BON VOYAGE by Hannatu Adamu
Come, my child, did I hear you right? Come, sit tight, you give me a fright Your father, as you well know, left me out in the cold And right...
RHETORICS OF THE TENSED by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
That who shall hitherto save our paling green And save our scares of soul When would our boredom hood Turn-on our daylight dream Who shall saviour our twilight wolves,redeeming our...
EVEN THE HEAVENS CRIED by Stanley Egeonu
Do you know even the heavens cried When your heart was hurt and pained When you fought, lost and again tried, Your garment torn and blood stained? Do you know...
BINYAVANGABRATION by Maxwell Onyemaechi Opia-Enwemuche
(For Kenneth Binyavanga Wainaina) A generation will always stand still at some time Not for a person as he appears, but his words which light up any nation. You don’t...
EJIRO-OGHENE by Agele Ayo
I did fly Up, up, up the sky Giving a big lie That I won’t be back for a while. Ejjiroh She bent down so low To the bone, she...
THE SIXTHS by Izuchukwu Okafor
Growing older I realized that I've been a fool for so long I believed everything Hoped on anything taking it easy as they always say when I try something Have...
POLITICALLY POLITICAL POLICIES by Kujembola Oluwaseun
This policy will be policed to be a politically political induction. Let me introduce myself, first. I am Comrade Ambassador NoWork ManChop; B.A, B.Ed, B.Sc, M.Sc, PhD, B.B.C, and of...
A NIGHT WITH YOU by Oluwatosin Ayodeji
It was never in doubt I saw it coming with tonic It was a night, A night where the stars gathered in memorial to the serendipity of the muse With...
MOREMI by Samuel Amazing Ayoade
empty gourds of palmwine clanging at the palace gates though I have not seen a drunk King Akogun! We have lost the battle again where are the men of war?...
GATAN AREWA by Ken Mamman
Taka a hankali Most beautiful Yarinya yar north-side Sarautar ki is not what we see everyday Yours is in the zuciya They see you but can't look at you Your...