND FINE by Goodness Ayoola
I am the paddle On the river of poetry I am the rich ripples and a riddle My poetry is the strength of a sentry. This ship is my heart....
THE AFRICAN WOMAN by Goodness Ayoola
Tonight, the moon has refused to wane Milky, she stays watching… The figure nightly clothed, flanked with duty The pestle woman and the defeated yam In the rugged mortal to...
ORENTE by Ogunkoya Oluwadamilare
I saw you, by the stream last night under the shimmering moonlight where life is beautiful and time full of passion. I hear it, the volume of your furtiveness things...
BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2015: ONISOWURUN SAMPSON WINS JUNE EDITION
Onisowurun Sampson has won the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) 2015, June edition with the theme: “TRADITIONS AND CULTURE”. Sampson is a young Nigerian Lawyer and author of 'Eyes of...
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2015 [JULY]
Words Rhymes & Rhythm is calling for entries for the 6th edition of the Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC) on the theme: “TIME CHANGES YESTERDAY”. The BPPC is sponsored by...
Nigerian Poetry – CHAINED! by Uduak Otongaran
Don't chain me down with your words Don't hold me down! You tear me into shreds Like a threadbare rag When you bark orders at me I shrink And withdraw...