LIFE IS A CROOK by Agbaakin O. Jeremiah
Life is a crook and though you pour him drinks and fill his bed with feathers and whores. It’s the uneven face of the sky it’s cloudy in Pompei as...
…THIS VAN by Mfon Udoudo
Some trot Some walk Some stalk Some just talk Others hide in the grot. Steaming pot. Scenting aroma? If only it was a panorama showing scenes of this drama. But...
MARIA by Samuel Amazing Ayoade
I will pronounce your name, Maria I will pronounce you Upon the hills of Lebanon down the straits of Gibratah Upon the hills of Kigali Down the Sub-saharan arids Even...
BACK IN THIS PLACE by Samuel Amazing Ayoade
I’m back in this place where the moon rejoices at the hearing of melodious lullabies sung into the cranium of crying babies who are stuck to mother’s backs at the...
FATHERS OF INSANITY by Abdulbasit Abubakar Adamu
We are fathers of insanity Rowing down these boats to the land of charity Like Zombies on the streets walking slow. But our infections on the body makes you low....
KNOW ‘NO’ by Christopher Titus
Life’s journey is like in jail At times, it seems you’re on hell Work as an elephant But feed as though a snail Know no but say no to its...
I LOVE YOU, SO I MUST HATE YOU by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
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WHAT DO YOU SEE by Jerry Joel
I see brothers building borders and breaking brotherly bonds. Leaders instigating conflicts while looting public funds. Battle chants brewing from a distance. Is war inevitable? or are there plans, To...
POET OF THE WEEK: “TO REMAIN RELEVANT, A WRITER NEEDS TO KEEP LEARNING WITH HUMILITY” — AWODIYA FUNKE
Awodiya Esther Funke is one of the leading female voices in Nigerian poetry. Born in Lagos where she currently resides, Funke hails from Ilesha in Osun State, Nigeria. The highly...
WHAT IS LOVE? by Jesse Asonze
Love is a long hard journey A voyage into another's soul A means to check pungent characters A blossoming of the heart Love is the ache I feel The emptiness...