doctored or un-doctored, black or white, he is only human for though the sun kings today, tomorrow shall be the moon’s. lies or truths; we deserve some white words so we can appease our souls and boycott the many laughters of the human race; pistol dukes. we are all lunatics on the ‘open field’ sometimes… Continue reading TWO-FACED “IGP” by Victor Igiri
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AMALGAMATION OF PAINS by Bada Yusuf Amoo
Green and white detribalised our existence Our grumblings are more private than public Alas! Our ears have been listened to dialogues Will writers present a collective opinion? While the nation’s children live together Like children of unknown concubines Fighting for the rights of their mothers Would the writers watch? Men and women in native attire… Continue reading AMALGAMATION OF PAINS by Bada Yusuf Amoo
FALLING….CALLING
I am …….. calling to the father above to look me at altar of peace where my generation become my cross and the innocent blood my sin oh father save me . Lining on the way is a mess I tried to walk but filled with fence I trade all but not forth coming I… Continue reading FALLING….CALLING
TELL THEM by Omotayo Awoyemi
Tell them we can see them; The house of bones they live in, The sweats that flush their gutters, The sweats of our fathers and mothers, and The blood of our brothers on their lintels, That bought ’em passover from their trade; Trade of death. Tell them we’re louder; We’re louder in anger than Abel,… Continue reading TELL THEM by Omotayo Awoyemi
LAMENTATION by Moses Oluwatobi Adebayo
Not the dead or lost, I revile That I lament and mourn sore; Neither regret him gone to exile, This sun I shall see no more; Do I cry for and show pities, I groan for the land and sea; Kingdoms, nations and great cities, In dirts, I spue and wallow as he; Overwhelmed by… Continue reading LAMENTATION by Moses Oluwatobi Adebayo
CHANGE by El Sane Ken Silencer
Ah! Men are wailing women are whooPing Children are crying no one is watching… Who is beating all? Recession! Father cried back when I talked broke… I wanted to meat mother, but her face said more bartered. Brethren! Have youse seen what I told youse, that a day is come- and here it is when… Continue reading CHANGE by El Sane Ken Silencer
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 ravaging hope. And who stole our glory thus giving us a glorious curse filling our feeding purse with tales of burst. who bought our souls… Continue reading RHETORICS OF THE TENSED by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
REDEMPTION by Chinemerem Ikeogu
A solemn pledge A vow to break every hedge To smash the fetters that have restrained our progress To loosen the shackles that have made us grow less To halt the deliberate actions that have hurt our image To discontinue the dereliction that has kept millions in bondage To uproot the weed of selfishness that… Continue reading REDEMPTION by Chinemerem Ikeogu
WHAT SONG COULD WE SING by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko
At fifty six, What song could we sing? When wheats are so few, And bowls hardly get their dues? What song could we sing? When feet are feeble, And hands sag, While the mouths gape for a fill? After five of ten and six, What song could we sing? Of a land once known as… Continue reading WHAT SONG COULD WE SING by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko
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 collage. A flame still flickers for the silent screams The ghosts of her womanhood lost in Chibok. Before our very eyes, they steal our skies… Continue reading CITY OF OWLS by Efe Ogufere