AFRICA WITH NO CULTURE: by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
I saw faint voices Pinching my eardrum from the underworld, Sour souls of siblings shouting for shelter In this parched and thorny weather. I hear juveniles lamenting the death of...
YES, IT IS POSSIBLE: by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
She dropped her amused jaw For her tiny pocket was raw, Ajani is to be a doctor Though his dad is but a conductor, This is what words can do,...
JUSTIFIED CRIME: by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
Hey Mr President I've been jailed for crime and immorality, Yes I am guilty, that's the truth But if it wasn't you who made me this way Nail me to...
IJA OMINIRA: Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
Keeeeeeere o! Haven't you smelt it, The butt of the gods, stinking? Haven't you perceived Their barren souls Like a rotten egg? What's the fate of that belly Which drank...
WHO BUILT NIGERIA: Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
Let me inquire from Nigeria Why she had been broken From the ridge of slavery, And had to be buried In the sepulcher of her fertility? Who built Nigeria? What...
POET OF THE WEEK: Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
On #POTW poet of the week for this week, we're proud to unveil Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun, a young, fast rising Nigerian poet. Iniooluwa is the second child out of a...
EJIRE: Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
Ejire Araisokun The defense of our culture, The back-bone of our nature. Our mother is weary But steadfast in your tenacity. Edunjobi The gods are long dead, Yes! They've been...
SILENT VOICES (AN ORPHAN’S CRY): Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
Silent Voices (An Orphan's Cry) I know the feeling that Juvenile felt When deserted beneath an isolated tree, Do you know that feeling? The fear that gripped souls of those...
LET ME DIE: Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
What if my words drag me Into that jungle of forgotten souls And my intuition is clinched upon the castigated tree, Would you drown in sympathy? What if my fortitude...
I CRY FOR THE GODS: Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
I cry for the barking gods who write With illusory saliva on empty souls, But their words perish as particles of Silence hides their deceit in sepulcher of history. I...