DEAR GIRL… DREAM! by Joshua Levites
You cried at your birth But they cried even louder. You travelled through tough terrains But you found no rest amongst brothers, Father. Even mother. You espied the gathering of...
FOR A STAR by Oluwaseyi Olatunji
For a star; I draw lines from muse, Yes, for a stunning star, I’m breaking rules. If every wish would be true, Like the Caribbean blue, Then haste my feelings...
POET OF THE WEEK: RULES OF THE GAME by Alozor Michael Ikechukwu
One at a time is the step of life Take a leap when you get to a pit Else, down the pit you'll dive When you resurface your bearing is...
LET’S MAKE A CHAPEL by Yugo Gabriel Egboluche
I won’t make a party out of loving you – protest to social lot, so I don’t get drunk - drunk on love, in the highs of now, to query...
FOOLISH ME! by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko
I toil night and day leaving no room for rest; For I thought to myself, ‘Rest is for those whom idleness have impressed’. So I turned an owl at night...
NO POETRY by Efe Ogufere
No Poetry could… Describe the beads of sweat, That form rivulets on Lamy’s back like dew. Explain how joy overflows In tears from eyes that have held sadness. Fathom how...
EULOGY AND PUFFERY by Ebi Robert
(for She I praise and exaggerate) My love shall make my lover a poetess For she is in love with a poet and Sense I speak in stanzas to praise...
I TOLD YOU by Jerry Joel
I told you What my mouth couldnt spew Closely guarded secrets and sins Of all of yesterday's meetings If only you knew how hard it was I told you About...
HALLELUJAHS AND AMENS by Izuchukwu Okafor
I know what it's like to be disappointed, I understand what it's like to wait patiently, silently. But moreover I understand the joy of success and achievement, one that for...
THE SECOND COMING by Joshua Levites
Before morning, there was moaning Smearing the innocence of the night, With two bodies entwined, To cause havoc Absent conscience, Absent worries, No thoughts, Just sounds, Gasps, And then snaps...