OF THE FEUD BETWEEN CATS AND MICE (a poem in two parts) by Theophilus Femi Alawonde
WHAT KATIE HAD TO SAY It was a fine sunny day that an old giant cat came to where I lay she said, "Are you the Mister Theophilus that wrote...
PARALLEL LINES MYTH by Morenikeji Oloye
“Ada, that boy is not good for you!" Mama Ada lamented. “Aren't there enough beautiful Hausa maidens for you to make your choice?" Mustapha's brother interjected. “He's the one I...
FOOD MAP by Promise O. Idemudia
As thick as the cloud, In preparation for the descending Of the "egusi", showing your yellow Gowns of fangs with greenish spots Enriched with the various types Of stocked fish...
MY STRENGTH IS IN YOU by Adedokun Seyi
I am my own chariot and warrior Winning battles without collecting enemies' lots It is queasy If my quiver is full of breathless warriors What sound of gong is sweet...
SCARS by Mayor Jake
My heart is pegged with scars. Each scar, telling different tales. Beautifully bitter scars looking like gars That are made to live within the dales. I don't want to tell...
FALLING….CALLING
I am ........ calling to the father above to look me at altar of peace where my generation become my cross and the innocent blood my sin oh father save...
RUMBLE FOR A DANCE by Maxwell Onyemaechi Opia-Enwemuche
Rumble for a Dance The beauty of the mind cannot be separated No matter how we are eventually celebrated Hearts will beat together from a distance And emotions may feel...
Whatshername? by Yugo Gabriel Egboluche
She is a girl, not the Chocolate to sweeten your taste buds, neither is she the Butterscotch for you to unwrap at will for toy She is a lady, not...
UNCLE JERO THE SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER by Olawale Ibiyemi
I Often he speaks with the charm of an angel, his words filliping the minds that listen like a feather He is the priest standing by the altar of unrighteousness...
THE ACCUSER by Abel Adive
Are you here to write my wrongs? Or to right my wrongs? Do you take me as a thing? Or just a wayward teen? Yes I have seen Surely I...