THE AFRICAN WOMAN by Goodness Ayoola
Tonight, the moon has refused to wane Milky, she stays watching… The figure nightly clothed, flanked with duty The pestle woman and the defeated yam In the rugged mortal to...
ORENTE by Ogunkoya Oluwadamilare
I saw you, by the stream last night under the shimmering moonlight where life is beautiful and time full of passion. I hear it, the volume of your furtiveness things...
Nigerian Poetry – CHAINED! by Uduak Otongaran
Don't chain me down with your words Don't hold me down! You tear me into shreds Like a threadbare rag When you bark orders at me I shrink And withdraw...
TWO LIPS ON LOVE’S UDDERS by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
— for Mrs Kukogho-to-be we may drift apart like boats in troubled seas when emotions’ hands hijack our rudders and, briefly, our journeys may cease… till our lips meet on...
THE LOVER’S PLEA by Bamas Sinach Victoria
Tears and Sadness marks my face as I stared into empty space I pondered if I have played my last ace as I prayed for God's Grace. As past emotions...
TIME by Oriade Olarewaju Tajudeen
1 i loose my blacks to gain your grey i loose my stealth to become your prey Time! i don't want your experience! give me back, my innocence! 2 i...
THE OTHER SIDE OF LOVE by Kay Ugwuzor
I woke up On this side of your love Where your shoulder slouches And your fidelity sleeps On lascivious laps Kissing plastic lips. I felt your heart Beat to a...
MY COMMITMENT TO CHANGE by Yusuf Lekan
I hate every moment of heavy thought But this failed to elude me For my heart has become weary of it To write is nothing but to regain my feet...
IRENE by Stefn Sylvester
You are black, You are wise, You are beautiful, Of creativity are you full. When you dance Wriggling your curves From West to North They stare like morons Lost in...
RAIN by Saidu Mark Jatau
Oh! My soul leaped for joy watching the cloud cry today, She must have been beaten black and blue as I watched her tears pouring out uncontrollable today. Even the ground could...