THE MUTINY OF THE DEAD by Adeosun Pelumi
The wilted branch of the willow tree Drooped, touching her headstone with its tender fingers, The browning grasses and the primroses stood like A thousand soldiers, ever watchful and protective...
TRUTH BE KNOWN by Oladayo Okelola
Hidden like the stars in the sky Just like heaven been wrapped with clouds All captured by a name called morning Keeps striving;now a broken chain Dancing to it victory...
CONTRABAND LOVE by Ebuka Chudwin
He horse-rides into my dream every night Carrying sprinkles of stars on his polished armor-my diamond knight He would join me in the water bed-not minding And we swim till...
OIL RIVER PEACE by Yolanda Lindsay Mabuto
Miasma whispers in the ears of its Delta children as they sway to the songs that caress their lips The violent noise has become a barren burden Faces of confusion...
ASTARTE’S WOMB by Yolanda Lindsay Mabuto
She gazes into his distant thoughts as the mane of her flames sway in his haste. Captured by the silence of her victim- She mourns his taste. She etches into...
THE VOICE AGAINST DIVORCE by Osifeko Abisoye Dave
I am the voice of the masses, weeping in silence As modernism robs my body of completeness Spilling the blood of babes yet unformed Incurring wrath from avenues yet undiscovered...
RHYTHMS OF ROMANCE by Ifeoluseyi Ifeoluwapo Ifeyemi
I see love in the sky Like some array Of candle lights Shining bright Onto this isle Nestled on the British isles Where now, I dream our paradise! Ooh beauty!...
THE JOURNEY HOME by Prince Kuti Adetoye Olayinka
I wonder if someone Will sing my unwritten ballad. Write me an elegy And cook me a song! I do wonder If my carvings On History sands Won't be washed...
I WANT CHANGE by Osho Samuel Adetunji
Holders clasp light like a prisoner! Darkness stares me in the face, With a choir of generators groaning, I want change! Thieves coronated as Chiefs, With pockets heavy with greed,...
STARVED BRAIN by Sule T Joshua
Give me some quiet my brain is starved I need cooked books to eat Gimme some liquid Of poems to drink I need to think I will grow fallow If no...