GET WELL SOON by Ayeyemi Taofeek
President Muhammad Bukhari, get well soon. People who want him dead, get well soon. Because he is sick, must you then be sick? And for haired-heads, is it a sin...
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AN ANGEL AND A BEAST by Ewuola Michael
I saw an angel playing with a beast And from what I saw; they were holding a feast I saw the beast on the angel's wings And sweet melodies they...
MUMMY
She smiles again. She's always happy whenever she's around me. I make her happy. Ever since we've met, I've always called her "mummy.” Isn't she mummy? She cares for me,...
DECAYING FLOWERS
The circling vultures were in the centre of a gaiety. Some famished ones, with manky beaks had already pounced on the naked and half naked bodies of young women, children,...
UNDERSTANDING POETRY: THE PLACE OF PUNCTUATION IN A POEM (CLASS WORK)
Today’s class exercise is a follow up to the lecture on UNDERSTANDING POETRY: THE PLACE OF PUNCTUATION IN A POEM . Punctuation in poetry is similar to punctuation in prose...
FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS by Opeyemi Oso (& OTHER POEMS)
FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS by Opeyemi Oso Today I made a friend Each man for himself to fend Of course, when I bend on her farm She must also tend to...
TOUGH ROAD TO SUCCESS by Gideon Abowha
Lo! I walk alone spiritedly To the dungeon where my success lies The trees shamely murmured at me doubtedly Saying "can he walk alone?" The grasses giggled at me saying...
A TALE OF TWO LOVERS by Joshua Levites
I recognized her sexy frame Resting on the wall. She was bare, Like Eve in her Eden Gesturing her need for warmth From the touch of her beloved, Her lover....
RHYME IN POETRY: TYPES AND USAGE (CLASS WORK)
Today’s class exercise is a follow up to the lecture on RHYME IN POETRY: TYPES AND USAGE A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words,...
WRITING POETRY: SHITTU FOWORA’S SPIDER APPROACH
So you want to be a good poet? “The art of poetry is the art of speaking metaphorically, and of making linguistic objects that are themselves metaphors are as well...