BOYS OF SHATTERED DREAMS by Jonathan Otamere Endurance
after Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau’s “For boys who went' For Boys of Shattered Dreams... Their bones fragment on earth's closure Like the punctured walls of Borno — A preposition of dreams...
RESONANCE by Efe Ogufere
Your eyes wear mascara lines Open them and free the lashes Unclad, my emotions lay bare Calm my athletic pulse A butterfly sheds its cocoon No tears wanderlust Cold winds...
BIG BRIGITTE, PRICELESS POIRSON by Ebi Robert
Brigitte, the African Abcoulomb Igniting the darling design of our Acanthi Giant voice in my soundless Beginning Bigger for any write-hand adverb Raining rain on the raining tour Icing on...
ON BENDED KNEES by Stanley Egeonu
When your strength is exhausted And your spirit is strapped of vigour… When you can no longer stand the 'shaking' And the horrors of life cause you to suffer bruxism…...
ONE WEDNESDAY EVENING by Olawale Ibiyemi
the preacher spat into our ears his very Truth Now our ears sting, stink my ears sting; He has started a riot of tongues of tongues and has killed the...
FOOLERY by Joshua Levites
The way you look The way you talk Your dainty smiles Everything about you; The reason my saneness pends for moments of craze. The gracefullness of your beauty Has almost...
THE LAST OF SEASONS by Jesse Asonze
My inspiration is nowhere to be found I hear nothing, not an echo, not a sound I think it means I am no longer earth bound That I should now...
A TWISTED TALE by Maxwell Onyemaechi Opia-Enwemuche
A twisted tale it is As so many listens to hiss. who knows when she'll strike? show love to all without showing a spike. A mistake is not a death...
FORGET ME NOT by Maxwell Onyemaechi Opia-Enwemuche
They say my story is more of folklore, But thinking close is breathtaking. My heart still bleeds as I nurse my emotional sore Memories of my dying brothers while fighting...
MY LOVE NEEDS LIFE by Oluwaseyi Olatunji
Is this love I sense? The sweet seducing silence, The strong static voice, Sotto voce; sweet caress, From our hearts’ first kiss. Is this love that sings? Sitting on my...