i am tired of waiting around for something to happen,
say, news of a cure, news of a friend’s death,
news of my mother accidentally getting sneezed
‘NATURE IS INJURED’ & ‘WHEN THEY ASK ME HOW I SURVIVED’ (two poems by Adeyeye James Oluwatobi)
each time darkness grabbed me by my wears I gave it to her & ran away naked…
I have learned to hide my grief grief inside lyrics of beautiful voices
A WORLD OF TWO LORDS (a poem by Ugochukwu Ohadoma)
We now have a world of two lords,
No man, no woman.
APHASIA (a poem by Kayode Adedoyin)
Darkness is a type of aphasia
That hinders me from pronouncing words the right way.
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