‘SUICIDE’ & ‘THE NIGHT IS NOT DARK’ (POEMS BY YUSUFF UTHMAN ADEKOLA)
Suicide First, the mind dies, leaves life, but returns as a zombie covered in festering wounds of thoughts. Then, so the world does not weep before their time to weep,...
DARKEST HOUR by Anyanwu Sixtus
I met love just like the cloud couldHold the glittering stars so dearWill my love for her go clandestineAfter ages upon ages do I waitJust to have her been cuddled...
LOSING UNSPOKEN LOVE by El Sane Ken Silencer
The star that glisten the night, if gone, darkness eschew' the eyes light, leaving the soul restless; love built unspoken, kills when lost and of it is the most brutal...
YOU DON’T GIVE UP! (a poem by Samson Iroko)
Has your leg the strength to climb high the mountains,Or your hand the power to swim across the ocean.
NATIONS CRY (a poem by Ugochukwu Ohadoma)
From the depth of emotionsFor the dying visionsI set my eyes upon nationsSo forgotten and in incarceration How precious the gift of freedomHow determinant the power of decisionsHow hardened the...
REMEMBER US THIS WAY (a poem by Emmiasky Ojex)
Another 12-Year old has just been laid to rest with his mother wailings as the day before yesterday, he laid on her chest,
A HOUSE WITHOUT HOME (a poem by Ayeyemi Taofeek)
Where is the last path on this map? Where does it leads? The end or the beginning of endlessness? I'm exhausted cramming every escape route that leads out of this...
GRIDLOCKS (a poem by Victor Igiri)
A million days still counting against CHIBOK and here we begin a new census for DAPCHI,
that which chronicles the ruins of dark Centers.
WHILE I STARE (a poem by Emmiasky Ojex)
Guns became our toys, breaking hearts became a thing of joy, corruption became a hobby
and we’ve turned immorality into our Tommy
ONCE UPON A TIME (A POEM) BY GABRIEL OKARA
Once upon a time, son, they used to laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes: but now they only laugh with their teeth, while their ice-block-cold eyes search...