HOPE: Oladimeji Babafemi
As rain is not for the dry days So is Hope not for yesterdays. Shall we seek a better past, Swallow memories of full plates emptied fast? Should we murmur...
BLACK AND BLUE: Shade Mary-Ann Olaoye
First punch August visitor, never expected Oh baby I’m sorry he gushed There will be no more she thought Second punch He said it was all her fault Just do...
A RIDE OF DARKNESS by Adeosun Pelumi
Ill fated dusk; When the moon shines above And the glittery stars twinkled to life, The dark and its minions rode. And with tendrils of dread Planted in each men...
WHO WILL RESCUE US: Okeme Jerome Akpevwe
Who will find the key to this cage of ours? Or are we going to be prisoners for life? For our wings have gone numb. We know not if those...
I CRY FOR THE GODS: Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
I cry for the barking gods who write With illusory saliva on empty souls, But their words perish as particles of Silence hides their deceit in sepulcher of history. I...
I’M ALREADY GONE: Kay Ugwuzor
When I'm dead, Put my body in a metal box Throw it into the bottom of the sea So people would not come to see And pretend to mourn Who...
KISSES: Olajide Taiwo Teniola
Kisses (a sextet and an acrostic poem) Kindling flames of feelings In hearts of lovers Swapped streams of lust Spilling sound Enchant Still
HERE I AM NOW: Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
in due time, it will cum keep planting, it will come suck determination's nipple surely, it'll cum, with firm ripple i've crawled before eaten meals off the floor licked clean...
GUILTY: Prince Kuti Adetoye Olayinka
I have pointed, The accusing finger At the mouth of The mute mirror. Yes,I have thrown Cursing stony stones Into the silent marketplace Seeking out the heads of the guilty....
ECHOES FROM THE GRAVE: Olusegun Governor Lawal
Listen gently my lovely flower For I deem it fit to wither through the time. Silencing the voice of the voiceless Should you grow to a mighty tree The advice...