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...
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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...
POET’S PEN by Osoba Taiwo Peter
Poet's pen bleed For all to read It bleed word Sharper than sword This pen of mine Dine in words wine It openly chastised Not even in disguise It create...
AM I STILL ALIVE? by El Sane Ken Silencer
Is this whats called life? When my pasts and present in panorama yet seen nor difference When some pasts supposed to be more distrustful when recalled, yet present seeming more......
LESSONS OF LIFE (1) by Eseohe Pearl Ebhota
I scared of being lonely Until I learned to like myself. I was scared of failure Until I realized that I only fail When I don't try. I was scared...
‘C’ by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
a poem for 'C' let me wear you around my neck as noose or bead. plant a peck, on my frozen cheeks to seal our fates – an eternal...
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...
OFFICERS IN BLACK by Ijalusi Oluwatola Samuel
Black shirt on black britches Black belts fastened around waist Black shoes on feet Black beret belled Insignia on shoulders V-Badges of red With sticks and guns Arrived in troops...
YOU WILL NEVER by Osoba Taiwo Peter
You will never see me stumble You will never see me crumble You will never see me fall I will forever stand tall You will never see me cry I...
148 by Lebile Melt Tosin
148 not just a number Not the winning vote of Nigeria Or the lotto grand prize But lives that depart the nation I so much treasure The gone numbers The...