WORDS IN THE WIND by Jerry joel
Floating in the wind, are wise words ricocheted off foolish ears, like indian rubber balls. Floating in the wind, are wantonly whispered words on destinationless journeys, whirling with the wind....
CITY OF OWLS by Efe Ogufere
Despair… A parliament divided, the nation in flight When death came in hoots, we stepped aside. A mother laughs when her tears are spent Blood and smoke creates a perfect...
I LISTEN TO YOU by Amore David Olamide
I listen to the sprout of these words coming out Betwixt the puncture of your ivory carves... I listen again and again and again in times.. To this substantial tendency...
BEFORE THE DAWN OF MAN by Olusegun M. Lawal
Before the night feast on the morning sun And vomit its intestine to smile at noon I save the glorious mind Which escalates through the slippery part . Before the...
I SLEPT WITH HER by Akinbode Oluwatobi Israel
On a day when the breeze seems lost, Roaming the streets, disturbing the trees, The rain came in search for the lost, That night... I slept with her. . I...
POET OF THE WEEK: “I CAN’T LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT POETRY” – MBAGU VALENTINE CHIGOZIE
Mbagu Valentine Chigozie is an award-winning Nigerian writer and Poet. He goes by the moniker ‘Vabec’. Though born in Onitsha, Anambra state, Mbagu hails from Ozalla in Nkanu-West, Enugu state,...
THE WORLD IS A TREE by El Sane Ken Silencer
The world is a tree Humans are The branches: the leaves And the seeds... The world is a tree- A tree that fruit many fruits. Eatable and uneatable; Cherish-able, be...
DANCE STEPS by Teslim Omipidan
Her hips swayed rhythmically to the tempo of the mystical Bàtá beaten with the hands of antiquity at the village square. Elders nodded in accordance, onlookers cheered in glee while...
THE PRICE OF LOVE by Michael Inioluwa Oladele
Did I remember to tell you? Did you remember to ask me? Or, Have you seen beauty for free in the market? Have you seen 'fresh' oranges in a basket?...
A SAD ONE by Hannatu Adamu
Why I wandered into the wood I’ll never know There, I cried all the tears I could Till my eyes lost their glow I like to think me safe From...