TEARS OF OIL by Awa Chigozie Jerome
Tears of oil Graveyard of petals Bloomed and buried Right before the sun caress Where lies the roots Shedding tears of oil Dialogue of drunk gloats Today the giant of...
MAY FUEL SCARCITY MEET HIS FUNERAL by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
Uche paid a month's wage for a gallon of kerosened-fuel! then harried his bus to the garage where he quadrupled the regular fare. Musa shouted, "driver, this is not fair,"...
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...
THE PERILS OF HUMANITY by Adeosun Pelumi
These tears i shed in droplets of words, upon the parchment of my heart, for the maimed glory of Humanity's death. This sweats that trickled down my parched body, crimson...
A PRICE FOR BREAD! by Akpoveta Akpoviri
Right goes for tiny piece of bread Brewed by thieves of twisted tongues Promises made but never to be fulfilled Forced down the throat of gullible citizens Blinded by poverty...
IN MY COUNTRY: by Chileh Pedro
There are words, loads of them in my country, Many cry them, some prophesy them! The powers, they curse and become angry Our countenance, they become solemn. In my country,...
NOT MY CONCERN: Aremu Adams Adebisi
Hear me, kinsmen! Hear my lamentations! Those who do what has not been done Shall experience what has not been witnessed. If an ugly vulture Keeps pecking to death its...
ONLY A STEP: Prince Kuti Adetoye Olayinka
The very fabric Of this nation, Torn!torn before sewn. Yes!this multicoloured fabric! This nation died, Right before it was born, Crippled right before it won The right to walk like...
THE JUDGEMENT MOON: Prince Kuti Adetoye Olayinka
I will be here, MR POLITICIAN... Yes!here writing silently Pray for your death fervently No mercy in that prayer,not marginally I will be here... Yes!Here even after your tenure Tenure...
ELECTION AGITATION
In the name of God he begs He's on his knees not his legs Just give him your votes And he'll shower you with those plenty notes. Which do you...