YOU MADE ME WHAT I AM
I am, that was from dead womb born,That drank the spittle of your scorn.And from the riches of your dumpsI got my meals in moldy lumps. That little boy, frail...
I AM A BIG TREE (a poem by El Sane Ken Silencer)
I am a big tree a tree with huge branches- branches full of leaves stay cool under me my branches cover vast… I could hide you from the sun equally...
TO LOVE (a poem by Imelda Ugwuanyi)
thinks it’s “this”
She believes it’s “that”
They bring “this”
and put “that”
It never solved the puzzle.
PSYCHIC DISCORD (a poem by Thaalith Abubakar Gimba)
ILet us give ourselves a modest name;And spread the knowledge of virtue.Not shelter under the canopy of fame;When the world needs people of advanced IQ. IINay, dear brother! He would...
TO BE GOOD (a poem by El Sane Ken Silencer)
I killed myself,Trying to give life;I gave out my heartThinking the world as 'twas- Twas a place- palaceEvery head wore crownHappiness in every faceNo body move in pretense. I give...
THIS CAGED BIRD SINGS (a poem by Theophilus Femi Alawonde)
this caged bird is a boy, who longed for life,
for love, for normality. teachers said he was arrogant,
that he could well hear you speak, but he won’t reply you
WHAT IF I SAID I LOVE YOU (a poem by Emmiasky Ojex)
What if I said I love you? Would your heart skips its stepping stones and you fall into a bottomless hole?
HOW I SLEPT & WOKE (a poem by El Sane Ken Silencer)
This is how I woke with eyes strict wide, deep and gummed in dream.
love must hurt (a poem by Oppong Clifford Benjamin)
when yaa gyanfuah threw her eyes on the mirror walls of the restaurant she saw the debris of what was love on her face
HOW TO BE A HUMAN (a poem by Oluwaseyi Olatunji)
A million emoji, snaps, statuses, tweets can’t substitute the feeling of another hand holding yours, the comfort and succour that another voice gives.