OMOGE AWELEWA – CAN YOU BEAR IT?
Eleyinjuege! My words have crawled Upon the waters, My heart had danced About the quarters of crisis, I hung my fear upon sky facade And I have stolen courage From...
WHY MAMA, WHY?
Why mama, why? Shall we fail to speak With the talkative rod? Shall we cease to paint With our single-mouthed brush? Why mama, why? You drop your cheek On your...
YOBE SCHOOL BOMBING: WHERE IS THE BREATH OF FRESH AIR?
Here is a poem, a question, a cry for and by the dead and the living: A hundred and fifty million noses sniffing the air, Searching for the fragrance that...
EXPENSIVE ANGER
Make your anger so expensive That no one can afford it!.. — Oluwa Seun Tiwistar
CRUMBLING EARTH
One day the Moon said to me "I will no longer shine on you For your deeds under my light are dark And your thoughts under my shade are gloomy"...
WHO SHOULD MAKE AMENDS
Where is he who will take the blame? If it isn't I who killed the bear The dead candle, I can't withstand its flame It isn't you who struck the...
LOVE AND HATE
Love hurts Hate Kills
OKENYE UKWU: A TRIBUTE)
I called him ‘OKENYE UKWU’1 My father Onowu Iyasele Chike Ofodile A world of grand processions, rituals, rites of mystery, magic, sages and taboos of sweetest kindred ties and kindred...
A BALLAD FOR YOU, YES YOU!
You, who dictate His will to God, you, the holy mentor Who unsheathe a black flag to slaughter a neighbor, Who destroy in the name of the Creator, I spy...
IS IT NOT YOURS?
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