MOMMA by Obodokasi Adehtem Agbor
I like to run my fingers in your hair and lock it in braids, Braids of silver and coal, Youth and old, I like to make you an oasis of...
GUILLOTINE LIPS: Prime Chikweru
You riddled me with mouth bullets This is more fatal than a back stab! At your approach, my stomach is restless Your poisoned breath leaves me breathless You make me...
POET OF THE WEEK: Salam Seun Olatunji (Tiwistar)
Salam Seun Olatunji is our Poet of the week (#POTW). Popularly known by his moniker Tiwistar, Seun is a Chemistry student at the prestigious Polytechnic of Ibadan. Despite his roots...
DEATH & THE KING’S GREY HAIR & OTHER PLAYS by Denja Abdullahi (a review by Salamatu Sule)
TITLE: TITLE: DEATH & THE KING’S GREY HAIR & OTHER PLAYS AUTHOR: Denja Abdullahi GENRE: Drama REVIEWER: Salamatu Sule Death and the King’s Grey Hair and other Plays is a collection...
THIS LOVE IS NO MORE: Kay Ugwuzor
So this love is No more the fantasies No more about us No more the item we were Whatever that was This love is No more passions to fill the...
MISS MARY KAY: Ogoluwa Simon Ojewale
Her face is painted Without a touch of art Her beauty is tainted As it sinks down her heart She needs attention So she uses a dozen makeup Then gets...
FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM: Lawal Segun Musbau
In the joy of trials Is where they dine endlessly In the fun of tribulation Is where their eagles take over the sky There is unrest in the city The...
POETRY IS MUSIC: A BALLAD AND A NOTE
The aim: to prompt to action through detachment. The mood: to play on this paradox, standing suspended between anger, revolt, disgust, sorrow, admiration or indifference, so as to finally assert...
IF TEARS CAN DO ANYTHING: Kay Ugwuzor
If it helps to cry Then cry And like the heavens, pour rain From the clouds in your eye Soak your heart In baskets full With dauntless tears Turn your...