AND THE CLOUDS RECEDED: Stanley Princewill McDaniels
And the clouds receded: Bit by bit it dissolves With the wind on the sky's pew; Spite the contraction of the beams, Sunset resolves The labour of man; after hours...
A DOZEN HAIKUS TO NATURE: Ayodeji A. Adeyemi
I fleet a way the heat soak, pant the roof so loud ly mix with dry tears II sashay the thin trees ruffle from root to green hair chase, whirl...
TABLET OF TRUTH: Benjamin Elemide
TABLET OF TRUTH (Letter to my sister) Oyinlola, Money can never worth the sweetness of honey Neither can volume of sweat determine income. Honey, indeed is honour, in truth, dignity;...
INSEPARABLE: Kay Ugwuzor
There were the moments That wove our hearts together In taut plaits Like tattoos etched on our light-skinned hearts We were one word Inseparable Time strutted away Like she had...
IF I DO NOT LOVE YOU: Echezonachukwu Nduka
If days are totally gone when Flowers brought with their scents that Charm that is love- Even if all flowers die and there are no scents To grace our presence,...
FOR THE DEAD, FOR THE BEREAVED: Covenanted Chimnonso
when this sea o'erflows its borders, brother, when we are no more bothered by the weight of life's worries and cares; there is consolation yonder. -adieu? but we seek for...
LOVE IS WORTH THE TROUBLE
CRAWL under, jump! Obstacles must yield RUN after the one for whom you long STAND, fight on love’s battlefield FALL in love while still young a wizened heart is too...
VANITY WROTE A SONNET!
After the bugle call War begins and great men fall After the trumpet sound Amidst bloodshed, bleeding dreams abound When the bugle sounds Then regal vultures are called to feasting...
TO THE CHILD BRIDE
YOU WILL NOT SEE ME COME! MY SCENTS YOU WILL NOT SNIFF! THE THOUGHTS OF MY MIND YOU WILL NOT READ! NEVER WILL YOU CATCH THE WAVE OF MY DRIFT!...