never underestimate the power of the weak
Rwanda | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Marial Awendit
Kagame atop the hills blows
His horn,
And the echoes melt the machetes
A Table Where I Am The Breakfast | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Oluwatobi Ezekiel Poroye
my country invites me
to a table where
I am the breakfast.
A Passage Through Time | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Abosede Ogundare
Time is a seer; a prophecy
of ashes clogged in beauty.
God’s Waiting Room | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Derek Ehiorobo
At God’s waiting room,
it rains when you least expect,
& sometimes, that may be all you need.
Akpabana’s Banquet | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Hillary Ofukocho Anfofun
Soon, beneath the heavens’ trembling roof, the potbellied profligates of public trust will dine on the bitter fruits of their schemes as lightning carves their names into the night sky.
Sweetness & Ruin (Gummosis) | a CỌ́N-SCÌÒ poem by Jakky Bankong-Obi
….flowering with a sweetness that snares, forestalling the impulse to flight.
ALUTA | a poem by Erhimesoja
Some fell, like harmattan leaves, their dreams unfulfilled
But their legacy remains, a seedling that won’t be stilled
LET THERE BE LIGHT / REMNANTS OF A DYING COMPATRIOT / UNTITLED LETTER TO THE LEADERS OF MY HOMELAND | three poems by Muheez Olawale
in my mother tongue,
the only difference between living and transiting
to the great beyond lies just in a tonal variation.
A DEFILED ALTAR | a poem by Oladimeji Olatunji
A black sun rose from the west, where the earth slipped on its face…