LET US HAVE THAT PEACE AGAIN by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
And the day a mist bloody hectic day of war Brothers drenched in blood Sister heads to bush Mothers breastfeeding the dog Fathers in tunnel Their return uncertain. The turning...
DEATH IS BEAUTIFUL by Ijalusi Oluwatola Samuel
O Death, I salute you the pliable merciful herald who ushers one out and in, transiting between life and death. Seen as the end but negate breaking bodies down to...
A SONG OF COLOR by Efe Ogufere
I am the black, The humus deep within the earth, The life and succor to a dying seed The hope of a thousand souls that draw breath Melanin in tears...
FOR AN UNSUNG HEROINE by Theophilus Femi Alawonde
for Lois .I. Alawonde, a multi-talented teen, who died of an unknown sickness, on the 11th of September, 2012. I write this as a song, for an heroine, unsung. She...
HER SAD WISDOM by Dumejes Momalife
I Fair Matilda formed out of the morning sun This beauty caused rivalry between pantheons and fingers Her frown is more beautiful than the smile of Aphrodite and Venus II...
DARK CLOUDS by Mfon Udoudo
Where do the clouds kiss the hills? When does dusk kiss the dawn? It's the point of the deals The point where they fawn Gently, slowly, the plant buds Morning,...
OGERE by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
Lie still you are In this coming and Going of chariots and their rides. If they please you, still, otherwise Lie still you are. The insight knows you It do...
A REPORTER FROM ZAIRE by Efe Ogufere
Her palms are sweaty… His are dry and firm, how can he be so calm? She is all he ever wanted in a woman…he often quipped. Why the foreboding feeling...
DEATH by Cletus Nnaemeka
No one is bold when it's you in the corridor! Terror grips the household when it's you at the door! Sorrow lives with the household when you've someone on the...
BLASPHEMY by Jesse Asonze
You call it blasphemy When they are looking for an excuse To behead our loved ones They call it blasphemy This country is sitting on a keg of gunpowder Because...