MAIDEN WITHIN THE SHADOWS by Adeosun Pelumi
My eyes grew heavy with sleep and like a pair of heavy doors, They shut with a muted thud I rode the tide of a fevered sleep And in my...
ECLIPSE by Mesioye Affable Johnson
Before navel birthed my sight on bleeding happenings, Our fathers' plight were feathers beneath the sky, Roaming,whirling,wailing on their breakfasts after being served with bereaved plates of slavery. We saw...
WHAT IS LOVE by Ikirigo Sokari Jeremiah
What is love, but an emotion so pure That through seasons and length of time will surely endure What is love but a force that can bring the mighty low...
THE POETRY OF A BROKEN STREET IV by Stanley Princewill McDaniels
so i sit here within forlorn walls drowning myself in a brown bottle of blue whiskey if you could see me, Treasure, you'd see a broken titanic sinking in my...
IT’S NOT OUR TIME, BUT WE ARE HERE ALREADY! by Kujembola Oluwaseun
We didn't beg to be conceived Neither did we beg mother to nourish her breast with milk for us We didn't beg to be conceived Yet we came, still weepin
SONGS AND DAUGHTERS by Faithfulness Okom
Our songs and daughters remain our pride and delusional paradise Our songs are sweet like fresh sugarcane soaked in undiluted honey Crispy to the mouth Engaging to the ears Shoulder...
HIS SAVING GRACE IS TO ALL by Osoba Taiwo Peter
There's no one like my saviour No friend can be like him A friend that is so sure When earthly lights grow dim The strength on His right arm Is...
EPISODES OF IGNORANCE by Moses Chibueze Opara
I. ASSULINA, the lady I so much trust Broke my heart and went on a strike Because I refused to take Her list for the shopping budget I gave her...
GUBER CRIMINALS by Ajijola Habeeb Da Beloved
it is the birthday of a new reign in march to promote the superiority of the hoi polloi we all march Let's forget about the gold and the silvers The...
HOPE FOR TODAY! by Saidu Jatau
This morning has come again, Now I am free again. This morning has come again, And my nightmare is gone today. This morning has come, Shredding the prism of my...