A DECOY DREAM by Goodness Ayoola
Perspiration peep in drops of painful pants Like a stubborn singeing sorrow The heart pumps a fidgety fear Stealing into my veins in steams of shivers Lost in the echoes...
THE AFRICAN PARENT by Kuti Israel Ifeoluwa
The African Parent... Incomparable are their good deeds with uncountable knowledge acquired without a slate. Creating proverbs without a tutor, They teach their children the culture they've acquired. The children...
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: WOMEN POETRY 2015
SEVHAGE Publishers and SEVHAGE Literary and Development Initiative, in collaboration with WRR.NG and other partners, is making a call for poetry on women to be edited by a team headed...
FINGER TIPS by Oluwa Seun Tiwistar
Now, only our finger tips are holding The love we once held with our hearts The bond we treasured and held sacred The horse that ran a thousand mile And...
HIS MERCY by Ojo Adwale Iyanda
Jesus or thousand dollars, a shout Jesus or mansion, a loud outcry Jesus or flying car, still scared Jesus or glimpsy queen, he asked and through that tiny flesh that...
HAIL, KING OF THE JEWS! by Moses Oluwatobi Adebayo
Hail, king of the Jews! A crown of hawthorns on's head, Offer him more bitzered wine from yews; Poor Nazerene, come do that thou said, To destroy this temple, made...
SONGS AND DAUGHTERS by Faithfulness Okom
Our songs and daughters remain our pride and delusional paradise Our songs are sweet like fresh sugarcane soaked in undiluted honey Crispy to the mouth Engaging to the ears Shoulder...
THE UMBRELLA AFTER RAIN by Ayoola Olanrewaju
It is yet this confusion train This victory, the change and noise of doom I have begged the thought a flick of freet And muster the strength to sing...
THE CHILD IS A CLOTHE by Ayoola Olanrewaju
This regalia fades with time The search is a breath in a clothe A breathless clothe is a breed of nakedness And a shame that is ashamed. Edun is biting...
TIME WILL TELL: SALVATION (THE PROPHECY CONCLUSION) by Adeosun Pelumi
A time shall come when a saviour shall be sought as chaos and destruction danced above earth surface, haunting nightmares devouring innocent dreams of mortals, peace and harmony seeking refuge...