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AN ODE TO THE SON OF THE SOIL: A TRIBUTE TO CHINUA ACHEBE | a poem by Chidera Udochukwu
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AN ODE TO THE SON OF THE SOIL: A TRIBUTE TO CHINUA ACHEBE | a poem by Chidera Udochukwu

Staff WriterNovember 8, 2022November 8, 2022

The most valuable Nigerian export is neither gold nor oil,
It is Chinua Achebe, the true son of the soil,
This is the poem to celebrate black excellence

‘HALF OF A YELLOW SUN’ & ‘PARADISE LOST’ (three poems by Yohanna Singfuri Daniel)
POETRY

‘HALF OF A YELLOW SUN’ & ‘PARADISE LOST’ (three poems by Yohanna Singfuri Daniel)

Staff WriterSeptember 17, 2022September 17, 2022

Does God allow gods
To preach love & show hate
In the name Of holy communion?

THE ROCKS HAIL YOU (2 poems for Niyi Osundare by Dunni Ebenco)
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THE ROCKS HAIL YOU (2 poems for Niyi Osundare by Dunni Ebenco)

Staff WriterSeptember 17, 2022September 17, 2022

the eyes of the rocks shine at your voice.
the legs of the hills dance dexterously,
at the rhythmicity of your verses

‘BECAUSE BOYS ARE NOT FLOWERS’, ‘BLEEDING EARTH’, ‘IN MY COUNTRY NO ONE PAYS TICKET FOR THE CONCERT’, ‘CITY OF LIGHTS & ‘AUBADE TO DAWN’ (five poems by Adesiyan Oluwapelumi)
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‘BECAUSE BOYS ARE NOT FLOWERS’, ‘BLEEDING EARTH’, ‘IN MY COUNTRY NO ONE PAYS TICKET FOR THE CONCERT’, ‘CITY OF LIGHTS & ‘AUBADE TO DAWN’ (five poems by Adesiyan Oluwapelumi)

Staff WriterSeptember 14, 2022September 14, 2022

Say, silence bears seeds & disperses them through the garden of this body.
Say, her flowers have thorns.
Say, this body is bleeding. Say, this body’s throat is slit & parched.

‘RHYTHM’, ‘BLIND SIGHT’, ‘MISCONCEPTION’, ‘WINGS OF DEATH’, & WAS SHE CREATED TO BE SO?’ (five poems by Abubakar Auwal)
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‘RHYTHM’, ‘BLIND SIGHT’, ‘MISCONCEPTION’, ‘WINGS OF DEATH’, & WAS SHE CREATED TO BE SO?’ (five poems by Abubakar Auwal)

Staff WriterSeptember 13, 2022September 13, 2022

Another child renders grandmas’ poem
An imagination, whose stanzas are dyke of tales,
Now it has swallowed him a line.

‘VINTAGE COLORED DREAMS’, ‘THE TWINS’, ‘THE AIR BEING’ & ‘YET I REMAIN HUMAN’ ’ (four poems by Igbokwe Amarachi)
POETRY

‘VINTAGE COLORED DREAMS’, ‘THE TWINS’, ‘THE AIR BEING’ & ‘YET I REMAIN HUMAN’ ’ (four poems by Igbokwe Amarachi)

Staff WriterSeptember 13, 2022September 13, 2022

I wear a mask with dimples that twinkle
and remain, as they say, an optimistic human

‘WHAT TO SAY TO THE BOY THAT ASKS FOR THE REMNANTS OF RAIN’ & ‘METAMORPHOSIS’ (two poems by Salim Yakubu Akko)
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‘WHAT TO SAY TO THE BOY THAT ASKS FOR THE REMNANTS OF RAIN’ & ‘METAMORPHOSIS’ (two poems by Salim Yakubu Akko)

Staff WriterSeptember 13, 2022September 13, 2022

and the remnants
of the orphaned rain is lying here
between our ribs, sieving the dust
trying to blur the eye’s of this
night would born.

‘WATER IS ASLEEP’, ‘THE CLOUDS ARE ABSENT’, & ‘PAYBACK’ (three poems by Mai William Bemsii Junior)
POETRY

‘WATER IS ASLEEP’, ‘THE CLOUDS ARE ABSENT’, & ‘PAYBACK’ (three poems by Mai William Bemsii Junior)

Staff WriterSeptember 13, 2022September 13, 2022

Fowls have become dumb
Dogs are now bony
Dust is tick and fleshy

THERE IS PEACE IN THIS LAND (a poem by Imam Sarafadeen)
POETRY

THERE IS PEACE IN THIS LAND (a poem by Imam Sarafadeen)

Staff WriterSeptember 7, 2022September 7, 2022

A rich man is helping a poor man
A convict is dancing with a child,
People put aside their differences
& proclaim a triumphant hope

HOW I BAKE MY DAILY BREAD  (a poem by Joseph Olamide Babalola )
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HOW I BAKE MY DAILY BREAD (a poem by Joseph Olamide Babalola )

Staff WriterSeptember 4, 2022September 4, 2022

I launch my day mixing desires in the same
bowl with uncertainties, kneading them soft
on the intricate board of complexities

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