A NEW INDEPENDENCE by Jesse Asonze
Sullen expressions upheld by facial muscles Of heroes past Zik, Awo, Tafa and their brethren under one communion Unhappy in their colonity* Rose with a vengeance To agitate and initiate...
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NEW YEAR by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko
Let all hearts break into joy With gratitude boiling Beyond containing measure For the great pleasure Of witnessing a New Year Like a sweet soft flowing streams The year has...
FEAST OF WORDS 2016: A TESTAMENT OF LOGIC AND ALTRUISM
Closing the pages of a mind containing the tactile memories of the WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM (WRR) LITERARY FESTIVAL 2016 – THE FEAST OF WORDS, is an impossible endeavor. There...
THREE MICE AND A KITTEN by Theophilus Femi Alawonde
Three old spinster mice, thought they ought to be nice. They found a cold kitten, and they didn't stop to reason. They took her to their hole, and Dorothy brought...
WWW (WORLD WITHOUT WOMAN) by Akinbode Oluwatobi Israel
World without woman: A day without the sky, A sky without the clouds, A dice without numbers. Flies on the rottenness of man; Hovering Silence in leaked cans, A Street...
SHADOW CAST by T. Masterpiece
Several eyes beam their lights on me and lo a cast. It’s my look-alike, but yet so dark and doesn’t last. It gives me several looks, of some I...
PRECIOUS MEEMAH by Oluwatosin Ayodeji
Among thorns - obstacles We sat all night And read words within my lines resonating lines --- Poetry That teases bodies and minds Felt the hair in my follicles Rising...
STREAMS by Bamigbola Silas
Like a stream flowing Progressing and changing its tides, Not stereotyped, Unwilling to recede. Hoping for other streams to coincide In order to form oceans.. Just like a tree and...
BROKEN PROMISES by Amao Williams Praise
Hopping, walking on broken promises; Stale promises flew helplessly in the air. Diving, swimming in a bloody ocean; Stabbed with a 'daguar' of envy and jealousy. Running, jogging on the...
I SHALL WRITE A LOVE STORY ONE DAY by Thaalith Abubakar Gimba
I shall write a love story one day. A story that sees no light of doomsday. The type which begins with Galileo, And ends with the adventures of Romeo. I...