MAY FUEL SCARCITY MEET HIS FUNERAL by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
Uche paid a month's wage for a gallon of kerosened-fuel! then harried his bus to the garage where he quadrupled the regular fare. Musa shouted, "driver, this is not fair,"...
SING US THE ANTHEM by Adeyemi Richardson
The fever of Salem Rushing through the Phloem May never still them Wherever it sights them So we begged them To sing us the anthem That we may free them
NAKED TIDES by Oppong Clifford Benjamin
Have you ever seen the sea undress Throwing its waist about to impress Coming closer in tides to you seduce While you scream more for the juice The tides The...
A PEOPLE’S HOPE by El Sane Ken Silencer
A People's Hope. Life... A damsel I have, nor can I call my wife Is whom I cannot call my own But people are admiring and courting her with daring-belief......
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...
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...