HEAVEN by Osoba Taiwo Peter
How beautiful heaven must be Where God's light is forever shining Prepared for those from sin flee Where their shall be no weeping nor wailing I'm going to a place...
IN MY COUNTRY: by Chileh Pedro
There are words, loads of them in my country, Many cry them, some prophesy them! The powers, they curse and become angry Our countenance, they become solemn. In my country,...
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...
SANGO: by Aremu Adams Adebisi
Jakuta, son of Aganju, Violent ruler, grandson of Oduduwa; Who rescued Alaafin Ajaka When he was being sent for by the Owu people, So that he fought till he was...
GEHENNA: by Aremu Adams Adebisi
Gehenna, The long narrow thorny pass Through furnaces over some muddy floors, Terribly disgusting to lost lamb's souls; Sending forth malignant odors To their ephemeral bodies. Gehenna, Unaccessed by the...
FREEDOM, THE PATH OF HISTORY: by Ayodeji A. Adeyemi
(In honor of victims of slavery while it lasted International Day for the Abolition of Slavery) Toiling and thumping in the pains of history freedom they say was all we...
WHO SHOULD MAKE AMENDS? by Oluwaseun Peters (Tiwistar)
Where is he who will take the blame? It isn't I who killed the bear The dead candle, I can't withstand its flame It isn't you who struck the pear...
CREATION: by Benjamin Elemide
I was on the 2015th stairs of time In the room of reason on a bright morning When I stumbled across a film- The creation. Curiosity lined by brow as...
LIFE IS A POEM: by Moses Oluwatobi Adebayo
Life is a poem, Full of diverse rhythm; With odds and rigid verses, Lines written of restated stanzas; Many readers gets bored at the theme, Quitting at its long and...
NATURE TESTIFIES OF A WOMAN: by Aobakwe Obza Elvis Motshubi
I have been to the jungle Quite a mystery to unfold So is a way of a woman Mysterious, yet extravagant as gold I beheld beautiful sunsets With beaming magical...