WaZoBia NUTS (a Nigerian Satire)
[caption id="attachment_925" align="aligncenter" width="300"] WaZoBia Nuts[/caption] You that say Nigeria is but a map And call that we knife out borders – No more sisters and brothers! Here I'll brew...
IS THERE A BETTER TOMORROW? (by Moses Opara)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="355"] Is There A Better Tomorrow?[/caption] Sometimes, Rejection makes us feel worthless. Like all efforts are wasted And all hope lost. Yet, we try harder! Face painted...
THESE TEARS I WEEP! (a lamentation for Nigeria by Linus Okechukwu)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="223"] These Tears I Weep[/caption] I. These tears I weep… I weep not for myself, But for what my eyes have seen, And what my ears in...
MAY EDEN KNOW PEACE (a prayer for Nigeria by Owokere A. Etim)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="279"] May Eden Know Peace![/caption] May Eden know peace! May the source of all races see bliss. May the land where rivers meet Cry not of a...
TALE OF TALES (a drifting nation at 52)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320"] Tale of Tales[/caption] I know the tales of the past But which one is true, I do not know. ... They said the white ones came...
52 YEARS! (by Uchechukwu Ekwurekwu Obiakor)
Now you are 52 – Yesterday is past. We recall 1960; 1967-1970 still tell stories – Of course, no victor no vanquished. The sun sets at dawn, Children down with...
PRE-EXISTENCE (by Fr. Albert Jungers)
[caption id="attachment_880" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Pre Existence[/caption] If I could be before myself Then I might never have been here… But the die was cast, without my help And so I...
THE MISTLETOE AND THE TREE (a parable of Life by John Eva)
[caption id="attachment_875" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Mistletoe and The Tree[/caption] The tree tells the mistletoe To suck her sap with ease And stop stretching his tent. The mistletoe sneers and...
WHEN INSPIRATION FLIES AWAY
[caption id="attachment_870" align="aligncenter" width="239"] When Inspiration Flies Away[/caption] The sun goes down, I sit with my pen In the darkness of my den. There in the pot is the ink,...
OKWESILIEZE (He Who Is Destined To Be King by Dike Chukwumerije)
[caption id="attachment_866" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Okwesilieze[/caption] Today I saw a mysterious thing A thing that vexed me to my very soul I saw the black man dressed like a king But...